Snake tells it like it is! I can't blame the guy either.

[MOPARS RULE]

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[ksj1]

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Unfortunate,yes but happens all the time.I lost respect for "Snake"years ago when he got upset because he got burned down.He said"I always stage last.Everyone knows that"Didnt see that in the rulebook that year or any year after.He even says they"Grew apart".Just like a divorce there is going to be hard feelings and someone always loses some $$$$.

[MOPARS RULE]

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Snake is a legend.

[jword2001]

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This is how these guys make a living, had i been in Dixon's shoes, I'd have most likely done the same thing, I still have tons of admiration for all involved, these people are all huge successes.

[Falcon67]

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He's a legend alright - also an ass.

[Junk Whisperer]

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Sometimes that 'Power' just goes to People's heads. Even 'Legends' : ;). ~J/W-006.

[55Hardtop]

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You have to look at it like a marriage.

If your wife/girlfriend came home tonight and said she was leaving you for a guy with more money than you, wouldn't you be more than a little pissed? Especially if you'd always treated said wife/girlfriend as best you could during your time together?

[ksj1]

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You have to look at it like a marriage.

If your wife/girlfriend came home tonight and said she was leaving you for a guy with more money than you, wouldn't you be more than a little pissed? Especially if you'd always treated said wife/girlfriend as best you could during your time together?

Mine did 13 years ago Best thing ever.Now if I could get her to pay all the back child support Id be even happier.Wish I could tap into he hubbies money ;D.Anytime Ive ever been at a track from Tulsa in 78 to HPt 08 the"Snake" always came off as an ass.Opinions differ and thats mine. ;)

[Fordplay0621]

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I don't care who they are, we all do this stuff for different reasons. His reasons are no more important than anyone elses. The Cars that made most of them legends, would'nt even hold up in todays Standards.

[MOPARS RULE]

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What Snake did with the Greer-Black-Prudhomme car, the Hawaiian dragster, his Hot Wheels partnership with Goo$e, the ARMY cars (the Monza being the first 5-sec car, the total domination by the Arrow), the guy did it all and didn't have endless amounts of money doing it. Paul Candies and Big John Mazmanian and others had more funding, however Snake had the talent and the drive. Some say he was an "ass" back in the day, he had his race face on all the time, and that was the name of the game.

Drove the crewcab, the racecar, worked on the engine / clutch. Most any of today's drivers could not carry his lunchbox.

[mlcraven]

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Snake is a legend.

Snake should get over himself. Life is short, and getting shorter every day...

[55Hardtop]

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I don't care who they are, we all do this stuff for different reasons. His reasons are no more important than anyone elses. The Cars that made most of them legends, would'nt even hold up in todays Standards.

Not sure how to respond to part of that statement. The cars back then were state of the art for their day. Look at how fast the nostalgia fuelers and funny cars are running, that tells you how good the designs were. Back then the driver was even more important to the car, usually the driver was also the tuner, sometimes crew chief.

[ksj1]

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So Bob Brandt,Keith Black, Roland Leong etc had nothing to do with his success?Candies&Hughes and Big John had more dollars??Got proof? Alot, not all of todays drivers just need to bring $$$$ Which is sad but the way it is.

[MOPARS RULE]

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So Bob Brandt,Keith Black, Roland Leong etc had nothing to do with his success?Candies&Hughes and Big John had more dollars??Got proof? Alot, not all of todays drivers just need to bring $$$$ Which is sad but the way it is.

You obviously don't know much about Paul Candies as example. Big John was loaded, read up. Snake was the driver, early cars, a great driver, toured the country, won a ton of races. He'll be the first to say that Keith Black was a brilliant guy, but later on in his career he called the shots, Bob Brandt was listed as CC, Snake called the shots.

Snake started out as a car painter for his dad, hardly a big-bucks guy in the old days. A legend.

[ksj1]

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