[GregWeld]

I'm seriously concerned with some reading skills exhibited here.

I've stated about 50 times - maybe more - that THIS IS NOT ABOUT MY BUILD.


Can any of you recall this last couple weeks news about the Catholic priests? Did ANY OF YOU shake your head and think to yourself -- WHY DIDN'T THESE VICTIMS COME FORWARD at the time..... and possibly saved other lives from these heinous offenses? Why does it take ONE PERSON to finally say something and then all the floodgates open and all the other people come streaming out with their horror stories.

Were these priests doing "good" for the church when not buggering little children? Sure they were. Were they promoted and liked by many? Of course they were.

Should the church be accountable - if information comes forward that they knew of the offensive actions and looked the other way? I think you'd agree they're certainly every bit as guilty because of their actions - and allowing the offenses to continue. Harming more and more with each passing year.

People went out of their way to get in touch with me. Some probably don't realize I actually know other people that aren't on Lateral-G. Some people that are considered the pillars of our little corner of the world..... And they shared their stories.... I think I have saved 42 PM's. That's probably more PM's in a week than I've received since I joined. NOT ONE GOOD ONE.... People don't share happy -- they share the bad. Nobody in 5 years has sent me a happy PM saying -- GEE EVERYTHING IS JUST SWELL.... Meaning -- I don't hear from people. I get asked about my cancer treatment in PM's. But nobody sent me any "heads up I'm having a problem with...." The 42 PM's came flooding in after the news about my car started to make the back alleys we all have with each other... (Edited this. In an effort to clear up my thought/statement here)

Can you still remember reading my intro here -- about the mess the priests have made?

Trust me when I tell you -- this was never about me.... I'm just the last guy in line that took the biggest hit. I AM REALLY JUST THE GUY THAT HAD THE BALLS TO COME FORWARD ONCE I HEARD THE STORIES.

I've said it enough. If you like Ron Sutton and you want to continue to seek his info and parts. I don't care. It means nothing to me. That's your decision. I like Summitt you like Jeg's....

But now everything I read from this guy - is a dance. A dance around part of the facts.... errors of omission....and it always comes back to SELLING. If you knew why Kurt Urban moved to Scoggins-Dickey you'd be able to read between the lines -- He was not there, and he just got there - Why drop his name in to the story? Selling? People LIKE KURT URBAN. Yeah - he's there NOW.... but he wasn't there when the catalog was created.... wasn't there when my motor was built.... so why is that now important? It's a suck in.... his name connection sucks you in.

The time frame was not an issue -- never was -- but it suddenly is because it's a very convenient escape from the truth - covers everything doesn't it -- "we were rushing for poor poor Greg". That's about 35% correct. I was willing to move any date any time.... and asked REPEATEDLY about "can you make the date or should I move it?" The track rental date was easily moved... When it was chosen - it was chosen with full knowledge. PERIOD. Again -- that was nothing in stone. It was just a date to try to make. When the car was obviously behind -- I asked several times about killing the date or moving it.... and the date was never a problem. Now then when it got much closer - again many discussions -- and I allowed and agreed to -- the body being rough - the wrap not done - the chassis not "finished" and if we did that - we could make "the date". Okay - I've built lots of cars - and frankly when I thought about it - the body in white was better for testing anyway - you wouldn't feel bad about taking a sawzall to it. Ditto the chassis.

I have all the emails and texts discussing all of these dates and details (I'm extremely detailed and have nothing better to do). I'll save 'em, and did save them all along - A: as a reference B: I've done a few business deals in my lifetime

Okay -- yes -- TIME is extremely important to me -- but that's "larger picture" stuff... and yes -- it was "time sensitive" because of my "maybe" poor health (right now I'm in excellent health). But we've had so so many detailed discussions about that -- and my reasons, and how to think about that etc - nobody knew better than Ron - my friend - a guy I loaned money to on a handshake - a guy that has been instrumental in my driving and cars - a guy I wanted to succeed in the worst way. WHY? Because he was good for US. Because we needed a guy like this. NOBODY TRUSTED HIM MORE THAN I. Nobody discussed business with him more than I. Put deals together. Pushed his career. I liked him - I needed him - we needed him. I could try to do good things for him.

But === I can not - ever - never - be the guy that knew something that should be known by all, and didn't come forward. My balls are tiny, but not that tiny.