[Tom Vaught]

Have Fun Skip!

Brian, Rules for a good NO SHI##er:

1) You cannot brag about yourself in the No SHI##er, ever. A Good Friend (or friends) is always more successful.

2) Whatever time it took it real life, it took twice as long in the No
SHI##er story.

3) Whatever it cost in real life, it cost 4 times as much in the No
SHI##er story.

4) What the part cost is always second to "WHO YOU GOT THE PART FROM" Like this Intake manifold came off of "Mickey Thompson's" Challenger Blower Motor.

5) Who always need to include the guys who you raced against. Bragging about racing against GTOGEORGE will get you less points vs dragging against Arnie Beswick. Even if Annie was racing a ten second Tempest at the time and George was running mid 8s. If no one was keeping records you can shorten the time by at least a 1/2 second and increase the MPH by 10 mph.

6) You always get more respect by kicking all the rods out of your engine vs fixing the leaking head gasket that cause the rods to exit the block. Must have been all of that Horsepower you built into the engine.

7) Having a blower on you car is worth more than NOS. Having a Blower and NOS is worth more than having a Tunnel Ram. Running a 4 bbl engine that runs fast in a legal weight doorslammer get you less points vs the RED that makes 1/2 the HP. (remember this is a NO SHI##er" contest here. Doesn't matter if the Doorslammer is a former World Champion and you haven't really beaten anyone in your racing career. If the doorslammer was competing against the world's
fastest Chebbys or Fords in the class, you get even less points as everyone knows the Chebbys and Fords don't run.

8) You paste your car with stickers you bought at a swap meet but you borrow gas money to get back home because all of that "contingency money" was really a NO SHI##er thing on all your buddies.

There are more but these are the easy ones.

Tom V.