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It should have been run like a normal eliminator run with indexes being the dial in's. It's the new style of class eliminations.

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Watch your trailers why at the track.There has already been some Brake ins and stuff stole.Here is a link from Drag race results that John farr post his wallet got gone out of his Motor home.

http://drr.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/t...2/m/5707050006

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What a shame, largest security force of any event I've seen and cant keep this from happening. Probably the same jr thugs as last year... except for that guy Roy Hill caught, hes still in physical therapy for his hands. lol

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They need to put Roy Hill in charge of security. He's there.

Gary Russell's Car
 

Greg is right, Gary's Camaro Has a 350-290.

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Thanks. was just wondering.

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Nice Run for Keith

2032 Jack Zimmerman 5035 Keith Lynch
C1 0.096 10.273 118.37 ****WINNER**** 0.055 9.976 120.05
B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -0.977 B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -1.274
Qualified: #25 10.415 126.10 #1 10.029 132.10

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Is Brooks Lee car a 396 or 427?

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Yeah.....Notice Keith was letting off on a -1.27 run. NHRA really has their act together in the HP factor dept.

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Why would he do this? Not only was it a horrible red light but he ran it out the back door and got himself some HP! Jim

Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed---Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT--ET-SP
3548 Charley Downing...............................1587 Don Fezell
E2 **WINNER** 0.159 11.678 77.19.........-0.222 9.498 126.32
J/S Index: 12.35 (+/-): -0.672 ......................AA/S Index: 10.60 (+/-): -1.102

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Um..... they don't put a 396 or a 427 in a Dodge Challenger!....... Yet. Jim

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because he is not hidding his power. If every one ran like that the AHFS would actually work.

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Good point! But by the look of his MPH he might have had an "Oh crap!" moment at the 1200' mark. Jim



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Thanks for the coverage, Ken.... great job, helps take some of the sting out of not being there....

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JIm, he had already gone 9.46 on Thursday, so he was already 'flagged'.

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Um..... they don't put a 396 or a 427 in a Dodge Challenger!....... Yet. Jim


They had him listed as a 69 Camaro on the second qualifing sheet

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I personaly do NOT like the"COMBO" class eliminations.......Going red in a heads up is a little diff than having to do it in a combo when someone else will win that is not even in your class.. That new idea suxxxsss to me.

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I don't quite understand the combo idea either.

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Not to tough to understand. The vendors and nhra don't want to give out hardware and cash for singles. More racing for the fans without the shoe polish. Of course that means there has to be fans.

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is who runs faster under their index the winner then?

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It's run like Comp Eliminator. Handicapped off the Index, first to the finish line wins.

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It looks to me as if several of the "combo" cars didn't show up for "class" eliminations! Jim

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What fans? And for that matter, what paying vendors? Jim




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Other than having another time shot it would be a waste of time and your equipment if they did show up.

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What happend to Joe Lisa? DQ?
M.Lind

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depends on who gets there first.......without a red lite.....and hopefully without getting hp. So if you can get there first and can lift ,so be it.........Kinda like qualifying (lifting at the 1,000......lol

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Just another example of how nhra is screwing the class racer. The class trophy and lunch money for the single winner will now be given to the racer who is willing to spend the most money on his or her car to make it the fastest car (on it's index) at the track that weekend. I find it degrading and very inconciderate treatment for those who have busted their *** to build a competitive race car. Although I firmly believe that Sundays race is far more important than a class win, there are many racers who thrive on their collection of class win trophys. This latest enhancement is a huge slap in the face to Joe Classracer.

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Well I am sure most of you know who won class, although many did lift there were more than I thought went fast enough to triggering a review. I had no chance against Dave. I had some issues with the run against Jordan in the first round of class, even though I won the car was still off. Against Dave I was back to my normal race mode to see if the car was okay, everything is fine.

I am not here to bash any new car or driver, it is what it is. The car is cool and I am happy he has his first class win with his new car. Dave's a great guy and I couldn't be happier for him.

I was very happy two see Iacono win class. I heard that him and Dempsey are on good terms again, always nice to see that at the races.

The track for super stock's first round was still not as good as some drivers would like. Brian Oakes spun bad for the loss. For me the track has been great but I did here some are still having issues.

The A/SA was a tough one, its so hard not to make the wrong move. The final between Jim Boburka and Gary Richard was a tough one. The old cars can't afford to get power and obviously the new ones don't want to get power. I know many are upset with lifting, but I think the race between Jim and Gary ended well with Jim taking the win. Both Drivers are class acts and is why I love this sport. The people make this sport and I am sure most would agree, its why we race.

Joe Lisa was dq’d for an aluminum driveshaft. There was teardown, not engines though. Carbs, throttle bodies, driveshafts and head numbers. All class winners went to teardown.
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Here are to more in car camera runs. I tried to get Jason Line but I was so busy with my car I could not get to him before he ran. Chuck Veach and Monty Bogan are the featured drivers today. I hope to get Jason Line and Pete Biondo tomorrow.

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Thanks Ken, I just played both vidios at the same time and had them leave at same time ,now that was cool.

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When Joe Lisa got DQ'd it moved Dick Kincaid out of a heads-up race with Jack Zimmerman and Wallace Dent into a heads-up race with Michael Iacono.

Good break for Dick, tough break for Wallace.


-Toby

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Thanks Ken, Michael and everyone else for posting the pictures and videos. Great job and they are way cool. If you can't be there this is the next best thing. Thanks again!

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Here are more pictures from Butch.

I heard today from a very reliable source that there will be some kind of FX class for the new cars next year, possibly a heads up class. I hope this is something that happens, sure would be fun to watch.

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BINGO, Maybe they will finally get it right

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I thought the class singles worked fine.Seemed to be more of a race .
Remeber we are racing..Two cars at a time..Made sense

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James,

Congrats on Your Class win Good Luck Tomorrow !!!!!!!

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a few more pics from stock class rd1......


james perrone rd 1 class...

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...ronechar11.jpg

dave thomas bye rd 1

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...masdchar11.jpg

ray valpreda rd 1 class

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...avalchar11.jpg

"yo ken" and gene jordan

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...ngchar11-1.jpg

veach and rowe

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...rowechar11.jpg

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Charlie Downing's super cool new J/S mustang

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...ingcchar11.jpg

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a few stockers preparing for rd 1 stock class...

don fezell

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5108.jpg

dick kincaid

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5106.jpg

B/FS

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5109.jpg

.... and Big Daddy talking it over with the staging crew

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...litschar11.jpg

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Mr Michael Beard....

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5113.jpg

Jerry MacNeish

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5114.jpg

Joe Reid

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5112.jpg

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bubba linke

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5143.jpg

lee zane

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5141.jpg

"defending champ - SS" gene daugherty

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1/DSCN5142.jpg