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Congrats to Norman Warling for his RU, with his big '62 Cat ! :)

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Well I took pictures of the qualifying sheets and ladder, but with the flash, I can't read it,,so hopefully someone else will post it here.

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Looks like Big Ed beat up on Little Bill and took over his car!!

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Dirk Olsen B/S

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Brad Kovisto H/SA

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Daryl Bureski D/SA

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Championship Sunday at Grand Bend! Tune in to D3TV to enjoy final eliminations from the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season finale from "Thunder on the Plains" -

https://youtu.be/e8XNUIfrFFU

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Race day again!! It looks like it rained last night but it didn't! 88% humidity and 70 degrees with wind coming out of the south! What a difference from yesterday! 46 degrees and rain!! They are running the dryer now and should be running shortly starting with super street, then stock. Weather looks good until mid afternoon with a possibility of thunderstorms then.

Here are a few more pics:

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Mr. Penrod SS

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"Wild" Bill Feist B/S

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Bob Swan B/SA

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Norm Marsden SS/KA

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Dane McIntosh A/S

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Jake Mellgren R/SA

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Carson Pedigo B/SA

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Larry Henderson C/S

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Derek Fenner and Crew SS

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Troy Henderson and Crew B/S

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You can see more of the car in this one!!

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Jared Swinehart SS

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Chuck Rose F/SA

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Sean. Marconette SS/N

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Joe LeBlanc M/SA

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Bobby Devine R/SA

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Anybody remember this guy in the red coat?? It was great to see Bradley Grant again after many years!

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Well the first round of Stock of race 2 is in the books. Larry redlighted with a -.010. Our opponent, Jessie Alexandra had a perfect .000 light! Oh welll, you win some, you lose some!

For those of you who are keeping up for points purposes, I will list the winners. I don't have a ladder, so these winners are in no order!

Carter, Mosbek,Alvey, Rowe, Johnson, Burke, B. Line, B. Feist, South, McIntosh, Hatcher, Wernet, Picht, Davis, H. Line, R. Feist, Hale, Deforrest, Olsen, Burton, Schultz, D. Nelson, Myers, Alexandra, Wudarsyk, Speer, Shepard, Devine, Pedigo, Smith, Geary, L. Henderson, Geary, Diekema, Swinehart, Hughes, Patterson, Swan, Bogner, Maddox, Knudsen, Perkins,
Harry, C. Stephenson, and Montford.

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Winners round 2 Stock in no order:

McIntosh. Harry. Olsen. Shepard. Swinehart. Mosbek. Hatcher. Montford. Smith. DeForrest. Wernet. Picht. B. Feist. Swan. Geary. Carter. Maddox. Hughes. Thibert. Diekema. C. Stephenson. South. Speer.

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Round 3 winners

South. Feist. Olsen. Carter. Hatcher. Swinehart. DeForrest . Thibert. Smith. Wernet. Montford. Mosbek.

The weather has changed again. It went from 70s warm and sunny with wind out of south to 57 overcast and wind out of north. What a pain to try and dial!!

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That does sound like fun! Good luck in Ennis!!

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Left in super stock:
Swinehart. Ross. Wagner

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Left in stock:

Wernet. Montford. Mosbek

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Swinehart and Wagner in finals in super stock

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All Mopar final in stock!!

Mosbek and Wernet

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Patsy/Larry we should have a cool front next weekend in ennis. Might get some great air conditions. Safe travels to Lonestar state

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Winners are Mosbek and Wagner!

Congrats!!!

I hope y’all enjoyed the pictures from this week! Division 5 doesn’t get the “Live” reporters out this way too often.

We are staying here at the track tonight and then in the morning we will continue on our bread basket tour. Right now we plan to head toward Dallas and stop at a casino in OK tomorrow night and then on to stacking on Tues!!

More later!!

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Great Bend Kansas what a great place to have race! The most surprising part is, all of the track people are volunteers. They love the sport as much as we do. The best deal was $25 per race to plug in. Trust me with the weather here you needed it. It was cold, hot, windy, damp, and Sunday was so humid the pavement was wet. Two hours later the wind blew it all away. Trak prep was good we only sliped the tires first hit on test and tune, the rest of the races it was good.

If your a car buff D-5 is great place to see a wide variety of cars from 1 of 55 Hemis to a hatch back Monza, and it seems every other car has a stick in it

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Patsy,
It was great to meet you and thanks for the "Live" updates that you and Larry provide. Be safe and good luck during your travels.

Sean

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Do Stock entries fill up very quickly at Ennis? How many grade points did it take to get in this year? Thanks Patsy and Larry for your reporting, I always appreciate it.

