Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Good morning -- Its race day here at Englishtown and because of the ugly weather thats on it way we'll hurry the program along this morning .Its slightly overcast already but the Sun is trying to peek thru from time to time .The storm is coming and I'm sure of it - how you ask ? Woke up this morning with a terrible sinus migraine and thats a sure sign for me .And my bad luck continued after that - jumped in the shower and after a few seconds it dawned on me that I never turned the water heater on this morning .......my mind must be on "other" things .

Speaking of the weather it looks like this - 76 degrees -70% humidity - barometer at 29.68 with the final DA @ 2300 feet .

One last thing - congrats go out to my longtime friend Dennis Banach who runs out of the Chapman Racing Stables and yesterday set the CF/S National Record with his '88 Daytona - Dennis , like many of us "old timers" still believes that piece of paper has meaning and value - way to go my friend ...............

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Forget the hurry-up deal as its now raining here at Raceway Park .............

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

All I know is we just got hammered down here in South Jersey w/ rain...not sure if the same cell is going to make it's way up to you guys or not.

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Steve did not know ur a shoe guy

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Im doing the rain dance on Long Island! ...wooo wooo wooo ...lol
Only kidding good luck" Joe Force"...You no who im talking about...

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

11 AM update - Sun is out - and the Jet is on track and running ......but if you look at the Radar screen thats a whole different story ........cross your fingers .And we've got some wind ..........

On another note -- I thought the pit spot I picked out was close to staging and a pretty good deal - now not so much .....see below pics .

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

11:45 - Starting to see Stockers riding around and warming up ..........

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

hopefully there will be some racing tomorrow.

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

12:15 -We were close - track was dry - then the skies opened up .............Back to the drawing board -- maybe I can go shoe shopping this afternoon .........

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Hey guys...is that the 'ol "Dogcatcher" car?

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

New car same guy that owned the dog catcher.
Rich

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

We've been racing for a couple of hours now - Stock got in round one ......what do you think the odds are of both the boss and I having heads-up runs ? More than that -what are the odds of both of us winning ? And yet it happened ...........that kind of explains why neither of us has posted much this afternoon .We were to runs more rounds this afternoon and night but the weather people tell us the bad stuff is coming .........and soon .

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

We are still racing here at e-town, but in about 1 hour it maybe be a different story. There are a line of thunderstorms heading our way. The good news is tomorrow is supposed to upper 70's and pleasant.

I would like to congratulate Paul Bailey, NHRA named him the South Central Division director. Anyone that races here at e-town knows Paul. He is a great guy with a terrific sense of humor, very professional and personable. I wish him luck and know div 4 is in good hands.

The photo below is Paul holding a cake baked by Gloria Ley. The cake not only looks great, but it tastes great.

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

We are done for the day - just started raining and the winds are picking up ........


Racers are just waiting for the storm -- and with the help of adult beverages I might add .

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Jack - did you hear a run order for tomorrow? Do we assume they'll finish SS and then go to round 1 of SG? If you hear anything please let us know. Thanks

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Don, I heard super gas is out first and then they will finish super stock. I thought it was strange and may have misunderstood. Either way it will be ss and sg in the morning.

First round Stock photos from John DiBartolomeo, DRAG RACING ACTION Magazine www.dragracingaction.com

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Thanks for the kind words Jack! It took a long time but I finally did it!:)

Thanks also to Dennis Chapman and Dennis Chapman JR.for providing the car,and to my longtime friend Ed Novajoski.

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Got together tonight with some friends to have a litlle birthday celebration for John Leach - longtime Stock racer from Maryland - funny thing is no one asked how old he is now - guess it doesn't matter anyway as everyone had a nice time with plenty of chow and a great cake ..........Happy Birthday John ! !

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

While cruising the lanes earlier today I came across Steve Comellas' Hemi Dart - the paint and body on this car are beyond breathtaking - if you get the chance check this vintage racer out - it will knock your socks off - well done Steve ............

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Here's a big pile of photo's that didn't make it into stories for whatever reason - or I just plain forgot ...................

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

that dried salami, cheese and olive plate looks great!
:)

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Me too. Congratulations "Way-nee", like the late Vinnie Napp used to call Wayne Paul Bailey. You've earned it! W.P. you know who this is if you're reading this post. If not, here's a hint: I used to work at RP from 1992-96 in the Half Scale Dragsters, Inc. division. :) In the beginning, you helped out some with UPS shipments. :)

All the best!

M68

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Good morning -- The rains have ceased - finally .And believe it or not today is to be a very sunny , crisp day that'll be perfect for racing with lower everything - temps and humidity included .At this hour its 67 degrees and the humidity is still 70% but is expected to burn off quickly this morning .The barometer is a little lower at 29.71 with the final DA @ just over 1500 feet .

There are many opinions floating around as to who's going out on the track first this morning - so far I've heard every category at least once - once I get the official word we'll post it - plenty of time as we can't start engines till 10 am.

Back in a bit .............

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

First out - Stock rd 2 then SuperGas then finish rd 1 SuperStock

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Stock got in rd2 and S/S rd 1 done - this place is a bunch faster most were at least a tenth better than Friday ..........

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Sorry everyone for the lack of reports. I lost second round and had to head out early. It was a beautiful day to race, temps were in the mid 70's and comfortable. Congrats to all the winners, DRC has all the results and it looks as if there was some great racing. This was the last D1 race, and from the looks of the point standings there will be some D1 racers heading south.

John DiBartolomeo of DRAG RACING ACTION Magazine www.dragracingaction.com sent me some more great actions shots, thanks again John.

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

A few more photos.

Re: Live from Old Bridge Township-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

On behalf of all stay at home fans, thank you Ken, Jack and John for the live reports, pictures and videos.