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Good afternoon and welcome - What should have been a easy under two hour ride turned out to be 4 1/2 thanks to not one but two accidents on PA's Blue Route this morning .Other than that the ride had much scenery along the waterways coming here even while it was raining .Right now its sunny and humid with the temp in the low eighties and a slight breeze .

Test n tune is to start around 3 as they are preparing the track at this moment .

So what else is new - first thing to greet me a few minutes ago as I was working hard to get things up and running was that I spied the boss -- doing what he does best - standing around BS'ing .When will he learn ........

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Nice to know some things never change! :D

Good luck to you this weekend. Looking forward to the always great reports and photo's while I'm on the road.

Lew

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Jack ,i said it before and i will say it again.....You are bad luck when it comes to traffic jams and long ,short trips...
Good luck this weekend. We will be at Rockingham trying to finish a rain -out div 9 race

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Stay safe Jack and have fun!

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Test n tune was going very well till a few minutes ago when the sky opened up - big time rain and wind with golf ball size hail .......ouch ! ! !

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bad storm when throuht here hail, bad wind and lots of rain
jack will have pictures

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Jack, you could have come in on Friday. I knew when you rolled in it was going to rain, there goes my testing for the day. Like Jack said, the rain came down along with hail. It has let up a bit, but I am sure we are done for today.

The weather for this weekend looks to be slow, even for Cecil County, which can be fast even when its hot. The grains of water today were 105 to 110. The air when I tested was about 3400 feet, temp 92, bar 29.58, with a 3 to 4 mph head wind. The weather is supposed to be the same for the rest of the weekend.

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Hummmm, 9.50's testing....right Ken.

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Does anyone know what time the gates are staying open to tonight??

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Midnight
http://www.nhradiv1.com/content/gene...189&zoneid=147

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thanks

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I would call the track on the gate time, 3 years ago I arrived at night at this event , and they had closed the gate 1-2 hours early. I was not happy.

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Good morning - today starts the zillionth edition of the race here at Cecil County Dragway and we're not off to a great start .Fog - in every direction - its starting to burn off but it will be a few hours till that happens .

Anyway after being here just one day I'm already bored as I have zero TV reception ( no Digital service and my Satalite is still "on the fritz" ) plus the Internet is so slow .......its gonna be a long weekend .

You want good news - not much to tell ( go ahead - shoot the messenger ) except that yesterday while doing some normal service before the test n tune my friend and expert chassis guy Tommy Goldman found some broken welds in my rear suspension that would have given me a very wild ride had I gone down the track so we took it apart and started looking for someone with a welder - then the lightbulb lit - find Johnny D ( John DiBartolomeo - Editor of Drag Racing Action magazine - S/Comp racer - and a super welder) with his new Lincoln welder setup and after Tommy and I took it apart Johnny had it welded up in no time flat .So much for dodging a bullet ........Did you ever notice how I can't seem to get thru a race weekend without some drama ?

You want weather ? How about 70 degrees with a whopping 81% humidity along with a 29.56 barometer comes out to around 2000' DA but that will all change as things burn out .Later ...........

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Jack, I love your coverage you pass on anywhere you go, but don't bitch, I'm at work on a computer. Now this is boring! You know the old phrase, "a bad day at the races is far better then a good day at work". Just think how lucky you are to have the time and means to do what you like to do. Good luck at the races.

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

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The fog has cleared and the sun is out, but we are not racing. Not sure what the issues are. Hopefully we will be racing soon. Its another hot day.

Temp 87
Humd 53
Bar 29.56
DA 3040ft
No wind

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C'mon now hot really??? It's going to be 107 here again today. That will make day number 64 this summer over 100. You guys are so damn spoiled up there!!

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Someone please call Ed Fernandez - Why you ask ? Just tell him the Sun is out - the beer is getting cold - Billy is here and most important his "spot" is being cleaned and cleared as I type .

Other than that its never a good thing in August when the temperature and the humidity are the same number .
We're getting weepers on the track but one lane is already good so maybe in another hour or so we'll get going .............

PS -"Uncle Buck" is in the house ...........

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Hope the rain headed our way misses you guys. Hows the car count looking in all the other classes?

