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Hats off to our own Stock-SuperStock guru Sal Biondo who was runner-up today in Comp ...........

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well the force rigs just came in to the parking lots

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Maybe testing"""""""""

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Jason Line reset his 6.483 national record from round1 with a quicker 6.477 in round 2.
In the semis Humphrey goes 6.489,,takes out Brogdon's 6.532.
Line's 6.482 takes out Anderson's 6.500.
Final round Line's 6.484 takes out Humphrey's 6.530.
The Summit cars are flying,,Jason stretches his points lead.
Danny Durham

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Very impressive indeed.

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The NHRA website shows that this race is completed. Everyone can go home. Thanks for coming.


Yuck, yuck, yuck.

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Yeah, it's over for the competitors that NHRA thinks actually count! Jim:rolleyes:

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We will see this weekend what the class racer can draw for fans.With no pro cars there and a good weather forecast hopefully people will still come out.good luck to all

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Not only ignoring the true Sportsman racers in all their post-race coverage but completely failing to mention any of the Divisional bracket series winners....at least IHRA on their website shows the Divisional bracket/track winners. Sometimes you can go to the main NHRA website and you'd never guess they race anything but Pros and alcohol cars. I support the NHRA tracks, Divisionals and Nationals but some reciprocal support would sure be nice.

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Yep , I know you've heard it all before but it's a drop dead gorgeous day here in Pennsylvania .............seventy degrees and sunny ! ! !

Just posted on DRC is Bob Freys' take on what happened at Maple Grove ..........

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Well here we are @ part two of the Auto Plus Nationals - I'm in line to get in tomorrow morning - I figured there would be much more of a crowd tonight but I must say sparce isn't even close - the line to get in is almost non-existant .


One thing I didn't think about is that its October - yep , its a chilly 58 degrees tonight and is expected to drop into the forties - and its furnace time for me as I hate the cold .But I just can't force myself into moving to somewhere warm .

Thursday will be a nothing day for most of us - parking and then tech - I'll be done before 10am .....then what ? Maybe I can get a job here at the track ........cleaning toilets or forecasting the weather or ........well you get it ! ! ! Every time I've taken a shower in the last week I keep thinking the tire tracks will wash off but ........I've been under the bus so much lately its like a second home .

Did I mention my TV service is on the fritz again - thank God for the Internet - you know that Al Gore guy was right - it might catch on .Later .............

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Got one word for you Jack - snowbird! When it get cold come on down to Florida and go home when it gets warm.

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Jack.... Do we go right to the track if arriving later today?

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You bet Tom - we're in and parked already - tech is open and looking for customers - see you soon ............plenty of macadam to park on .

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But DRC notes that best appearing and best engineered won't be awarded until this upcoming weekend.

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Not much going on this afternoon - most did tech - then maybe a little cleaning up of equipment and pretty soon it was time to head over to the Park Place Pub and some great lunch .

Entries coming in are slow in showing up - this could turn out to be a really slim deal .

And for those of you who forgot what motorhome rutts look like ..............And these were taken in the flat areas - the back fields are still very soft and would produce foot deep tracks .

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Good morning - And welcome to day one of Part Two of the Auto Plus Nationals here at Maple Grove Raceway .In just under two hours we'll finally get our chance at going down the quarter mile and let me tell you folks - it will be fast - blinding fast as the weather here is just what the doctor ordered - just under fifty degrees -.27 vapor pressure - 29.79 barometer- there is some humidity but with the Sun shining it will burn off fast - and here it is ---- ta-da---- we're at ............... - 99' at this moment - it will climb some till we get on the track but it'll be fast just the same ..

I hear trucks rolling in this morning - hopefully a bunch because as of 5pm yesterday there were only 107 entries on the grounds - seems like racers waited to leave late to arrive here this morning and will trickle in all day .We should get our two shots in today and possibly a third .At any moment I expect to hear the Division One Jet firing up to dry the dew off the track - as you can see on the grass pics below there is plenty of it .
Later ..................

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Jack you're making me homesick-wish I was there!

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Stock and SS made their first pass already.

Temps when SS ran were 58 degrees, 29.94 baro and 60% hum.

Rich South went 9.62 in GT/FA (i think). -1.17
Angelo Ditocco went 9.67 in SS/IA. -1.02

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Stock and SuperStock got their first hit - Stock was out first with 44 entries and Ron Infantino led the pack with a fine -1.10 run in his sharp looking '69 Camaro Z-10 . In S/S fifty came out this morning with Rich South at the top with a fine -1.18 run .

I'm told that along with S/S class eliminations we will get three qualifing passes today .

SuperComp and Super Gas on the track now with Stock to follow .

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Is DRC providing any coverage this weekend? E

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Yep. There has been a problem with the results going on the home page. You can catch the Maple Grove results by using this link:

http://www.dragracecentral.com/Serie...entFilter=2835

We are working to get the home page problem fixed.

Jim

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The weather today is perfect. They just called Super Stock to the lanes for class. If you would like to see live timing click on the link below.

http://www.1320go.com/maplegrove/livetiming.php

The in car cam is Dave Thomas in his SS/BA Corvette.

