Live from Inaugural New England Nationals!
 

Come on guys, I'm a little depressed I can't be there so anything you have start throwing it in here. Any pics or updates on the facility, weather, parking, qualifying, etc. PS How is the Mello Yello, Traxxis, and Harley talent in New England?

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A lot of us can't be there, Bobby! :(

Audio is up, Alan Reinhardt is on the PA and just called Stock to the lanes!

http://www.nhra.com/multimedia/audiocast.aspx

Hope everyone has a safe race at NED this weekend!

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The local Fox News channel did a live interview with Tom Boucher on the starting line.
Very well done. Can't wait to be there Saturday.

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do you have the link for that interview ?

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One of Tom's customers, Charlie Sousa, is #1 after Q1 in stock!

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I'm here its beautiful day mid70 s clear.Seems to be 7 to 10 faster that Lebanon In stock just got second time shot .I went 6 faster but i had a stumbled on first run..this place reminds me of MIR. Im in the cooler getting ready for baked ziti lunch will post when i can .

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Well as they say All's good here at Epping ! Weathers great low 70's bar 30.14 da 1300hum in the 30% range. The reactions been very good . They did a great job getting everybody parked yesterday and there's definetlly a National Event feeling in the air.Weather looks good thru the weekend (hmmm no Jack) !
Marc

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We all got 2 hits today. 2 tomorrow as well before 1st rd in the afternoon. Someone must be listening about track conditions because they dragged the track after every other category. The humidity is supposed to increase as the weekend wears on so this first day qualifying may be the fastest times we post. They ran out of pit space and put about 40 of us in "no man's land" out by the finish line. It actually isn't that bad, just a long ways away.

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Wow 4 hits is pretty sweet I don't think I've ever gotten more than 2 at a national event since I started racing. I think this will be the largest spectator turnout of the season. Guess we will find out tomorrow. Are there any stick cars in super stock, what happened to Filipone?

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6 am Friday, another nice day,
They seem to be spending lots of time dragging the track. After racing last night they ground the starting line .
The parking turned out much better than I expected. It has rained so much in the whole New England area that the ground is saturated everywhere within 2-300 miles. There are some wet pit areas,but it is drying out fast.

There were many impressive runs yesterday, I watched super stock both runs and props to 3 racers that made great runs in both sessions Mark Markow , Scott Gove,and John Armstrong,, some runs are just a thing of beauty.

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Brian Lohnes from Bangshift.com is on the mic, shooting photos and giving updates from the track this weekend...

http://bangshift.com/blog/live-event...ewsphotos.html

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Just got back from Friday qualifying and it was a packed house. Track looks to be in great shape. Stick cars were spinning pretty badly though.. Everyone else appeared to be running well. I hope sat and sun pack them in. They say the surface is very smooth.

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There were bald spots on the starting line in both lanes, despite repeating track dragging. You had to carefully avoid them when staging. Not everyone was able to, resulting in some unhappy campers.

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Check the first Highlights from Friday's qualifying in New England. #NHRA

http://youtu.be/-7M5o-s4HNk

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I swore I saw Filipone's stick shift car in robsneed4speed Q1 video but not seeing him anywhere on qualifying sheet or in eliminations. Have I gone crazy and senile already? 30th bday in a few days, is this a sign?

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One and done. Didn't see him the rest of the last two days! Don't know why not on the qualifying sheets though.

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Bobby: It is my understanding that Filipone made a run before he handed in his tech card, and they told him he was out. I did see him Thursday morning and saw his empty pit spot Thursday after noon.

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Holy hell am i glad i got there early...

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Here's a few observations from Epping.
This will be a major race . Yes the Pro turnout was light ,but it sure didn't affect the spectator turn out ! ....the stands were absolutely packed !
When I left there were cars parked for about 2 miles on both shoulders of the highway !
they definitely need more improvements for the Sportsman parking, the area at the top of the track , where the later cars were pitted was beyond poor !
I can only compare the crowd and atmosphere to that of Columbus back in it's heyday !
considering how the track temps changed over three days, the track was generally good for all but a few clutch cars and one or two supercharged Mustangs !

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Go Fast Freddie!! Bring home the hardware Papa!!

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Good Luck to Mark Markow in SS and Bob "Hollywood" Horgan in Stock!

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I'm a little late posting the link, but here's the interview with my dad:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/video?aut...rKfyo.facebook

It was a pretty cool moment. This was the start to a great weekend of racing and I'm glad I was able to be a part of the inaugural event! Congrats to all the winners and runner-ups!

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Very cool Tom.. and very well said.

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Tom is a great spokesman for NED.

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great interview. i'm sure Tom had a lot to do with bringing this race to NED. thanks.Tom

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TJ..Thanks for posting
Great interview and a great spokesman for the sport. Your Dad and the rest of board deserve a big Thank You from all of us that attended, because if it wasn't for them and their part in pulling this together, this would have never happen.....Thank You

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I went to a supercharged gasser show at NED in May 1968-it was 30 years after that that I went to a race again.