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Randall....I was torn down in 2008......was told as I pulled up to go to the tent...at that race...tent was for head only and barn was for rod and piston/crank.....yes they seal you the day before...... make you initial next to your car number on their sheet that you agree to be there the following day ....... there was a morning session and an afternoon session.

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Well it is another sunny day here at Indy. Going to cool down today to 95 from 99 yesterday. It was still 85 here at 11 last night!

I am wearing my Mardi Gras beads that I got over at Teuton's for a little luck against Bo this morning! They have already called up the left side of the ladder.

More after we run.

Oh here are a couple of shots from last night at the Skillmans:
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Good morning folks, just to follow up on Patsy. The weather for this morning is warm but a whole lot better then yesterday afternoon.

Sunny
Temp 75
humd 69
Bar 29.00
DA 2960
slight cross wind

They just called stock to the lanes, be back later.

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This is such a cruel sport, all the people I was pulling for, except Wenzel, are gone 1st rd. I was really pulling for our track reporters and Andy Durham.

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I was listening to the audiocast this morning and Randy Wilkes had a single. Was there not enough alternates in the staging lanes to give him someone to race against? Last year, as I recall an number of alternates made first round. Has the rule changed regarding this?

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Terry, it's a 71 454-425 factored at 420. I think his car is going to be pretty decent when he gets it worked out.

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My dad was in the lanes and he was an alternate so that must not have been the case they sent us back just letting ya know

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Mike,

My brother was the second alternate and made it in. He told me that all of the alternates got in except for 1. He also said that someone broke and potentially another alternate could have gotten in. Maybe somone else who was at Indy has more details on this.

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Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3220 Randy Wilkes 3225 Chad Mahlosky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 10.379 129.00 No Time
B/SA Dial: 10.37 (+/-): 0.009 H/S Dial: 11.22 (+/-): 88.779
Qualified: #23 10.214 -1.036 #87 11.193 -0.807

Mahlosky breaks just before the waterbox, so there is no alternate. Wilkes gets the free pass to round two.