Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Ok, this IS NOT a personal attack on anyone, just an observation from an over the hill ex racer with experience in a few go fast machines.......

Maybe that's the cure when sideways with a few hundred horse, but not with mega thousands of horses!!!! I can't claim to be an expert on going fast, never been faster then a low 6 in a top alcohol car many, many moons ago. I have gone fast enough to let ya know that things happen a whole lot faster then they do in your basic 11 second bracket car.... It all looks so easy watching from the stands, and even easier watching it on a single dimension boob tube. One of my lasting recollections from my go fast days is how idiotic it sounds when somebody who's never gone faster then a mid 12 in the quarter comes up and tells you all about your driving mistakes!!!!!!

One of my past car owners from the sprint car days still has a very appropriate sign in his race shop; "When you're up to your butt in alligators, it's hard to remember you came here to drain the swamp."

I can't even imagine what it must be like to go a quarter in the high 4's low 5's!!!!!!! I do know that is one heck of a lot more difficult then I could ever imagine!!!! You actually have to anticipate what is going to happen and react before it happens. Watching it in slow motion after about the 3rd replay it sure is easy to kick back in the arm chair and do the "would of, could of, should of routine....

I have all the respect in the world for ANYONE who can go in the 5's and faster. They have skills and abilities that are light years ahead of the rest of us......
we all got a bit off topid over ashley, but thats cool, @dave what u say makes alot of sense, since i never drag raced or ran the 1/4 mile in 4.82sec, the point here is Ashley is FAST, In a perfect world No man wants to hear a Girl/women is faster than them but face it shes got it and time will be on her side if she sticks with it, as John said himself on Driving Force she'll one day take over where John left off. back on topic, Congrads to Hight and the whole Force team for getting the win at Vegas, we all know this is what they needed after what the teams been through.