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We are in line, and there are about 100 rigs in front of us. They started pulling rigs in about 9:30. No rain yet, but they say it is coming. The forecast is not good for today, but the rest of the week and weekend look okay.

The schedule for the sportsman is a little unusual.There will be no eliminations until Saturday, expect for comp. For now it looks like Thursday ss will get one qualifying round and then goes to class, stk gets two qualifying rounds and they are done until Saturday. Super gas and super comp get one and another one on Friday. I could be wrong folks, but this the info I have for now. When I get teched in I will look for the schedule and confirm this.

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Thks for the update. Really helps to know what is really going on....

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Thanks for the report Ken, good luck this weekend. Make us FORD racers proud.

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Good luck this weekend Kenny

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Wow, only 58 s/g cars at E-Town. I guess many like myself have had enough and are sitting out the Nats.

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Yes Carl you hit the nail on the head!

Regards to all & have fun

Pat I
Sg1809

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Morning everyone, as you can see by the photo's the sun has not come out yet. They have been drying the track for the last hour, and it looks to be in good shape.

I don't see any reason why we should not be able to start on time today. The local weather is calling for a sunny day with a high of 80. The weekend also looks good.

As I type this, the sun is trying to come out. After my first round of qualifying, I will be back with pictures and hopefully something more interesting then a weather report.

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Thanks for thinking of us super class guys Ken.

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My pleasure Don. They called stock back to the lanes so I did not have time for pictures, but I will later. I talked to a few super class guys and they said the track is great. Its a little on the humid side, and its partly cloudy..... temp is 80.

So far the day is going smooth with no oil downs or issues..... be back later.

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Ken,
Thanks for the shot of my Beretta !

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Here are a few photos taken during S/C 's second session before they were rained out ...

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Jack,
Where are you parked ?
I'd like to stop by tomorrow.

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No problem Chuck.

Here some action shots sent to me from John DiBartolomeo, the editor DRAG RACING ACTION Magazine www.dragracingaction.com

The weather this morning mostly sunny, it should be a good for racing.

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Ken - any schedule changes due to last nights rain?

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Don, here is the schedule for the day.

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Ken - audiocast has been down all day - can you or Jack get us an update on that. Tell Rinehart he must have kicked out the plug - again - LOL

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We are getting some text messages from the track and it is not good news......

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I'm also getting Text Messages from the track and they are telling me it's not good news either. It was Neal Parker from Millville, NJ and his Excavator Alky F/C that went into the sand

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Sad news
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/artic...e-Raceway-Park

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I did have a chance to see what the audio problem was. With all the has happen I am sure its not as important.

Unfortunately there was a fatality here, and the track has been down for some time. Racing will start at 4:00 starting with Motorcycle.

Super Gas and Comp are done for the day. Super Stock and Super Comp are schedule to run later, but that could change.

Its tough when you loose someone at the track, its very quite, somber like.

I will post more details later. I think we would all agree that the family comes first and I would not want to post rumors or speculate on such a tragedy.

As I typed this NHRA has released the name of the driver. Neal Parker age 58 died of injuries when his Alcohol Funny car did not stop and hit the retaining devices. Condolences to his family.

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I think it's even worse when you know the person well. I grew up watching Neal race at Atco raceway as a little kid. He always had some of the coolest cars. Before he went TA/FC racing he used to have a 48 Blown Fiat that he used to do Exhibition runs and sometimes bracket race at Atco. When IHRA came out with Top Dragster Parker ran that and was actually the 1st Top Dragster to run in the 5 second range. He always drove on the edge with that car and actually had a few nasty accidents with it. I was actually just talking to him and the crew at Maple Grove cause Neal is from Millville and we're from the next town over Vineland. He was talking about how they just upgraded to the carbon fiber blower and were going to try to run with the big boys in TA/FC this year. One thing about Neal was he always has a stinky cigar either lit up or just in his mouth. Sucks that this had to happen and at E-Town of all places, which already has a bad reputation after Scott died and they went and improved the end with sand and catch nets to have this never happen again.

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I remember them days with Neal at Atco.... I have some great memories of racing Atco with them and then heading to Cecil for the next days race... He and my dad were good friends, and I had the pleasure of getting to know him when I was up there racing... I saw him at afew IHRA races after we moved... He was a great guy and will be missed by many...

RIP... my friend...

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Ken - I see on DRC than ran the first Q for the pros - are any sporstman cars running between their sessions?

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Don,

Sorry I did not get back to you sooner, internet access today is very slow.

No sportsman ran between the pros, we are all done, except for the pro's. They are ready to run the second round pro session after pro mod, which is running now.

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Thanks Ken

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BKSG: Hows your dad doing??

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Schedule for the day.

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Freddie,
He's doing good, turned 62 shut down the shop and is living the American Dream - Racing and watching Oprah at 4 everyday. We might be down your way in October depending on how things pan out with points. He's 9th in D-1 S/G and were skipping Leb Valley so we might drive down to Silver Dollar if he's in the top 10. His goal before he retired was to put a double digit number on the side of the car so we will see. I'll let him know you said hi.

Rob Keister

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Keep me posted if you guys come down.. I am planning on making the race at Silver Dollar just hopin to get the new S/C car done..

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A big thanks to Ken for posting on the Super Classes , and a very big congratulations on finding time to WIN in Stock Eliminator between posts..............Tom

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Congrats to Brad Plourd SuperComp winner and to Al Kenny runner-up .Brad averaged .013 thru seven rounds driving Charlotte Lucas' car .Kenny on the other hand ran out in the final by two ( count 'em ) - two stinkin' thou ...................

BTW , check the dog in this picture ....kinda neat -- looked right at me when it was time .

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Great pictures today Jack and thanks for doing the .90 guys......Rich

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Thanks Tom, I wish I could spend more time and talk more with the super racers. Anyway Congrats to Brad Plourd for his win in S/C and Al Kenny for his runner up. Aslo congrats to Matt Schurman for his win in S/G and Dan Northrop for his runner up.

John DiBartolomeo, from DRAG RACING ACTION Magazine www.dragracingaction.com sent me some more pictures.

I got a couple of the late round winners getting ready to run.

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Congrats Ken!!!