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Jack Matyas

07-03-2010 11:14 AM

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Well gang here's the thing - I just found out that SuperStock isn't going to run until late this afternoon and along with the fact I can't earn any more points here this weekend I've decided to go somewhere else where I can earn some -- another race - nahhh - but if I hit the road now I can pick up the Mrs. in Bethlehem and be in Atlantic City by dinner time - and that my friends will earn some points -- trust me its a long season and one needs all the points that can be earned .

I just spoke with Kenny and you should have seen his face when I told 'em he was back to work this weekend filling in for me ..........be kind to him please as writing and taking pictures are not his thing ......but he loves racing and both fans and racers so you'll be in good hands .........till the next time ..........and there will be a next time ! ! !

Mack Reeves

07-03-2010 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Matyas (Post 195907)

I understand totally Jack... Make the points where they will do you the most good!!!! Sounds like a great plan to me......

Mike Brogniez

07-03-2010 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Matyas (Post 195907)

Good move Jack, home points are just as valuable if not more than grade points.
Have a safe trip back home.

Dave Ribeiro

07-03-2010 12:52 PM

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Hey Jack or Kenny,

Did anyone have the weather for the TT this morning, also how much did it change for first round ( DA ) ?? Thanks & drive safe...
Happy July 4 th to everyone ..........

Ken Miele

07-03-2010 03:52 PM

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Thanks for the intro Jack.

Dave, here are the numbers for this mornings qualifying for Stock.
Temp 76
Humd 49
Bar 29.50
DA 2243

For the first round of Stock it was.....
Temp 82
Humd 33
Bar 29.48
DA 2594

I few picked up this morning, I should have picked up 2, but lost a few on the sixty.

Don't have much info on first round of stock, I know Tim Fletcher won first round in Stock, this is his debut in Stock. Talk about the luck I am having, it was a dead heat for me. Conway and me took the stripe with no margin, .0000. WOW ! When I rolled out of the throttle, I though I had him by wheel. I guess I'm getting to old to know where I'm at.

Super Stock was a little ugly, they just finished. Some guys blew the tires away. I know Thomas Fletcher spun fifteen hundreds along with a few others.

The sun has been out all day and looks like the track was getting beat
up pretty good. Tomorrow morning will be okay, but the afternoon will be tough.

Ken Miele

07-03-2010 05:07 PM

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A quick note on Ralph Porpora's qualifying run today. As you see from the picture, traction is not an issue. I talk to Ralph at the end of the track and he said the only damage to the car when it came down was the head lights fell out.

GeorgeInNePa

07-03-2010 06:47 PM

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Any new news?

W J	07-03-2010 07:49 PM

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Thanks for the great reports Jack and Ken....some great superstock cars/drivers in the game after round 1. I know it probably won't happen, but would sure love to see a matchup between either of the SS/AH '68 Hemi'cudas ( Al Smyth & Larry Perkins) and John Armstrong's SS/AA '69 427 Corvette--all 3 are strong 8 second monsters.........(Ken, if you get a chance to snap a pic of these 3 cars, it'd be greatly appreciated)....what a treat to have them and all the other great ones that showed here in this tough field.....good luck to everyone still standing in SS and Stock.....tomorrow's supposed to be nasty hot... ;) WJ

Dave Ribeiro

07-03-2010 08:39 PM

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Ken,

Thanks for the info & Good Luck tomorrow .... Keep us informed
when you can and thanks for all you & Jack do for us racers.
As you know that first round is always tough ....

Ken Miele

07-04-2010 07:18 AM

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Good morning all. Its another beautiful day, although getting warm fast here at Lebanon Valley. It is supposed to reach the lower 90's today. Super Gas is out first followed Super Street then Stock, schedule start time is 9:30.

X-TECH MAN

07-04-2010 07:31 AM

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Good luck Ken. Lets see you back up your National event win. Thanks for the photos and reports.

Ken Miele

07-04-2010 10:13 AM

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Thanks Terry, 2nd round of stock is done as you can see on DRC. The numbers for the 2nd were a little slower then yesterday.

Temp85
Humd39
Bar29.33
DA3070
head wind 4-5mph

The sun is going to take a toll on the track today, yesterday the Super Stockers were having a tough time. Cars that I never see spin could not get a hold of the track.

I see one heads up for 3rd round of Stock. Fletcher and Farrell. It will be a while before stock runs again.

Super Stock has been called to the lanes. I'm heading up to the lanes now to see how the handle the starting line.

