Live from Cecil County, MD - NHRA LODRS-Race#6
 

Good afternoon members and guests - today is test n tune day and my plan was to both test and report but things just got in my way once again .Later on when i arrive it'll still be going on and I'll pick it up then .Good news is I'll have a spot waiting for me ( and Ken won't be there to steal it again ) - yeah , save the speech about saving as I've heard it all before .

Lets talk about the weather some - today and all weekend the highs will be in the low seventies with plenty of sunshine and super blue skies everyday.So if you're on that fence about whether or not to leave my advise is to saddle up and head here pronto.

Action? There will be plenty tomorrow as not only will we be qualifing but the Atco Lucas race will be completed also - it'll be hectic but at the end of the day Wallys' will be handed out .

Soon I'll be Southbound on US 95 -- join us for the weekend ride ...............

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FYI.... I will be there tomorrow through Sunday providing coverage for Northeastdragrace.com and DRC. Because they are running the Atco race, I will not be able to report Cecil event qualifying until after the Atco event is concluded.

I will get caught up on the Cecil County event as quickly as I can.

Jim

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Good morning- and if you're not here yet get yourself on the road .Pits here are pretty full and level space is at a premium .Myself? Believe it or not three of the wheels on my coach are off the ground to make it level - looks kinda strange .But its home for the next few days .

Speaking of strange its a little weird considering that is August to be running the heater but when I woke up this AM it was barely sixty degrees -- good thing I stopped at the local Flying J for some propane on the way in.

While were on the subject - at this moment the temperature is 65 with 48 % humidity that will burn off for sure but the surprise is the barometer -29.60 which is very unusual for Cecil County - normally much higher here .

Last night Division One Director Mohn and the NHRA staffers decided to work on the track well into the night along with the workers from Cecil to grind on the track to make it perfect for us - thanks boys -- we noticed ! ! Hope they got at least a few hours sleep ..........

Today will be a busy one for sure - just check out the schedule at the botton .....And ClassRacer will be here for you ..........later .

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Jim and Jack,, Thanks you very much.

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Stock and SuperStreet got their first qualifier in and as the boys from New England would say "its wicked fast out there ".I'm sure some triggers were hit - I'll post sheets as they become available .All that and the numbers don't really show why it's fast ..............

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Atco Stock and S/S -- What was to be the 1/4 finals turned out to be the semis when two didn't show up ( Yago and Rowe ) and 4 were left - it was Smith over Hockrun and Sepanek over Fetch .Seven left in S/S .

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Yago and Rowe had already completed their run at Atco with Rowe winning.

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Yep, somehow I missed that for sure - but congrats to Howard Smith for his Stock win and Miss Katie the runner-up .S/S-- Joe Santangelo for the win with a final round package of .020 over Herbie Null .Lil Joe averaged .018 on the tree thru six rounds of the eliminator .

One final thought on the Atco event - since I'm covering two races its been brought to my attention that Ken should be paying double this weekend - and if he ever shows up here I'll be sure to discuss it with him as I'm told he may make a guest appearance tomorrow for a quickie one hit and jump into the eliminator ...........we'll see ! ! !

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You just never know what you'll see at one of these events - unusual ? you bet .Done right .check .ever see one before .can't remember for sure .All this is about Gary Simpers '58 Edsel Roundup 2 dr station wagon .Just couldn't resist taking a few photos and sharing - He thought I wouldn't be interested because I'm not a Ford "guy" .But I am a real car guy .........

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That Car Is SHARP......... thx Jack.

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It's ok Jack you are allowed to miss one every now and then, I was just trying to help didn't want your pay to be affected.

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Jacko, I had to look it up in Dwight Southerland's new Class Racer Info site.
Not listed..No Fords before 1960.
They did make a 60 Edsel, but it's not listed either.
Not even the Police Interceptor option.

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Jack, Edsels are kooool. I passed on one years ago, regrets. Thanks for the T's at Maple Grove. E

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1960 was the last year for vessel and I believe the only made the 1960 for part of the year. I spent a lot of time in a 58 vessel with the push button shifter in the center of the steering wheel. I don't think they were police interceptors. But I remember they were 4 barrel and either a 312 or 352. Obviously I mean to say Edsel. ..but this smart phone corrected It??????

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Anybody know what happened to DRC? Results for the Atco race, nothing for qualifying from today.

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Jim Samuel posted on NorthEastDragRace.com that he had computer issues right as he uploaded today's info.

Maybe someone could hook us up with Q sheets?

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S/S-- Joe Santangelo for the win with a final round package of .020 over Herbie Null .Lil Joe averaged .018 on the tree thru six rounds of the eliminator.


"2 weekends in a Row"
Way to Go Joe
Congratulations ;)

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Good morning boys and girls - another beautiful day here at Cecil County with more sunshine and blue skies coming our way - what more could we ask for ?

Stock will lead off at 9:30 and my thought is that it will be fast again as the DA at this moment is right around 1,000 ft and could drop further as the dew burns off .

All catagories will have one more shot at the 1320 this morning and around 2pm we'll start eliminations ........back a little later .

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OK - So I ditched you guys ( and gals ) for awhile - had a ton of overdue service to get done on my ride - good thing I had the help of Tommy Goldman from GAS Racing and Joe Burns from Carfagno Chevrolet - good friends indeed who came to my rescue .That said we're only an hour from round one .Stock ,SuperStock ,SuperStreet,and SuperComp will all have first round only today .Comp will run to completion .

Tomorrow morning - the winners of last three pairs tonight in Stock will be the first out in round two - pay attention to this .

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Sheets are at a premium .......but here's a start .

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Congrats on the poll Jack. Thanks for the reports.

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Stock rd 1 ...........

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Good morning - with round one behind us today we'll move toward handing out the hardware later in the day.Maybe - because there is talk of the wet stuff coming down on our parade this after .Right now its overcast and 60 degrees but we're hopefull - and wishing for better things .

I'll try and scare up some sheets again -meanwhile here's some shots from last nights rd 1 of SuperStock .................And at this end of the track you won't believe what I saw them do - cellphone , waving , reading weather stations , several nose pickers , plenty you could tell were pissed about losing ............

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Here's a few more for good measure ..........And there was plenty of top end fans cheering them on .And then there's the MASGA crowd who always cook up a great meal - last nights offering was certainly up to par .

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RD 2 of Stock completed - quite a few runouts as most weather stations lied this morning .S/S coming up soon .Had a few drips but nothing much yet ..........

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Great Package Jack in 2nd round.

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Thanks but it was a blind squirel deal ............

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First it was rain then a Top Sportman crash ..........still no rd2 S/S ......soon ? ?

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A little late folks, but as always John DiBartolomeo from Drag Racing Action Magazine http://dragracingaction.com - sent me some great actions shots.

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A few more...

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Not sure how it happened but these Stock and S/S photos were lost for a week ........Or maybe I forgot to take my Aricept last Monday but ................Anyway enjoy ! !