I will try to get more in car cams, but they are running us so fast its hard to get back to the lanes and set up it all up.

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Not too familar with SS rules, but are air / electric shifters used in these cars and classes

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Stock and S/S just had round two of qualifiers - S/S class now running .........

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Yes.

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Congratulations Matt Welker for getting your Hemi in to the 8 second zone !!!!!

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Racing is over for the day, we finished up about 5pm. It has been smooth day, I have not been to race that was run so well in a very long time. Everyone received 4 runs if they wanted to expect Super Stock because of class.

Here are pictures of the cars that returned for this race. I was very surprised to see how low the car counts were. I guess between the racers that wanted the experience of a National event and the ones that could not return made for a low car count.

The weather for the day could not have been better, another first in a very long while.

The in car cam is Mark Faul running Lincoln Morehead in the first round of GT/GA

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Everyone on the property got happy today ---- why you ask ? ? Not only did S/S class elims take place but everyone and I mean everyone got four - count 'em - four qualifing runs in all the different conditions - morning / mid-day and late afternoon .

Speaking of S/S - how about Don Fizell winning the S/S stick combo in his '08 Cobra Jet .Or John Armstrong in his '69 Corvette going 8.92 to win the automatic combo class . Then there's Bob Cupp in his trusty '65 Chevelle winning SS/KA with a convincing 10.31 run .And lets not forget the #1 man - Rich South in his fresh G-5 GT/FA going - 1.180 to take the pole .I could go on and on .......you had to be here .

Now we'll test your memories - when is the last time a small-block powered "Big" car was #1 in Stock ? ? I can't remember but today was Kevin Fogertys as his mile deep black '65 Impala coupe is on the pole and not an easy task but he had his 327 hummin' as he went 11.888 in the process .Congrats to Team Fogerty .............

All in all it was a terrific day here @ Maple Grove - if you didn't comeback it was surely your loss .And if you didn't enter - do so next year .

Yeah - I know it was terrible last week but today was special - and tomorrow looks even better .How am I ever going to fall asleep tonight ..............

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Nice weather today and like everyone else I definitely couldn't wait to get down the quarter mile and rip some gears, unfortunately the trusty little 289 spun a bearing today so I had to come home early, can someone tell Doug Chervanik he has a bye so he doesn't wait around for me first round, thanks.

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I noticed on the Mark Faul video that the NHRA took its fancy 'tree with the funky pre-stage and stage home with them. What's up with that? Also - big congrats to Kevin Fogerty for #1 qualifier! Kevin - I couldn't go that fast if I got pushed out of an airplane!

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I must add that Kevin Fogerty offered to tow me back to my pit spot with his race car after his tremendous qualifying pass! He reversed off the scale and we were about to hook up the strap when the tow truck arrived. What a guy!

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More picture and video's.

The in car cam is Thomas Fletcher racing Norm Hall in the GT/BA final.

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Ken I thought ss GT/BA had to wear gloves, you know cars that run faster than 10.00 ?

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Good morning - Finally ! ! Its here - race day and a great day it will be .Just like yesterday the forecast calls for sunshine and blue skies without a possibility of a storm of any kind .

This morning there is again "frost on the pumpkins" as they say in these parts as its a chilly 47 degrees at this moment but the Sun will be up shortly to warm things up .

Speaking of the weather dialing this morning will again be a challenge as its a tad better than yesterday morning withe barometer at 29.88 combined with the low temps and a good VP the DA is very close to sea level .

We were to have a 8:30 start but it will more than likely be close to 9 when we get going as this is a very relaxed deal because of the low car count .

For those of you who didn't know yesterday was "Purple Friday" and as you can see Penny Bender was honoring her Baltimore Ravens by wearing the colors while partying last night with Kevin Fogerty Jr. who was celebrating their teams # 1 spot yesterday.

To my friend Lewis - is your picture the result of what happens when you don't use that new fangled strobe thingie ? Or could it be I just didn't turn the flash on ?

Also pictured below is Tony Elmo -Director of Event Services here at the 'Grove who got himself a new Bobcat ride recently .Most of us at sometime or another meet up with Tony and he truly is the racers friend - and a get it done kind of guy ! !

I 'gotta get going as the Suns' coming up ............later

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Only the fast GT/BA drivers have to wear gloves.

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Good luck to all and enjoy one of the classic weather days at "The Grove", it will be fast and furious.

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Stock has first round completed -most were .02 to .03 faster than yesterday AM - S/S coming up soon ........Highlites - Totaro over Bender , Szupka over Fletcher - sorry can't tell you more than that .

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Good to read that the weather is real nice and racers having fun. Anything to help offset what has happened thus far. Could this weather help remove the black cloud and stigma with Jack? Naaahh! Just kidding and have fun.

BTW, winter forecast is for colder & more snow than last year. Jack's fault also?? Instead of bus tire tracks it will be snow thrower tracks.

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Thanks for the great pictures,you guys have fun and stay safe.