The Straight Line - Feb 09

We're stage for another run the nitro fuel NH RA talk. It's a straight line presented by O'Reilly auto parts. What Marty soft and ten time NH RA winner Doug Herbert. Now here are your post Doug Marty. It for a lot of drag racing pay for being here for the pick off of our half hour horsepower appreciate what this. We light the candles on the 2017. UN HRA season this weekend we're doing so with three to top your world champion. And Ron Brown. Wherever you may be coast goes around the world this is straight line on bribery thing. Here on MR and gone home long before. Time high HR top fuel champion. Intense time in HR. National event winner Doug Herbert I am Marty cop back for another year drag racing talk here on him are in dot com. There's an offseason for the racers but there's really no off season for you my friend you or go with since we since last left. In November after Pomona after all that the champions were ground you've been really busy with a lot of different things. First of all what they've with the brakes foundation you've already done a couple of schools this year. Yeah we're hit the ground running and doing some against opponents of this are we had one of their Jackson. Out there was pretty neat Scott killers and and then this last weekend. Finley with a similar situation in mind that drove to South Carolina and other breaks. Program in memory there's been trip and so. Pretty neat in this week and we're really getting going we're going to San Diego we've got from him that we've crossovers in Mexico a lot of breaks them. It breaks is not drivers and so. You know if you have a Dragon Age teenagers that has some understanding about writing. Bring in grateful we do teach them. Make him a little bit more responsible make him a little bit better be put on the race or permissions and now but then drag racing a lot of changes over the winner. Lot of income. You out and it really started off very early in the offseason. Win Dell were film announced that he was leaving coal motor sports. At that time nobody really knew what was going on that if a eventually balance. Fans found out that he's going back to his family operation which is what they did for many many many years it really kind of how we got his name wood his dad Chaka there and they're kind of going back in doing that. And so that opened up a couple of polls. At Cole had to Wear JR Todd. Moved into the mound tomorrow in the with the in the dragster or so look what school brawl three of those first ball to work from going back to work when his dad I mean how cool is that. Dell wants to do that and for for Dell to have the opportunity to go back and work with his dad. You know that's what he likes their California based bunch. And you know to have them. To have them back raced together I think that's really like doctor del he's excited and happy about it. They were still working on getting some funding together but I think it's going to be I think it's going to be they're going to be where racism and. JR Todd. Would he was working for Bob Gilbert and jury believed in the local area. Got a couple of tests works and it kind of funny car so it's not like it's cold Lee. Four and two way but obviously these are trying to rustle one of those funny cars run is probably gonna take a little better time but it got its. He's been there done. You'll be like yourself up Dexter but of our. You know takes a few laps learn and and obviously Phil's record. And stolen championship in the days I think I think they're going to be fun I think one of the big news was. The Jimmy progress cutting him team Jack Batman. They all packed up and what that whatever John force racing with. John Nolan and then met with a couple days decided. And left things back there. Schumacher's though he went. John force's. Getting some pretty neat that there and obviously during Brock has that experience work force or. LB that's going to be a pretty good and then look at the testing results. From last week you know there in Phoenix that look like obviously the force guys. It is pretty good. Pretty good change we Courtney force being number one with a four oh excuse me three on the testing and John worst coming up. In the third quickest in the testing Ron Capps and we're 385 John force third with 35 Robert hite. With 35 in the Jarrett argument with a three united they'll work from all the forms. The the ladies really had their time. And during testing. We approach it. 365. To lead top fuel. Both of those that the the pre 65 by we approach it in the 380. Like Courtney force would have been. World records out time but obviously they don't count that for testing they don't attack them if they don't do a lot of things. So that's just you know their PH is kind of like Disneyland about this year could weather conditions are perfect the track is really get there's not a bunch of people out there getting. Kuerten oil and stuff on the track itself but you know what those numbers correlated they can to get them and they can correlate those numbers are going to be pretty good the guys that we have coming up on the show. And John Brown had a pretty good run at 370 over there during testing the will targetable about his thespian and and obviously coming off with the number one again for them here. And when we will have more about what happened in the offseason. But it coming up. We have on the phone what this and we'll talk to here in just a second the two time defending in three time overall world champion in Tron brown joins us next. Are you in the concrete construction waste industry are repair bills starting to pile up as your current knicks are adults or. 