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My friend Tony Fritz told me about the "gathering of the geezers" (yes, that is what they call this race day each year)  and although I was only able to literally stop by for a few hours on my way from Milford, Ohio to Ypsilanti, Michigan, who did I spot but our own Harry Hutten? 
Harry was glad he had his water pump issue sorted out from the problems he had at Fast Fords in June. The heat index felt like triple digits, but nothing kept Harry from running that Y Block full tilt. I did video record one of his runs because he asked me to get an angle from the rear, wanting to know if his tires were spinning. I had to leave the race early just as eliminations were getting ready to start, but Harry was running in the 12's pretty easily. As far as we know, he was the only one that had a Y Block powered car in the race... and as you veterans know he was turning heads when people found out what was under the hood. As Bob Martin says in the Y Block Magazine - "Salute!" 
Anyone on the site ever been out to this track?
I was not expecting to take any video of Harry so I wasn't prepared for his request and that's my fault, but at any rate here is a brief clip of his car in action at the track. He said that this was the slowest the car ran all day through the traps but if you watch his launch you can tell why he ended up in the very low 13's in the clip. All of his other time slips were in the 12's.
Daniel JessupLancaster, California aka "The Hot Rod Reverend" 
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