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Arrived tues pm and got moved in around 1 today, Redman is in the house doing his usual great job of getting us all situated. Weather is fantastic and so is the forecast, it will be fast here, but how fast will be determined by the wind, looks like a headwind currently,but we will see what the morning brings. We are close to sea level here, so it is bound to be at least decent. Mid to high 80's today and it is cooling down as the event goes on.
If you are traveling this way, night paving on I495, night bridge work on I290 in Worcester, and if you are headed up Friday there will be lots of weekend beach traffic. so choose your travel time carefully. I saw diesel as low as 369, and paid 375 for it on rt 125 15 miles south of the track at the Irving station I use a sprint network internet connection and it only works at off peak times, their system barely handles regular volume, much less event volume. So hopefully someone else will chime in here and help out with some reporting. Dave |
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Parking was S L O W. I got there around 10:30am and finally got parked around 3:30pm. They were still parking and teching cars at 6:00pm The late comers were being sent to the netherland region near the finish line.
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It is a blue sky 65 degree picture perfect morning here in Epping,NH, no wind yet. My barometer reads 29.9 which is about .4 better than my best reading last weekend at the Lebanon Valley LODRS
Stock gets 3 time trials today and 1 more tomorrow then rd1 should be fun |
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Thanks Dave for the reports. Have fun and good luck to all!
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Thanks for jumping in Dave ..........Both Ken and I can't thank you enough .
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About half an hour till start , the weather is beautiful !
A slight crosswind @ 5-10 mph ,29.80 actual barometer ,75.5 deg ,58% RH, 80 grains of moisture , vapor pressure .531 and a Density Altitude of 1740 feet We are supposed to have 4 beautiful days like this , so with everyone getting 4 hits on the track , look for some really dialed competitors ! |
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Just finished Q2 for stock, the temp went much higher than expected, 87 first run, 88 2nd run. Most ran alittle slower than expected. Traction was ok for me and most, did see some spin, Both of Bob Letelliers COPO's cars spun bad on the second run. Wind is strong, but mostly cross.
The weather is just outstanding, SS is running Q2 momentarily. The NHRA tech dept has caught some with fake front batteries in stock, caught them in tech and made them change them. |
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I wonder how much that will cost them? Will it be money or time off? I hope it will be just a warning with a smile. It could have been worse, check them after last qualifying run and DQ them for not having legal run!
Dave very good reporting. |
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Only 34 SS? Surprising
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Stock and Super Stock have finished for the day, 3 tt's and the schedule went smoothly. Dean Ribeiro is on top of the Stock list followed by John Shaul, Ron Infantano and Jame Perone(driving Ken Richard's Camaro) most slowed slightly in the third round of time trials today. It has been bright sun most of the day, and considering that, the track held up well.
1 final time run tommorrow and then 1st round . It will be super street at 1030 followed by stock. No word on any penalties for the fake batteries |
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21 out of the 70 cars in Stock Eliminator is a '69 Camaro or Nova.
Also, kudos to Markow, LaBrecque and Bruneau in Super Stock. When was the last time a truck won Super Stock Eliminator? |
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OK stupid question here, but if the battery in the front is "fake" where is the "real" battery? What's this all about? Is there a light weight battery under a fake case?
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Dummy batteries up front is nothing new, the real battery is usually in the trunk for better weight transfer on the launch.
A few guys even run 12 volt wires to these dummys in case they are voltage checked. |
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Final round of Stock qualifying is finished . Looks like the average pick up in ET was .05 with more than a few picking up as much as .15 .
Weather at 11:15 , 29.78" baro , 71.9 deg ,36% RH, .283 Vapor pressure , density altitude of 1211 feet. 43 grains of moisture and a 10 mph cross wind I'll try to get pics of the final Q sheet when it's up . |
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Audiocast just said Thomas Fletcher did a full 360 at the finish line while racing Biondo in r1.
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yes he did and Rob got it on video.
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this is the tale end of it.. I just missed getting him sideways.. you can see his tire marks..
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This has to be a first, two 6 cylinder AMC's racing each other in the first round of a national event.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 1883 Eric Merryfield 1051 Bob Salemi E1 -0.003 13.926 92.06 ****WINNER**** 0.043 13.118 98.72 T/SA Dial: 13.96 (+/-): -0.034 R/SA Dial: 13.20 (+/-): -0.082 Qualified: #62 13.925 -0.475 #28 13.251 -0.799 The truck takes the win over the Gremlin. Another interesting race was the Broadbent brothers going at it in the 1st round. What a weekend for racing, the weather doesn't get any better than this. Thank you to Dave and Tom for the "live from thread". |
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for those who have Facebook here is a crappy vid of Mike Letellier's second big wheelie of the day hopefully Rob has a good version for us
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Let's see it Rob ..inquiring minds want to know !!!
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Curious to see the video!
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Just looked at the run schedule for today (sat.) they don't start until 10:30.
I guess town ordinance or something ?? Of course Englishtown is a 10am start as well. |
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Marc Lebrecque takes out the Terminator.
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Sorry that I went missing in action, lost my internet thanks to windows 8 compatability, I am home now and it is and was a great event.
There was a thrash to change a trans in Tim Boudreau's car before the heads up A/SA race with John Shaul, Tim spun and John hit the brakes to a 10.02 , George mentioned the Jeep/Gremlin race, great to see something out of the ordinary, Really nice to go to an event and enjoy perfect weather The track was great, especially considering there was strong sun on it all of the time. |
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John DiBartolomeo from Drag Racing Action Magazine www.dragracingaction.com sent me photos of the winners in stock and super stock.
Ron Infantino Stock Eliminator Winner Joe Santangelo Super Stock Eliminator Winner |
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