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You know bring him home you guys with bright right in mark Oswald that the court together for him is there anything. That you guys video I mean. Oh. Awful. Whole bunch. And it's great. Bird there on the. Well Doug you know put me and you've been around this sport and and you know it takes debt they have a championship contending team. You just gotta you gotta you got to do work in and that's one thing jackets played all my guys in my teens from Bryant to mark. Brad or crew chief and all the other guys on our Mac code US army. So are detractors and yes they did they say it don't wanna go out there dealing. Like you know mapped are tested Phoenix. Is we now have one thing that was the same on a car from one after another we have kept our car with this same baseline. And we just kept on swapping things in and out as he was gonna be better. It sums will be more tissue in or it meter runs smoother run each year. And when you back actors consciously. You lobby working on new stuff like that I mean. In it and when you get so many stuff to work it is Pritchard had a competition in and that's what really helped as last year that. We kept on pressing the envelope we kept on changing things in not to beat this same. And sometimes we took a step backwards we never always was for but we all we may change used to get better and including myself just put network and try to be better each and every weekend to get better and better and peek at the right time even. In galactic championship it would been very fortunate last two years to really pull it all in and that's all credit to how hard we work. And how much we won. Your teammate Tony Schumacher has never been afraid of taking that step. Back as long as you're taking one step back to take two steps forward are you mind doing that to fifteen years and tried some things and maybe take a half step back purple step back knowing that that probably somewhere down the road is going to help you. Well absolutely never know more you never know whose gonna help down the road if you argued that it. But the thing about it we look forward these cars are. Well we've been working on is is to go down a racetrack be able to push on the motor and make good power. But come back in make it into looked like he did he run. You know the type of things that we've been working on. So then what we want to lean on that we can lean on it and still good battery tracking go faster you know any amount we didn't we think go out there to tried in the world records. And but the thing about it is that we went out there as a learning paid because we know how to go fast. But you have to go fast at certain given moment you don't mean you can't break road record all time but some people out there test. Where they need to work on things and different stuff to go faster and better. In our teammate they made some phenomenal run and make a grant. 65. And the 65 was very very impressive 6768. Everybody's been there done that but to run it 65. That that was so special so so would that be in debt and now we know what the barge rate on added that we were working on some other things debt. We think that they'll be more beneficial down the road. Throughout the race seat in that we don't want to try every lap we had differ on Murray's car where we injury which you know we just we slept in the same. Work or run a low seventy sure like it certainly can be line we left a lower ground track every time we get swap out partners. See how it was going to work in it was it was a really good test pressure force we learned a lot. Let the methodical way to do that and that's held. Karate and and mark on blog your whole team has been able to pull up with a pulled up let me ask you so. You know last year Don Schumacher racing brings home the third championship with you and that also. First image of Iran captured two of them. You'll championship for you know both grabbed over their ideas are what does that make the pressure like for you guys over there this year we know Don don't like to sit around and and look at drove these legs under me when more. 088 gig is what you said and analysts want they'll work terra what you over. All this celebration was done you know and I mean I think I think capped with as a rock star or for a month after the unfortunate event. He deserve QL that he'd been through any well that would hold Tobler it would Napa. That that was as big a deal or mean but for us once we gap back once and what awards ceremony it was over. We were already cop a plea at in the year before we went to the ceremony. Ride a market ran all the guys I mean they were already talking about who try to work on. They'll work him back report with the good people wreck that is in entry and. To work on that topic and like you know from Pitt institute to about trains now on our car to make it better. And and it candidate who we can make more power but without tearing things up so to lead the working on a lot of new. Innovative stuff. And I think at throughout these years welcome to Richard force throughout the year leakage of they're part seated in