"Live" from Hagerstown,MD - Lee Sherman Memorial Stock/Super
 

Today after a easy ride down Route 81 thru Pennsylvania into Maryland I arrived at the very pretty facility - Mason-Dixon Dragway .What a perfect time for a race - cool crisp air combined with the Fall folliage changing colors .

And did I mention my shadow coming here? Best as I tell my friend - Marc La Brecquec- has not had enough racing this year yet because it was pretty easy to talk him into coming here and its no short tow from New England to here .Hope he enjoys this weekend 'cause Monday he'll pay for it .And after 15 or so inches of snow last weekend you'd think he would just stay home and rest ......nah ! !

I'm told this is the 17th annual Lee Sherman Memorial race .....and for those of us who knew Lee .......well , I just hope he's watching as he'll surely enjoy the show both days .We still miss you buddy .

Tommorow we'll have race one and some great test n tune for Sunday .......stay tuned .

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Jack - Looking forward to your reports. Please say 'hi' to Marc for me as well. I hope you all have a safe and prosperous weekend. (That goes for the Bender clan as well!).

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its a good day in hagerstown, md, i got out of bed
highs in the 80s somewhere
jack will give the weather and more

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10:45 - Entries are rolling in - weather is terrific with blue skies / very sunny and the temperature is rising by the minute .One couldn't ask for a better racing day as the DA hasn't yet reached sea level ........hope it stays .I'll be back with some pics and info after we get going in an hour or two .

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testing starts in a half hour. already we have thirty s/ss cars here, from six different states.

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What a day ! ! Everyone got a chance at three or more time runs before first round - then the action came and has been going on for a few hours now and we're down to two cars - young Bobby Fazio in his mid ninties Mustang pure Stocker and Ken Robinson in his trustty 68 Camaro D/SA.......

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Good luck to Bobby Fazio!

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In the end its NewJerseys' Ken Robinson taking the win with a dead-on 11.08........Fazio put up a good fight but ran out trying to stay ahead -- well done to both racers .

Later I'll post a bunch more pictures bur for now its off to the Crazy Horse Saloon for a good steak and some even better bench racing ................

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Hey Bob, Ken is pissed you where NOT HERE to have your pic taken with us...........:p

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Sorry I couldn't make it but please tell Ken CONGRATULATIONS on his win! ...and good luck tomorrow to all of you!

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Congratulations to Kenny and Bobby.Bet it was a good race.

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Just back from the Crazy Horse - great food and even a few "stories" that Tim Worner shared with the crowd ...................

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Pictures from the Tri-state Stock-Super/Stock Assn. event at Mason-Dixon Dragway.

My deep appreciation to Ken Robinson for allowing me to share in his victory celebration!:D

Lew

(The Rambler 'wagon's for you Ed!)

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Nice Job Kenny! What a fun day, my Altalab showed the air at -405' at one point. Thanks to Elmer & Kathy Wachter for letting us make all the runs we made yesterday in the "new" AMX. Strong AMC presence here with more coming in today for the Main Events. Where are you Eddie no Kitchen Pass???

-Don

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A few more pictures from yesterday's great event!

Many thanks to Bob and Penny Bender for their hospitality and putting up with me!

Lew

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Nice pics. Who is running the Rod Shop wagon? Congrats to Ken and good luck to everyone today.

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Day two is another sunny, cool, beautiful day. yesterday we had 58 cars from eight states. there are already several more cars here this morning. should be another great day today.

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What was to be a great round four race between two classic AMC SuperStockers turned out bad for Aris Astorian (red SS/C) yesterday when he lost an engine at half track .........ouch ! ! !The Adkins SS/B went on to the next round .

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Here's a few more pics from yesterday ...............

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Lew,that wagon runs low 10's I believe.How the hell did Bender pass tech?
Don,maybe next year,hopefully.

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[QUOTE=Ed Fernandez .How the hell did Bender pass tech?
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Bender just flashed his badge and gun.....LOL. Just kidding Bob.

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Thanks for the great pictures,looks like you guys are having fun!

