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Photos of Super Stock in the lanes for their 2nd qualifying. Right after Super Stock ran and the last class runs for stock, they called it a night. Super Gas was in the lanes but they had to turn them back for the second time today, this time for lightning in the area. Super Gas has to be the step child of NHRA, they have the worst luck of any category, man do I feel for those guys and girls.

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Last post for the night. Stock is out first at 8:00am tomorrow, weather permitting.

I only had time to do one in car video. Anthony Bertozzi in his 98 SS/SA Grand Am is your in car cam of the weekend. I will try to get another tomorrow.

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I had noticed that Tom Seeman was racing in Stock this weekend; and it seems like only the second time he's raced this year, after Atco. Has he switched from Super Gas?

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Photos from John DiBartolomeo - Drag Racing Action Magazine http://dragracingaction.com

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I thought the Stocker alarms went off really early this morning, but then I realized it was just thunder in the overnight hours. Got a good bit of rain last night. The jet dryer is out on the track now, and I'm sure other equipment was out earlier that you couldn't hear. 50% chance of rain all day long, but yesterday's 80% forecast allowed us to race all day as the storms stayed mainly south of us. Yet another example of how you can't let forecasts rule over you.

Funny that the press release last night said they cut off qualifying due to rain. They actually pulled the plug due to lightning in the area. It was a couple hours before we got any rain. It was all around us though!

We discovered the track has showers, much like Bristol. It was a welcome scraping off of the day's sweat! It's a shame this facility doesn't get more use.

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From the ZMax Dragway facebook page:
Maybe they'd draw more fans if they acknowledged that there's more here than just a couple of Pro classes. Acter someone asked them "so no sportsman racing?" they gave more of the schedule and classes. Why would you NOT advertise everything you have, or suggest that people not bother to come until 1pm when you're planning on running sportsman and alky cars hours for hours leading up to that? Ugh! Huge pet peeve.

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We are up and at em, but nothing is happening yet. No announcements about what is happening today. I am sure they are trying to get the track in racing condition. Yesterday the rubber started coming up and they had to re-do the whole track. Stock is supposed to be out first, so we will be ready!

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Found Curt Smith. Alky classes out first, followed by Stock Rnd 1.

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Saturday schedule: http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...UMMIT#indextop

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Congrats to Don Fezell for his win against us this morning! Larry beat him there by 2 tenths but broke out by .08! Since we had not had a good run to dial off of, I think we did good to get that close on the dial! Oh well, that's racing!

The sun has come out here now, but there is no more sportsmen scheduled until 6:00 tonight!

We are going to hang out here today, and leave for home in the morning. More later!

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Here are a few pictures from yesterday qualifying. Sorry couldn't make it till the last SS session last night.

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Here are a few more. Good luck to all the Stock and Super Stock guys still there. Hope the weather holds for you.

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Thanks Butch for the photos. The pros are done and my internet connection is back. Alcohol is running their first round followed by the sportsman cars. I think Super Gas, Super Comp, Super Stock and then Stock will be the order. I'm sure it will be round robin until the fields are cut down to two rounds for Sunday.

The weather was warm today, but no rain, we should be good for the rest of the night.

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Thanks Ken. Here are few more pictures that I took the liberty to crop. Including one of yourself.

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Well we pulled out early this morning heading back to KY. It was gray and overcast, but forecast is looking pretty good to get the rest of the race in. Super comp is to finish their 2nd round at 11 and then pros. I don't know why, but they said last night they could not begin until 11 today. I guess the rest of the sportsmen will be fitted in somewhere today.

I have a few more pictures from yesterday:

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Randall Campbell Q/SA

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Ryan Hardison B/SA

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Sterling and Cindy Simmons C/SA

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Wallace "Pie" Dent and his lady C/SA

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Dinner with friends!

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Thanks to Alice Tysinger for the great cake!

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Most dragstrips in North Carolina can't start up till 12 noon on Sunday due to churches in the area, Zmax has an exemption under their county law I believe.