hopefully a page. Did they didn't like the things that we worked on in the past. Paid good dividends source before. Some drivers like being the holy terror I don't think you have a problem being big on kid. Winning three championships in five years they did. Is there a problem what do you or did you feel that much more pressure having the target beyond new. You know market I never really worried about you know I never worried about people. Like you know come in a hut needs because. No matter what you are aware of your chances are that people know what cars are very like you know very competitive debt that run Grady cheese. And who every lineup against you wanna step up to that play because the challenge and you wanna take them out. And of course being a chance like you know like Tony Schumacher. You HR world chant no matter what lineup against them if you won a championship the year before or two years ago. He is the best. The best he had the best he's the most when he is top fuel driver. In the history of the sport any time that we lined up against them all of that taking. Immediately you wanna take advantage of that doubt though. There's a lot of great competitors in the class now there's not no more like okay is only two car Greer or cart. There it there's overcame competitive cars there can run a world record each. And take you out so. So we line up against them I look forward to a challenge and I know that we have to raise our our level game because. A lot of them know that our team we run very consistent we were there and we could we can drop low ET. And then they know that when I'm in a car that I wanna leave on time start. So whenever we rate somebody's. Truck we get the test a trip up out of every we greatly because. It could be the Monica can't lead a normal field. They rate that they're kind fifties and forties and later dropped as low key file and every time we look at were like man. I'd like we had people again and we got app for the last. A last five years in a row we've been in that kind of treatment because they know what to expect when he races so that's not gonna change. In morning that good that we have it. Make different for us is that we galleries are level only game and we could be ahead of them because everybody pretty much running neck in neck out and look. That's how about your guys over there Mecca tools they've got to be just tickled pink with the performance and I know you go out there and do a lot of interaction with all of Mecca tool dealers and in franchisees so. They've just got to be beyond excited with the performance and and you know everything you've done with your team in what you do personally for them as a sponsor. It's in your Mac tools director. Under in these in enough. It. Is there. In real again. In the with our team is that what it's. Like Mac. It's more in it struck out there in July or. Asian people to be. Remand or where might. Are. Eyes at it. Change like. On board. Make. It right. Now. They become part these teams ornery. Partnership. Oh like. Here people Mac tools. T shirt. Yours these and there are all the oh. And distributors and may come out. Every week to the country. It in. In. Green. I mean the these seniors that we now that we. Yeah. That speak out 01. A quick break up more. Than. Why sport for the one true reality entertainment where a single dramatic moment had become prime. In NASCAR motor racing network live broadcast elevate your senses for the sights sounds and struggles to. 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It's the straight line brought to you by O'Reilly auto parts. Now once again here's the Marty. Thanks for being here on MRI dot com kick off of the 2007 team drag racing season and on the full line with us right now is in. And trying to you know one thing I've wondered about and I think we've talked about a little bit in the past but how I think chains that things change for you. And you know for your team even though it's kind of thing since you first got that. Chance to test figured popular license and that in the Mecca tools are way back when it was David. Well you know Doug we wish changes. We have law. And I mean we're we're things change in and the technology and everything else all these years that we work together now. Is that we have actually communication. And we had a brother had a family like we have grown tight as a family we're not just. Friend on the racetrack. We are family operate track we can all hang out go get them eat wheat we cut that we have fun and I think that the biggest difference noted that. We don't look at it as a job we look at this opportunity we have fun do we want to do. Illegal need to buy it pushes harder or cute or to put to carry out players they do a little bit better you get this is that. We all have that same mind it. That we just wanna go out there. And we want to be better each and every time and we're not afraid. To try. And to grant means being in that they match cedes change about my team is that. We have in the short. But we have not hit a plateau. Because we're not. We've leading discovering and beating people head to India comparable. About what we do it that we always went we we all have stayed humble and we want a better ourselves. And I think that's the driving force that's behind at this made it. Do the things that we've done over there at the last. Several years is because our work ethic and our