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You are welcome, Jeff. I don’t remember how many grade points it was to get in . We actually got in after it dropped below 65 while we driving down the road. Our bread basket tour was kind of a last minute decision and Dallas was full! Then I looked again and it was at 64! You just have to keep checking back.

We left Great Bend yesterday in the cold and drizzle like it was on Sat. By the time we dumped, filled up with water, then drove across town for propane, it was later than we had planned to leave. Then had to work on trailer lights and stop and get new plug! Then we lost an extra hour sitting in traffic in Oklahoma City! But I am proud of myself as navigator! I used Google maps on my phone and got us around the traffic!!

We are now at a casino in Thackerville, Ok. We didn’t get here til 8:30 or so. Then found truck, rv parking. Waited for shuttle to take us to Winstar, ate a decent meal. Then played about half an hour. Came out up a little $$!!

We will leave here shortly and drive about 90 minutes to stacking in Ennis!

Will post more then!!

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Wow! What a tour you guys are making. How far west are you coming? Good luck and be safe.

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Floyd, this is as far west as we are going! Noble, OK next week, then back to St. Louis, then home!!

We want to wish “Happy Birthday” to our fearless leader Jeff Teuton today!! We will face southeast and toast you this evening!!

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Well we got here to the track about 12:30 today to stacking. We are #15 after lots are already parked that are playing in the golf tournament tomorrow. I think they are playing just for early parking!!! We made a Walmart run and found a good place for lunch in Ennis at Bella Italia. Good enough that we would go back!!

Here are a few pictures from the trip down yesterday:

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Our stop for trailer plug.

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Pictures of Kansas countryside.and neat little towns.

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Wheat shocks made from metal on light poles thru town.

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I did not realize there is so much oil and gas in Kansas!

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Oklahoma!!! (ok did you sing that??)

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Sunset!!

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Beautiful sunset driving down the road!!

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Thanks for the notes and pictures.
Donna and I love traveling like you are. Stop in small towns and visit the town squares.....antiques and visiting......then find the local cafe with the most pick up trucks.....guaranteed, the best chicken fried steak around. Yumm

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As always, the best places to eat is where the old fat people eat. The parking lot usually has big sedans with maybe a fender or two with a scratch or two

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Too bad you're not coming all the way but you are having an amazing trip. There are a lot of people that would welcome you with open arms. Enjoy the rest of your trip.

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Of course I’ll be following along and rooting for you and Patsy. Curious that NHRA hasn’t as yet posted the detailed run schedule that usually is out on Tuesday. Perhaps because of the rain they’ve had in the past few weeks? Sure hope that’s not the case, sportsman racers always bear the brunt of schedule changes.

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We dont have to worry about rain at Dallas....the great Dust Bowl is always there along with the rocks. I am sure Patsy will have a picture of it.

Positive: no one is getting stuck in the mud!

This is my home track, sinuses will be messed up from the dust!

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They have the schedule up now:

http://www.nhra.net/2018/images/NHRA...%20_18_DT1.pdf

good luck to you guys in Class.


Thought news said they had a bunch of flooding in the Dallas area, fake news?

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We started parking about 7:20 this morning! As Austin said, there are lots of rocks and dust! But if it rains on Sat and Sun like it is calling for, we won’t get stuck!! We have not been here since the Super Collider fiasco some 20 years ago! It doesn’t look like much has changed except where there was grass it is now rock! Also found some sand spurs and little bitty sharp rocks that stuck in my shoes! I sure hope those rocks don’t find their way into the race car tires!

We start out with Stock at 9 in the morning with Q1, then Class!!

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We went to Babe’s Chicken in Cedar Hill tonight and boy was it good!! It was about 30 minutes from the track but well worth the drive. Thanks everyone for recommending it!!

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Got find a Sonny Bryan's BARBQUE outstanding!

QUOTE=Larry Hill;574243]We went to Babe’s Chicken in Cedar Hill tonight and boy was it good!! It was about 30 minutes from the track but well worth the drive. Thanks everyone for recommending it!![/QUOTE]

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We just finished Q1. Next round is class. 64 cars. Lots of red lights and leaving before tree that round! Air was 2700’ that run

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Scales are light!

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I’m 40 lbs lighter than St. Louis. Noticed it warming up this morning and was confirmed in Q1.

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Its a National event. The scales should be certified before a National event...or do they not do that anymore either?

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Me too. Added 40 and weigh exactly what I weighed in St Louis & Indy.

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Lot of DQ both stock and super stock---- scales or fuel?????