Bryan Worner

07-04-2010 10:20 AM

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My guess will be not good. It will be a one lane race track again! Maybe not this morning so much but the later rounds. What bothers me about this is nothing is done about it! Year after year we go to this ****hole and it seems to get worse. The track personnel just stand there and watch car after car blow the tires off! The "new" track surface is one of the bumpiest I've ever raced on! And the starting line and burnout box are the absolute worst!

They are more worried about checking drivers for their wristbands than taking care of the racing surface! And not once did I see a water truck going around to wet down any pit road in that dust bowl!

Good luck to all that are still there.

Jack Matyas

07-04-2010 11:32 AM

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Good afternoon - Well I'm back in Bethlehem and my points at home are padded a bit by my trip home yesterday for sure . With the help of Kenny who is still in and a few helpers and spies I'll try and keep you up to date as to whats happening at the "Valley" .

S/S rd 3 -I'm told the track was very good for this round with no spin issues. Sal got another bye ...can you believe it .Fetch over Iacono -- Franco over Leber -- Marc LaBrecque moves on .....Attitude at 3300 ft --- 88 degrees with a strong headwind .

Stock rd3 should be out in 40 minutes or so .......

Go Kenny ..................

Jack Matyas

07-04-2010 11:43 AM

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[QUOTE=Bryan Worner;196026

They are more worried about checking drivers for their wristbands than taking care of the racing surface! And not once did I see a water truck going around to wet down any pit road in that dust bowl!

Bryan -- I have to agree here as yesterday I saw 4 wheelers going down the lane you're in and I couldn't believe the amount of dust they were throwing up - pitiful , just pitiful .Wetting the lanes down would have helped a bunch ..............

Jack Matyas

07-04-2010 12:29 PM

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Stock rd3 --Tim Fletcher(10.86) over Farrell (11.16) heads-up -- who spun bigtime - George LaBelle is on to rd4 - Shaul wins - Jason Silver took out DeMarzo - our own Kenny loses with a .001 light when he dumped Dave Casey too soon .......

S/S coming up ...............

Jack Matyas

07-04-2010 01:01 PM

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Stock rd4 -- Fletcher over Silver--- Shaul over Casey -- McGrath in ..........and get this - Tim Fletcher will face Scott Goshert in rd5 heads-up ...........

Only bits from rd3 S/S -- Sal spun (track going away ? ) -- Marc loses with a .002 light with a runout run

Paul Precht

07-04-2010 01:15 PM

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The big question is how was the cookout last night, boy do I miss that.

Jack Matyas

07-04-2010 01:18 PM

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Stock 5 -- Fletcher won the heads-up over Goshert 10.84 to 10.89 -- Cook got the bye
Bednaz v Santangelo and Casey v McGrath -- still waiting for results

Paul -- Wish I could help you out but I missed it too ! ! !

Jack Matyas

07-04-2010 01:53 PM

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S/S 5 -- Perkins(8.70 dial ) v Fetch (10.14 dial) -- Fetch wins deadon....Ditocco (9.98 dial) v Antonette (9.62 dial ) -- Ditocco dead on -- Antonette loses with a 9.61 run out

Stock 5 -- Santangelo v Dean cook jr with Santangelo going 10.53 for the win over Cooks 11.12 -- Fletcher 10.86 dial v Casey 10.27 dial -- Fletcher goes 11.04 for the win when Casey slows to a 10.31

Frank Aragona wins Comp when Vinny Barone goes red .................

Jack Matyas

07-04-2010 02:18 PM

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SuperStock final - Fetch wins with one over 10.16 --- DiTocco runs out 9.97on a 9.98

Stock final --Fletcher 10.95 dia l-- wins at 10.97 --- Santangelo dial 10.48 -- loses with a 10.47

Congrats to everyone -- this was sure a weekend for the youngins' .................

Ken Miele

07-04-2010 10:15 PM

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Here is some pictures of the winners. Anthony Fetch Driving Gary Richard's GT/DA 2001 Firebird.

Timothy Fletcher driving Dan Fletcher's E/SA1969 Camaro.

Conragts to Anthony and Timothy, two great racers, and great people.

A side note about Timothy. Before this race Timothy had only be down the track twice in his dad's stocker and that was on Wednesday before they got to Lebanon. Timothy brackets races at the local track with the family's13 second chevelle wagon.

Johnny Gray

07-05-2010 06:46 AM

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Here's a link to Ralph's wheelstand. I don't know who took the video I just found it on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIYM5-quO2k

gmonde

07-05-2010 07:17 AM

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i was in the pit when the annoucer went crazy,,now i see why, had all four off the ground
great video gmonde

Don Whitmore

07-05-2010 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ken Miele (Post 196135)

Congrats to Timothy!