mindset. And and never seen comparable we always make herself uncomfortable. In Raleigh eager to learn new things I think that's what really defied thirteen mimics her team so special. Well you're great representative for NH RA for. Don Schumacher from actor tools everybody and I'm proud to proud to be. Friends of yours as well so and Sean what a deal. Well a guy. While appreciated I got appreciated Dolly. Is always. It's always great ran on. You know hey will we're only here on MR and and I tell you that Ehrlich. You know you don't know special because we're talking to the best view it now Marty everytime they know we really enjoy. Being a part you got his station and talk show. And Tron we're going Grayson here Rahm on Friday. Good luck at Pomona good luck for the winter nationals and good luck with that 2003. 2017. Season we appreciate it. 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You're logged in to the straight line runs you buy a runny yellow sports. Here's a look at Marty. Big banks and Ron Brown for joining us on this 2007 team is off. A drag racing season here on him in dot com Marty help one Doug Herbert. Catching up on some of the things that happened during the offseason what was the big announcement out of the NH RA. With two fairly. Big announcements as far as all the far or as far as policy is concerned one on qualifying want all the points situation. During the finals at Pomona which is now. Point half much like it is at Indy. That's a lot of pressure. I don't going into the into the year and it's gonna open up some of those positions I mean you go into the into the year now may be with the appointment. You've got an extra car or two that are capable of when in the championship so. You know I'm still a little bit bummed that they took the points way for certain records mean that it's right that's a big deal like you set a record that Manger of the leader. Give you did you know get some bonus points for them don't know about but at least those points and half of that kind of makes them for that but it definitely puts a lot of pressure on. That it Indian doll show at the end of the year Pomona right you know it's gonna open up probably think that left very little word we'll worry X. No question about it because I believe it was in Tron that that wrapped up the season at Los Vegas. The last thing NH RA wants is to have one of their championships not go down to the final race of the season that sure Super Bowl we just got done with a suitable. That's your Super Bowl and they want everything contested apple moaning if if at all possible and it also it brings out the the possibility of more cars more competitors being well immediately bigger media than dirt and all that metabolism so I think that's. That's good that intrigues me get some good changes. I. Islam any bone up on all of his. As you know as though. Have the new TV features this year on statistics. Make a little work in differently and you'll relate to. We understand some things involved with the statistics and our performance. And then also qualifying. During the count down NH RA has put in a provision. That he if if somebody is eligible for the count down. And there were is not to qualifying. Sessions run. That the these the driver that is. In the in the countdown would be in the race so. Another had some similar to that for awhile but maybe they changed it. Maybe change a little something but anyways I think that's good you know that people go to the races they wanna see John force racers whoever and you know the often get shorten up by weather and and then all of a sudden in a legacy there guys vacancy. Rates on financial legal analyst from. And that's just in the count down so if anybody that's in the playoffs is still gonna have their opportunity to get their point for the for the playoffs again trying to make that last race at Pomona accountant trying to get as many people. In there as possible. Something that will also see. App Pomona he is. It beat motorsports. Back to chevys they tried the one year in the dodge that are really didn't work out. So latest I wish the president worked with Ellen Johnson. A little bit more Alan and his dad in Canada he's live in Nevada maybe there was something going on there that we know about I don't know. But of course they still continue to run the white Chevrolet car yes. We've been in mobile with with with that the Nabil so you know I don't think it'll be a big learning curve that is. Change the bodies on this cars and go back up immediately if they do. No I don't think going to be a big deal but I think it's who it thinks it's a big deal. That is. Is judge Coughlin and Erica Enders they think it's a big deal because there battery they're going to be really happy about that. Well you would think so I mean it's there you're never gonna know until you get out there and actually put some. Kind of on the scoreboard to know what really is going on but I would say yeah. Big thanks to everybody involved including award winning producers Robbie maize and Daryl Smith. For dog I am Marty we will talk to you next week right here on the straight line. You've been listening to the straight line presented by O'Reilly auto parts of the straight line is these show for drag racing fans. Tune in again next Thursday on motor racing network dot com and be a more in math. 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