"Live" from Stanton, MI Div. 3 points race

[Larry Hill]

Well we are live from Michigan, but not quite to Stanton yet. From Columbus, we came on up to see Al and Bev Provoast, so we have been here since Monday. They are both doing great and will be coming to Stanton for the race to see all their old friends and to celebrate Al's 80th birthday! We have just been relaxing around here and getting caught up on all the news. We went for a ride today over to Lake Huron. Here are a couple of pictures from Tawas:


Here is Al and Bev, still looking great.


Here is Larry with Lake Huron in the background.

Well it is beginning to rain a little here. It is calling for a little rain tonight, tomorrow, and on Friday. But at Stanton for Saturday and Sunday it is looking sunny and low 80's. That sounds absolutely wonderful after Chicago and Norwalk!

[rx dealer]

Welcome to Michigan! Tawas area is very nice.. see you Friday, i will stop by and say hello...Luke SS 311

[Greg Hill]

Larry, Al and Bev look great. Tell them hi from me. See you all this weekend.

[nickh]

Larry great writeup in ND Sportsman Coverage, GO FOR 2

[Larry Hill]

Well we are on our way south to Stanton. We should be there around 11. We have been driving in the rain off and on. It is not looking real good for test and tune tonight, but Sat and Sun. look great.

Luke, come by and introduce yourself. Greg, come by for that birthday beer! Nick, that was a good write-up in National Dragster, but with lots of errors! Jeff Teuton is our stemware advisor, not Joe! And it is Joel on Joy, not Joel at Joel's! I will correct the rest after I have a Dragster to refer to.

Well more after we get there!

[Larry Hill]

We are here and in line. They say they are not parking until 3. There are probably 20 rigs here so far.

Tom with Goodyear is here, but only for today. So Larry is unloading the car and changing out some tires while he is here. Oh, Tom was one of the names ND left out of the article!

[Larry Hill]

They started parking a little early and we are now in and parked and sitting in the middle of a big rain storm. We got all set up before the bottom fell out! I would say this rain may put an end to test and tune, but we will just have to wait and see.

More later.

[Larry Hill]

Well I was right. The rain did away with test and tune tonight. It has quit raining hopefully for good til after Sunday night! There are lots of race cars in here tonight getting ready for a good race this weekend. Jimmy Ronzello's car is really pretty in real life! I saw him putting on decals tonight. Our friends Tom and Debbie Rhoda are here with their comp car. They had an incident with it at Pomona at the end of last year with a fire and have just got it back running. I will get some pics tomorrow. We met Luke Awdish this evening. He brought over some "Badass" beer, which was pretty much badass! He tried out a Lime a Rita, too. It was nice meeting you, Luke.

Well tomorrow stock is out first at 10. It looks like we are getting 3 runs tomorrow with 1st round of eliminations for everyone not until Sunday.

More tomorrow!

[Beth Denysenko]

We are here too!

Anyone coming north on 131, if you are planning on taking M-46 East from 131, you might consider bailing at exit 110 (Sand Lake). Take the road from the exit right into Sand Lake, then turn left at the light. Take that road all the way north 10 miles until you hit M-46, then turn right and head to Edmore.

It is down to one lane and the sign said it was 50 minutes from exit 110 to exit 120. Since I am from these parts, I knew the alternate route and we bailed. It took us 15 minutes to go the 10-11 miles. Going home down 131 the exit to Southbound 131 from M-46 is also closed and the detour takes you north 5 miles, so it's 10 miles total out of your way. Might want to go down through Howard City/Sand Lake.

M-57 is all tore up through Greenville so that's not a good alternate either.

[Larry Hill]

It is a gorgeous day here in Stanton. It is sunny and 63 this morning with a high of 83 for the day. They started letting rigs in at 8 this morning and there has been a continuous flow coming in. We run stock at 10 and should be getting 3 runs today.

I received a pm from Larry Sullivan with DRC saying they do not have a reporter here this weekend, so I will try to take pictures of the qualifying sheets and post them. Anyone else who wants to try and do this, please do so, because I am not real good at it! But I will try!

More later!