Live from Atco , NJ - NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Jack Matyas]

They got it right - NHRA Division 1 Director Bob Lang and Atcos' Joe Sway put their heads together and came up with a plan late Friday to skip Saturdays' time trials and go right into eliminations and try to complete the event .As someone who stayed over Saturday night and witnessed the storm that came thru I can tell you that it rained and stormed up till around 9 AM or so Sunday and maybe we could have raced but I'm not so sure we could have finished .

Kudos to them for an early and good decision ..........

[Angelo DiTocco]

Jack - I agree - it was a smart call...... And if NHRA could keep tech & the lanes open into early evening on Friday's.... so that forced late-comers like myself could get there and at least get a time run in, I would be all for moving to a Saturday elimation format. But only if Friday could be extended to accomodate late arrivals.

[BKSG1198]

I know Johnny D posted that to some of the people that are on his e-mail list that maybe next year they take a look at Qualifying on Friday & Eliminations on Saturday with Sunday being the rain date / travel day. I think their is some Pro's & Con's of this format, so what does everything think?

I think everything went very smooth and clean at Atco this weekend and Joe and his Staff along with the D-1 guys and Racers should be applauded for their effort. I know Car counts weren't what they normally are at Atco for a D-1 Race. I'm not sure of the total car count (Somewhere around 350 cars) but, they did bust their rear-ends and pumped out a clean race and were done by 6:30 Sat Night.

[Bobby Fazio]

Originally Posted by Angelo DiTocco

Jack - I agree - it was a smart call...... And if NHRA could keep tech & the lanes open into early evening on Friday's.... so that forced late-comers like myself could get there and at least get a time run in, I would be all for moving to a Saturday elimation format. But only if Friday could be extended to accomodate late arrivals.

I agree with this as long as there is a set time for clean up runs and tech so the guys that can't get out of work on Friday have a shot at getting there and getting a run in. How do you guarantee everyone a time run? If you give the clean-up run saturday morning then I'm sure a lot of guys would sit Friday out and rather get the saturday morning run for the most recent and accurate dial-in for elims.

[THE LEGEND]

That Friday / Saturday deal is not a bad idea. In fact IHRA has been doing it at some division 9 races for 2 years.
I really don't care for it because they take away the saturday night bracket races, but for you Non-bracket racing types it works well.
Chip Johnson

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by Angelo DiTocco

Jack - I agree - it was a smart call...... And if NHRA could keep tech & the lanes open into early evening on Friday's.... so that forced late-comers like myself could get there and at least get a time run in, I would be all for moving to a Saturday elimation format. But only if Friday could be extended to accomodate late arrivals.

Tech was open until 9:00 am Saturday morning. Those who teched in Saturday for Stock and Super Stock were placed at the bottom of the order.

Jim