Does anyone know the background of the Fletcher '69 Camaro stocker? Didn't the super stock Camaro originally belong to Dan's father and curious if the stocker Camaro has equally unique family history?

sst1988

07-05-2010 07:32 AM

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Them wheelstands are nice but can be very costy........! I love that car..

X-TECH MAN

07-05-2010 08:15 AM

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Yes.....It was Dans from way back,

Stocker 2

07-05-2010 09:24 AM

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Them wheelstands are nice but can be very costy........! I love that car..

I'd bet Ralph sure misses his old wheelie bars. He could have replaced the ones ruled illegal with regular wheelie bars like everyone else uses. They could have saved the expensive fix that's probably needed now.

Ryan Horensky

07-05-2010 10:51 AM

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I believe the stocker is a car Dan bought when he was younger and drove to high school. Congrats Tim! Unbelievable job in your first stock race. Enjoy!

Marc LaBrecque

07-05-2010 11:09 AM

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Thanks to Howie Commander Wayne Delmonte and the whole Lebanon Valley crew for a great weekend ! You should be proud what you've accomlished in the last year after the devasting flood you went thru . The weather couldn't have been better and the race ran smooth and for the most part the bite was sure good ! We can all complain about something at every race track ( sand , sharp traprock , all blacktop , not enough blacktop, water weeping ,getting bumped , rushing the sportsman ........ ) Bottom line very improved facility !!!! So thanks again to the Lebanon Valley Crew and Bob langs Div1 Crew !

Marc LaBrecque

Jack Matyas

07-05-2010 12:03 PM

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This morning while out for a walk I noticed a round cylinder type thing in the corner of a certain sponsor's trailer - not sure but could it be .........Nah --- well maybe ---we'll see . Hint-- it had some writing on it -- what's a Busch ?????

I reported this a few days ago and was sure I knew what it was - you could have got me to bet the ranch it was a 30 gallon beer keg . After all it did say Anheiser-Busch on it and looked very much like a keg -- wrong -- I'm almost embarrassed to tell you what it really was -- Jimmy Buffett would have known -- that's right it was a margrita maker for high rollers ............no kidding as I saw it in action . And talk about a pump -- that baby could move some fluid ............some teams got it all ! ! ! And no , I won't disclose who had it -- maybe the owner will come forward on his own as they will surely read this .

Gary Parker

07-05-2010 12:04 PM

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I agree with you completely Mark. One of the better races I have been to lately. Gary

Alan Roehrich

07-05-2010 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Stocker 2 (Post 196176)

I'd bet Ralph sure misses his old wheelie bars. He could have replaced the ones ruled illegal with regular wheelie bars like everyone else uses. They could have saved the expensive fix that's probably needed now.

See post 46. Ralph told Ken that the only problem was broken headlights.

Steve Calabro

07-05-2010 12:45 PM

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When he checks close he will find more. When I went on the almost identical ride, cracked trans case, alt, rad support, motor mounts, etc. Racing these cars without wheelie bars is not a good idea!

Joe DeMarzo

07-05-2010 12:50 PM

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I agree it was a great weekend of racing. There was no shortage of racers, in fact the place was packed. We had a lot of fun as usual and there were lot of old timers at the race checking things out. The D-1 crew was working hard and the track personel was welcoming. Diamond RV was a great sponsor and the luxury book was an oasas from the elements. I had a great 1st round race with Jim Boudreau and then was tatooed in the 3rd round by Jason Silver. I am looking forward to the next D-1 race.

Alan Roehrich

07-05-2010 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Calabro (Post 196208)

When he checks close he will find more. When I went on the almost identical ride, cracked trans case, alt, rad support, motor mounts, etc. Racing these cars without wheelie bars is not a good idea!

That's a possibility. We got lucky, the orange car only bent the headers a little, killed an O2 sensor, dented the pan, and killed the shocks. Anthony wasn't as lucky at Memphis, I had to swap cases on his transmission, and Rod Nut swapped oil pans and oil pumps, he worked pretty hard to get Anthony to Milan the next weekend.

Pistol Pete

07-05-2010 01:09 PM

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Joey D

Sooo much for you looking for a driver huh ????

Joe DeMarzo

07-05-2010 01:16 PM

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Pete until I find someone better I am stuck with myself, lol

joe176

07-05-2010 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Matyas (Post 196200)

I think the owner of the alcohol related cylinder in question snuk it in in the bed of his super stocker ? Get it.

Pistol Pete

07-05-2010 07:53 PM

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Joey D.

I wish i was "stuck with you" for a driver, you're still the man...... don't worry.....

See you soon....

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