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Terry, who told you ? lmfao

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Just got home a few minutes ago. What an awesome weekend. We had a total of 73 cars, of racers from eight different states, over the two days. 66 were on the grounds today, 63 ran first round. Both 73 and 63 are best ever totals for me. Larry Jewell won the big money ($2,100) in his tri-power SS/DA '67 Corvette. Runner-up, taking home a cool $1,000, was Larry 'Bunk' Miller, in his SS/FA single-4 '70 Barracuda. I had hoped to have full round-by-round results tomorrow, as well as final points totals. However, after taking the winners circle pics with Larry and Larry, we left our clipboards there with all the stats. Hopefully Elmer can send them to me and I can post them soon.

Thanks to everyone who came out this weekend. Hope you had as much fun as we did!

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that looks like it was a great weekend of racing-another I might get to "someday"

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we all had a great time
the dinner was great
and x-tech man i was there on thur. better than you at the old folks home
and i am older than you and still doing what I love

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LOL.....Good one Vic. Im heading out this morning (Mondays and Thursdays) on about a 200-250 mile Harley ride for lunch and Im about the youngest one of the bunch. I almost came up to Mason Dixon but theres to much going one here AND its warm and sunny. Taking my '35 Chev street rod coupe to several car shows and rod runs this month and the "Turkey Trots" at Daytona BUT.....I am still looking for another race car to play with to take up my down time. Cant seem to get into the nap routine like you guys in the frozen North. I sure hope Charley "BOB" was pulling everyones leg about the 1980 or newer cars only in NHRA stock for the sake of guys like you. Take care.

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Mike, I'm glad you had a good turnout. These races are going to be a big part of the future in Stock and Super Stock racing.

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Once again you folks got ditched last night as I took the Winners Circle photos and hit the road so I wouldn't get home in the middle of the night .As you already know Larry Jewell ( in his extra sharp Corvette SS/DA ) took home the big money last night with a well deserved win along with the RU Bunk Miller ( in his equally sano early Challenger SS/FA ) as both drove well all day .......Congrats to both ! ! !


One of these days the boss is going to doc me for posting Mondays...............Or maybe my Christmas bonus will be a little short - or God forbid late also.

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Always wanted to visit but can't seem to find the time...maybe NEXT year? Looks like a great time to be had there!

BTW...does anybody know which track is more "downhill"...Mason-Dixon or Maple Grove?

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Earlville Iowa 1% down hill or 13.2 '. The race in the fall is always a good one.

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Cecil County is our mineshaft track in Div 1.

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Bunk Miller's car is a 1970 Plymouth Cuda.;) But thank you for the pics and updates!

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OK - Opps ..........and just cut this senior citizen a break .And I should know the difference ....Did I mention it was dark out and I was tired ? I'll let you know if I can come up with any more excuses ................

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Here are some pics we took. We didn't get too many, quite a busy, fast-paced two days.

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Mark Labrecque's GT/TC '01 S-10

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Jeff Roell's GT/GA '88 Mustang

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All Ross, SS/KA '72 Challenger

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Nick Scardelli GT/KA '85 Capri

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Mr Reporter, Jack Matyas E/SA GTO

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Bob Cupp's SS/KA '65 Malibu

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Bruce Noland A/SA '69 Corvette

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2010 Winner, Wallace 'Pie' Dent C/SA '00 Camaro

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Vic Guilmino had both of his cars there. This is his GT/GA '86 T-bird

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Saturdays finalists, r'u Bobby Fazio G/PS '90 Mustang and winner Ken Robinson D/SA '67 Camaro

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Sunday winner, Larry Jewell, his wife and son Jeff

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Sunday r/u, Larry Miller and wife Kendra. Larry's third final here since 2004.

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Hey Mike sorry didn't make it this weekend. Everybody seems to of had a great time have to put that in the race schedule for next year. Question thought what is pure stock?

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Pure Stock is IHRA-only classes. More restrictive than regular stock. Camshaft must check on lift, duration and overlap. Valve spring pressure must remain OEM. If you use headers, you must run mufflers, and other such rules. Several street-legal cars run Pure Stock at my races, and one (Steve Klacik) won an IHRA Divisional race last year.

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If they blended pure stock into nhra wouldn't that help to get more people in even if just on a divisional level. People who might want to run stock but don't have the 100g.

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Now that would make too much sense....c'mon!!