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Well boys and girls here we are parked and ready to go but like they used to say on TV- "what a revolting developement" this is -- you guessed it -- rain and big time rain -- good news is that its supposed to clear out during the night and not lose tomorrow .Bad news is that more rain is being forecasted for Friday .After that Saturday and Sunday look terrific at this point .Everyone is crossing their fingers and hoping that the first D1 race of the season gets off on time .I'll try and keep you posted.......For those of you coming in Stock and SuperStock are pitted on the Atco SpeedShop side of the track .

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Thanks Jack see you tomorrow.

Dennis

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Jack, can save me two spots? On the asphalt of course. LOL! see you tomorrow.
Sam

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Sam -- If you're coming in tomorrow you shouldn't have any trouble finding a great spot on the asphalt -- not more than 25 to 35 trailers here tonight...........

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FOG ! ! But at least the rain has quit - here's the weather just outside my window -- 58 degrees , humidity a whopping 70% , barometer at 29.88 and steady , grains of water at 52 , vapor pressure is .35 with a final DA being 549 .Still plenty dark here but gates will open in a few minutes with a long line of racers waiting to get in and stake out their pit spots . Today will consist of Tech , test n tune , and some brave souls will make Record attempts .Stay tuned ..............

PS - With this much fog I don't think we'll hear the Jet for a couple of hours .

Kenny Meile -- Hope you're reading this as you are on Camera Duty this weekend , mine is sitting on my office desk - right where I left it .Go figure - I remembered bananas for my Cheerios , packed all my Meds but no friggen camera .

Update 8:50 est -- Pit gates just opened -- track dryer not yet running -- conditions damp at best - fog starting to lift -cloudy and overcast skies .

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must be a growing old thing?????????????????

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Morning Jack, any announcement on a starting time today?
Thanks for the updates they are very informative.
Dan.

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Unfortunately, due to commitments with work, I'll be sitting this one out. I hope everyone has a safe, and dry race. Jack, we love those old photos!

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What a day ! ! Because of the weather conditions today we had a very late start this morning .Not a lot of cars here for the test n tune and as for record attempts -- forget about it ."Only" three records were set today -- Dave Thomas in his SS/BA Corvette -- 8.86 , Gary Parker in his 73 Camaro H/SA --11.11 @118 Plus MPH and last but not least yours truly in C/SA with our 97 Firebird at 10.36 at almost 129 MPH .

Tune-up and record runs are still going on and today test n tune was a bargain -- you could get as many runs as you wanted -- just wear your stuff out if you so desired .Tomorrow is still looking bad -- probably a washout ! ! We'll see -- hoping for the best ......

Still plenty of pit space so com'on down ........later .

Extra -Extra -- SS/H record set at 9.74 and backed up.............

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Jack, as always, thanks for the updates!
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1
Bridgeport, Ct.