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2011-09-11 STOCK ELIMINATOR

Round: E5
Lane Name Number Dial In R/T ET MPH
L Mike Ficacci 1010 10.56 .046 10.736 108.94 WIN
R Dustan Lowell 11 10.98 -.006 11.062 105.27

L Frank Ferrucci 1271 12.22 .053 12.286 105.30 WIN
R Bob Medeiros 1212 10.36 -.049 10.391 118.97

L David Ficacci 1013 10.33 .013 10.348 126.73
R Kenneth Miele 1656 9.89 .013 9.899 132.45 WIN




2011-09-11 STOCK ELIMINATOR

Round: E6

Lane Name Number Dial In R/T ET MPH
L Mike Ficacci 1010 10.58 .068 10.707 111.07 WIN
R Frank Ferrucci 1271 12.28 .060 12.443 96.66

L Kenneth Miele 1656 9.80 .178 14.808 74.15 WIN



2011-09-11 SUPER STOCK

Round: E5
Lane Name Number Dial In R/T ET MPH
L Jeff Roell 106 10.05 .002 10.017 132.17
R Peter Biondo 1136 9.64 .011 9.629 140.50 WIN

L Joseph Santangelo 1778 10.28 .028 10.287 128.15
R Anthony Bongiovanni 1759 8.88 .009 8.895 151.34 WIN

L
R Guy Desjardins 1030 9.47 .042 9.509 138.30 WIN


Round: E7
Lane Name Number Dial In R/T ET MPH
L Mike Ficacci 1010 10.60 .064 10.652 123.92 WIN
R Kenneth Miele 1656 9.89 .101 9.914 128.36

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Congrats Mike Ficacci!

You too Ken

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Good Job Mike!!

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This photo says it all ............Congrats Mike .

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Great job Mike!!!!
Same to you Ken!!!!

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Way to go Mike AND Ken. Congratulations.

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Congrats!!!

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Great job Mike congrats.

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Mike, great job. Congratulations.

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Great job by both guys! Jim

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Congrats to a very nice young man.......................:D

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Dear Mike, This could not have happened to a nicer guy, you worked like a demon on my nephews car to get it to go down the track and got us to the third round. We really appreciate the help of you and your dad. You are the man today , Congradulations.

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Congradulations Mike and Ken......
S&M

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Congrats Mike !!!!! Way to go.

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When its ur day you can do no wrong! Nice driving Mike.

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Great Indy follow up with a nice win this week end Mike.
Honourable mention to Ken
and a nice semi final for Guy Desjardins in SS.
Savour the moments, save the memories and stay well guys.
MB

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Congratulations Mike.Two great showings in two weeks.

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Nice job to Mike & Kenny, both are subscribers of the "Nitro Joe's Drag Racing Stats"

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Congratulations Mike.
I notice the for sale sign isnt on the car anymore!

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Good morning - And its great to be back at work as I really need the rest - sure , I know I ditched you guys yesterday and bugged out right after the finals but let me tell you - this young man was plum wore out and couldn't wait to get home to puts the cars away and get some rest .

In this first series is our Stock winner ( Mike Ficacci ) and runner-up ( Ken Meile ) ........... Seems I've got a bunch of pictures and stories still to be told ........stick with me .

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And then there is SuperStock - Peter Biondo and Anthony Bongiovanni ............

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Nice win Mike. You are on a roll - 5 rounds at Indy and a win at Englishtown.

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Thanks for the kind words guys. I definitely had some luck on my side. A bunch of guys were running great races this weekend.

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This past weekend a ticket sale and drawing was held that benefited Racers For Christ - and the winner (s) -- Penny & Bob Bender - they as the picture below shows a free entry to the Zillionth annual Pennsylvania Dutch Classic @ Maple Grove Raceway .BTW , the cost of this entry was donated by Bob Lang and the Division One office .

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Great job Mike, well earned and well deserved. For those of you who do not know Mike, he is always there to help his fellow racer.

I quick story on Sunday before 4th round of Stock. They have been calling stock to the lanes and me and Mike were ready to go up. Pete Biondo was having trouble with his SG starter. Without even asking, Mike is there helping me and Pete get tools and swap out starters. Its nice to see young people coming into stock with this kind of sportsmanship, I think stock will be in good hands for the future.

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I think a really good friend would have stayed and made sure everything was working ok, especially if, errrr, even if it meant missing 4th round...

