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  1. 06-05-2014, 07:37 PM #1
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    Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Spotted this thread a bit ago and contributed to it.
    http://www.indycarz.com/forum/showth...undance-From-A
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Nice!
    Congrats Larry B!
    I love your car :thumbup:
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Thanks for posting, Larry Buford sure seems like a class act!!

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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Nice Ride!!!
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Quote Originally Posted by GLHS60 View Post
    Thanks for posting, Larry Buford sure seems like a class act!!

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    He is. One of the nicest guys out there.
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    http://www.carthrottle.com/extensive...14mile-weapon/

    Posted on carthrottle now.
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    I was glad to meet larry at sdac17 in Pa. One of the nicest guys I've ever met. Great exposer for his car for a great guy
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    I think it was at Topeka that his brother volunteered to change the tires on Matchbox...another nice all around guy! Wondering what his car will do at Union Grove for this SDAC?
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Go Larry GO!

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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Larry is one of the best.

    A super nice and humble individual.
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Quote Originally Posted by Pat View Post
    He is. One of the nicest guys out there.
    I agree. Larry rules.

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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Larry ROCKS! I was super excited when I saw that video. I want to say it was a link off of Jalop is where I caught it first.
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Good deal!

    He deserves the attention! That car is awesome.

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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Larry has always been famous to us, the rest of the world is just catching up.
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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    The ingredients list is pretty neat..

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    Re: Larry Bufford is now famous in Indy!

    Not just any Geo cam gears, but two of the 3 banger specific ones!

    - - - Updated - - -

    If only he had the time and I had the money....I'd love to have him do a 295 hp penta star awd V6 with 9 speed auto swap into Matchbox!
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