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Jeepers - We're loaded with weepers ( sorry - I couldn't resist ) Not one car down the track today as of 1:30 .Sun is very strong and is pushing water up out of the track .I caught some of those babies with my camera ...............

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Sad to say but the way I guess I picked the right year to sit out.Too much drama.Hopefully
next year will be better.Good luck to all down there this weekend.And keep an eye on
the little feller from the mountains of Pa.

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I know every track has this happen. But, when I worked the Gators one year. We would get on the track with towels and wipe up the water "trails", then a pair would run then we would do it again. From the time we hopped over the wall to let the cars run until they passed the water would rise up and you could see the tire tracks through the water! That gave me a uneasy feeling having driven on a track like that and having that "on ice" feeling below me. They take forever to get rid of. Good luck.

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Jack,tell Uncle Buck I said hello and best wishes to him.

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Well we final got out first run at 2:30. The in car cam is brought yo you by Bill Belden in his I/S Nova. The camera movement was do to poor mounting. I hope to have a better mount for Indy.

Here are a few more photos. I will have some Super Stock picture later along with a SS in car cam.

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Hey Boss,
Are you going to run in the A/SA Challenge at Indy?

See ya there!

Patsy

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Did you notice he's in A/SA this weekend ? ? ? Come to you're own conclusion ......And he qualified a wimpy # 9 .

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The storm is back - everyone is getting ready to batten down the hatches .The afternoon was a little warm and humid but nice unlike now - its black out at this hour and the wind is picking up speed - just heard some thunder ........its coming ! !

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How many do you want? (what at great year!!!!) ?????:D

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I will be at Indy in A/SA. I am trying to see what the car likes in A. I have not run in A weight for over 3 years. I know I can not win class, but I know it will qualify. I'm not going to make the same mistake I did last year.

The in car cam is brought to you by Pete Biondo. I wanted a different look. I also bet Pete dinner if he could hit the tree .015 or better with his eyes closed. Well he went .009 and dinner was on me. Now we all know how to cut a light, I didn't think it was that easy.



Here are some pictures of SS in the lanes for there first qualifying shot.

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Kenny, put the camera on the hood facing Pete and let's see what happens.:>):>):>)

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Well the storm put a fast end to the day's racing and all but a half dozen S/G cars got a time run .When the rains hit most had no choice but to load up in a big hurry and watch it pour - it stopped in a little under an hour and then it was time - at least for some of us to attend another of Uncle Buck's feasts - Bar-B-Q ribs - racks and racks of them along with all the fixens ........Ron was at his best tonight as the pics will show . Well done my friend - well done indeed ! !

Tomorrow - thats a mystery as to whats going to happen -------- many questions------- Will we get a time shot ? Will we finish the race in one day again ? Will it rain ? Will we have weepers again ? Will we finish Sunday? Will Ed Fernandez make an appearance ? Will Penny Benders' son Zach turn sixteen tomorrow? Will Truman D. Fields win "Best Appearing Car" at this event ? Will Ms. Sawka ever stop ragin' on me ? I could go on and on but you get it I'm sure ..........the answer to all of these questions and more in the AM ............

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Good morning gang - things are looking up this morning - Sun is out - not much Fog and soon racers will be moving around getting ready for todays activities .

Temp is still cool at 69 degrees with 71% humidity but burning off fast - 29.62 barometer and the DA around 1700' .Local weather shows the possibility of thundershowers later but we'll keep our fingers crossed .

Back in a little while ...........

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They are still drying track from storm last night, as of about 11 AM.

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Drag Race Central has absolutely EVERYTHING listed from yesterday. Go the Drag News section, then go to '100 latest'.

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WOW-that "Hard Times" Firebird looks fantastic!! every time my brother and I went to a div 3 points race in the 70s with our B/S chevelle, and Truman showed up, we just felt like loading up and going home, whatever class he was in. That car turned out great and it is completely appropriate it has returned to the correct and intended useage!

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12:30 update - For those of you wondering -- nothing - and I mean nothing going on here - we still have weepers today again and not one single car has gone down the track .Its expected that around 3 pm we'll start the day with one last shot for everyone then go into eliminations . There could be another storm later so ........

Back later .........