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Dan,i'm sure a lot of guys wished you stayed home selling trailers on weekends.:>):>):>
Would be good to keep Thomas and Timothy home too to learn the business.

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It was pretty funny watching Ken work on a big block Chevy,must have screwed up his mind for the 4th round. LOL

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And a big thumbs up to Anthony Bongiovanni for his runner up. Very solid driving...

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Heh Heh Thats funny and I dont care who you are !

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I think it would be funny to see Kenny work on anything... lol.... great job in e-town Ken
Dale

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Here's a tidbit for you - had a long conversation with Joe DeMarzo Saturday night about his recent posts concerning the future of his Nova Stocker - what it comes down to is that he's convinced that his cars' feelings have been hurt ---- can his car read ? Must be because it broke plenty of parts over the weekend and Joe wants to publicly apoligize to his ride ( his car must read my column I guess ) and wants it to know there are no plans to add a big block at this time or to put it up for sale after years of faithful service .Just when you thought you heard it all .................I thought since his car will be reading this might as well have a few pics - just to get it in the right frame of mind for the upcoming Keystone Nationals .

Joe - You might want to try a couple of coats of Meguires ..............

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Jack,Joe told me the other day he was coming over to the dark side and putting a stick in it for next year.

I hope his skirt doesn`t get caught up in the shifter.

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Jack thank you for the auto support. Sorry this is going to be long winded but my, no I mean our therapist said I need to get it out.

It was the weekend from hell but also the one of the best weekends. Friday the ole nova blew the ring gear and locked up (after a TT run that was ugly), had to be towed back to the trailer from the 60ft maker. For those of you who have never been towed it is the longest tow of your life. I was heading back to put it on the trailer and head home saturday am. Rich Amen (figures a stick guy) was parked next to me and said " I have a spare set of gears if you want and offered to help put them in (lol)'. Those stick guys are special.

As Richie and I are getting into it Dan Lynch came by to see what happened and got under the car and we started the project, 10 min later the big guy, 'Bubba" (like Cher or Madona he needs no last name) comes over and I quote "I hate getting dirty but it always finds me". Bubba was under the car and he and Richie had me back in no time (cost me 2 beers, guess for who). Many thanks to Eddie Bednez who had every spare part I needed that Richie did not have (another stick guy, ouch) We had plenty of supervision from a lot of my racing colleges including Dennis Chapman, Glen hartzler, Kenny Richard, and my first round oppenet who ask me how much are you going hold now?

Saturday I was warming the car up for a TT the tranny cooler gives way by th scales and oil is all over the place and once again i get towed back, did i mention a long ride. I miss the TT and take the cooler and all the lines out and there is Richie Amen again (no cooler on a stick car he told me) and we get fixed for first round.

I have nothing to dial off so i talk to those at who where at Atco when I was and look in my log book and decided to hold a bunch, went 3 round and lost on a -.003 red while going .01 over the dial.

The ole Nova sent me a text "sale me will ya, no one will buy me when i am finished with you" So I am sorry Boo.

Adam that is a kilt not a skirt and sportsman racers are the best people around could not have done it alone.

Thank you.

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Joe, since things happen in three's - did you or the green rocket put the mojo on us (haven't broken a rocker in years, much less putting a rod through the pan on the next round)?
Great spending time under the car with you this weekend! Next time we should forget about the broken parts and head right to the food.
PS - love your Mom
Rich & Lynn

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Rich, I told Joe i had TONS of food & beer.

You guys should have come to my trailer.

We were there till 11 pm.....



Pistol Pete

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Joe
You and Rich had a hard weekend defanitly but still was a goodtime. I even went some rounds Lol

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As promised here are more photos from E-Town ....................At least the boss will think I earned that big bonus check that came recently !

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I'd like to take credit for Mr. Bongiovanni's success this weekend.. it was off to a shaky start saturday morning until I stopped him in the tech line and told him his fly was down.. I mean I must have saved him from what could have been otherwise detrimental to the micro strategist. (Sorry Mr. B!) It was smooth sailing from there for the team.

Also, there were lots of cameras at this event. I know Kubicke was shooting on the starting line and DragTimeNews was at the finish line. There was another camera guy who was shooting the Saturday night starting line launches and he showed my dad some good shots from second round but I never got to see them. Does anyone know who he is or where I find his pics??

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Lol. I owe you forever Bobby.