From the Desk of John Hipwell,
Triple Digit Racing - Special Thanks
January '99
1998 - Wow, what a year!!! When the webmaster tells me
we need to write another special thanks letter for the website I don't
even know where to begin. We moved on after the Greenwood Lake incident
at the same rapid pace as the start of our Top Fuel adventure, and
finished the year with the new Triple Digit IV boat. And as always, I
owe much thanks to my sponsors, my wife, and core crew (Richard, Mike,
& Richie). With that out of the way, I still have a mile long list
of personal thank you's that need spread around so here goes... The
sponsors first of course - much thanks to Bill Spresser from Phoenix
Airport Days Inn, Colon Abbott from Abbott's Landscaping, and to Tom
Walker from Walker Heating and Air Conditioning. The Family second -
many more thanks to Eileen Hipwell (can't forget Mom), and Jo-Ann
Hipwell my wife. The boat's family Next (aka The Crew) - Thanks to Don
Frazee and Matt ("Spike") from Landing Auto Body, Mike
Miscovits, Richard Martin, Mike Eden, Chip O'Connor, and Richie Seibert.
And most importantly to Roxanne Seibert, the webmaster of this site who
I'm convinced has some sort of Triple Digit magic up her sleeve at all
times. Six months ago when she said "website" I was excited -
I was picturing a virtual one page Ad on the internet. What I got
instead was a showpiece (and a lot of homework assignments from the
boss). The "website" ended up being an inspiration, and even
more encouraging was the fact that we took 1,000 hits the first month
and kept that number as an average for six months running!!! Who would
of known there was that much dragboat interest out there just waiting to
be tapped. Thanks Rox, you made it all happen. I owe so much gratitude
to all these people, because of all of you there is a Triple Digit IV in
my garage and another Top Fuel season on the horizon.
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