Rick Harper is running TSM?? (TSM guys please read)

[86brick]

Well the other day I was looking at the new 2003 ATR catalog (20th Anniversary) and I saw this under an old picture of Harper's GN launching.....

"Rick's best 2002 1/4 mile times was 9.91 @ 136 mph at 3500 lbs. for the new Turbo Street class with the 109 factory block. By mid-summer 2003 Rick is looking to be running in the mid 9.60's."

Now last I heard Rick sold his car and I never heard that he ran TSM in 2002 or that he ran 9.91 @136mph so where is this BS coming from?? Maybe Scott Simpson or Lonnie Diers could tell me if he ran at some TSM events, but I think if he ran 9.91 @136mph (those times sound a lot like what Roy Garcia ran) somebody would have known about it and mentioned it a LONG time ago!!! Maybe somebody is telling some fairy tales?? I just thought the other TSM guys should know if they don't already about Harper and how he could be a threat in the class.....

 

[quickt]

That is just a misprint. Should have been Roy's car in the pic.

 

[Scott231]

Well, Roy didn't go 9.91 last year either.

I have no idea if Rick's car is A) TSM legal or B) ever ran that fast. If you read the text it does not say he ran TSM...just that it is "for the new...class".

Anyone can claim they will go a certain speed. Doing it is another thing entirely. No one is a threat if they don't show up at the race...

 

[blackshoebox]

Boy does word spread fast...

...I got a phone call from a friend of Ricks, and his statement to this is that he is no longer racing buicks, and was refering to a customers car he was building to run in the outlaw class at BOP South event. No explination for the times, or anything like that either.

Lets just leave this one die.

 

[86brick]

Sounds about typical...... The story seems to change when you call somebody out on something!!!

Scott, I know no one is a threat if they don't show up to race, but from what he was saying it lead me to believe he would or should be racing....... Oh well I just thought I'd stir the pot and see if I could catch somebody lying and IMO it's pretty obvious as to whether or not what he says was/is true! Hopefully this prevents further BS from getting put into the ATR catalog