Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Rudy's Gremlin's

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel for them. unfortunatly the Amc Team gremlin was a total loss.

 Davis

Jim Shadwick <idahoamx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> .........Rudy's Tragedy.........
>
> Does anyone know how to contact them..........
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> When worlds collide; mythical beasties meet the real thing
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>
> (6-2-2006) - In drag racing, there are gremlins and there are Gremlins.
> There are thousands of the former and very few of the latter. 
> The first variety comes in all shapes, sizes, and strengths and can exhibit
> stubbornness ranging from the annoying-but-relatively-simple to downright
> jump-off-a-cliff nasty. The second variety just comes in a few different
> colors. 
> The first variety is imaginary, an attribution given to any and
>  all
> problems, difficulties, glitches, or situations that conspire to keep a race
> car from realizing its true performance potential. The second variety is all
> too real, a product of gone-but-not-forgotten American Motors. 
> Both types are unusual in their own ways, but when you combine gremlins with
> Gremlins, well, strange and unpredictable things can happen. Unfortunately,
> Bill and Connie Rudy learned this the hard way while en route from their
> home in Lima, Oho, to this weekend's IHRA race in Grand Bend, Ontario. 
> The couple, who field a pair of the unusual little cars, were shocked to
> discover that sometime during their trip to Canada a fire had broken out in
> their trailer. Fortunately, if there is a fortunately in this story, the
> relatively air-tight confines of their enclosed rig suffocated the blaze
> before it could gain full strength. 
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>
> The Rudys had no idea that anything out of the ordinary had happened until
> they
>  opened the trailer door while waiting in line to enter the gate at
> Grand Bend Motorplex. They were immediately greeted by the sickening smell
> of smoke and burned rubber and the sight of two charred race cars. 
> Connie's Hot Rod-class car, which was on the floor of the trailer, suffered
> the most damage, while Bill's Super Rod roadster, the only one of its kind
> in drag racing, fared better. It was still wounded, however, and under
> normal circumstances it would have not been track worthy. But they were here
> to race and they were determined to do just that. 
> After unloading the cars and assessing the damage, Bill set to work
> salvaging parts from Connie's car to make one car out of two. 
>
>
> "I came to Grand Bend to race, and that's what I'm going to do," he said as
> he stripped vital components from his wife's car. As for Connie, well, she's
> going to offer the most help and support that she can while her husband
> takes to the track. "I
>  guess now I'm the cheerleader and car washer this
> weekend," she said. 
> It looks like we have to call this one a tie - the gremlins got one, but
> Bill and Connie Rudy are determined to give their Gremlin a shot at evening
> the score. 
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