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Back for another race at LVMS. #12 in the stacking line. Looks like about 50 in the stacking line as of now. Looks like everyone was good and didn't try to stack before the designated time. Other than that not much to report as of now. Had a roof vent on the trailer blow off but I carry a spare so got it fixed. Fairly windy here today but weather looks great for the weekend.

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10 am and they're starting pitting. Red and the crew are very organized. My hats off to them for doing a great job.

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See they've posted the detailed run order a day later than usual but no big deal there, just glad they do it. Good luck to you guys and thanks for the reports! Great to have a west coast reporter.

http://www.nhra.net/2015/images/NHRA...uleLN12015.pdf

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It is great to have a live reporter on the west coast! It's much appreciated for your time and effort so thanks for doing it Mr Gullett.

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I appreciate the compliment.
We're pitted now and all set up. Lots of wind here today but its supposed to die down for the weekend. With all the classes here its going to be a jam packed weekend.

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Best of Luck Bob and Charlene!


Thanks for the updates!

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Looking forward to all the great reports and pictures.
Have fun guys!:)

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Hi there.
Any idea why the detailed run schedule shows no runs till Friday morning.
But the Daily event schedule shows sportsman qualifications start at 9.30am on THURSDAY !!?

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Not sure but I know there's no runs until Friday.

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A beautiful morning here in Vegas. The winds have died down and its supposed to be fairly calm for the next few days. Tech and maintenance day today. NHRA is trying a texting service this weekend so I signed up on it. They are going to text you by the class you are running with schedule updates, staging lanes calls and various other event related updates. I'll let you know how this works out. Time for the morning coffee!

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Where did you find last-year's Daily event schedule? The NHRA website shows April 10-12 everywhere I have checked.

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Mr Gullett the text updates worked very well for us at Charlotte, alot of times we received updates and calls to the lanes before it was announced over the PA system.

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If you entered the event they send you a bunch of emails now with info for the event your running . Its not a issue as long as someone there like Bob Gullet verified it for me so we can get a few more hours of sleep as we rolled in at 2am . Thanks all. ...

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Nice job posting Bob. Good luck to all racers this weekend, especially those from up here in the Northwest. Talked with Pete and Dino Kost before they left for the race. Testing had gone well for Pete in the stocker and should make a good showing.


Side note - Talked with Greg Denney at Pacific last weekend and testing went well for his B/SA Camaro. He plans on making the Combo races at Pacific and I hope there are many racers that can show up for these as they have in the past.

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Made it thru tech. 72 degrees here. Still some wind but not as bad as it has been. Qualifying definatly starts at 8 am tommorow. Thanks for the info on the text messages. I'm sure it will be a good thing.

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should be a good show.....

stock = full

s/s = 86% of quota

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The text messages for staging lane calls is pretty handy. They were doing that a couple of weeks ago in Nobile for the Spring Breakout High Dollar Race.

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Race day at last. A beautiful morning here. Should be fairly quick here. 55.4T 19.5H 27.83BP 2312DA as of now. We should be called to the lanes shortly.

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Looks like 1 hit then Round 1 of Class

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Hey Bob, awesome job on that #1 qualifier!!

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Yes, great work on the reporting and on your qualifying.

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OK - you fit .All reporters have to be on the top of the sheet sooner or later .Good job ......

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Nice job..Bob....i know you are always near the top but don't recall at the top...is this your first at a national????

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Thanks for the compliments. Didn't think it would run that good. Mike Pruss's car is fast and wasn't taking him lightly. Unfortunately that's my second one second under hit. Spent the last 3 hours changing a ring and pinion in my wife's car. Broke it first round. Time for a cold beer.

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What happened to Dennis Alvey?

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Broke a transmission from what I hear.

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That sucks. Thanks

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Congratulations to Les Norton and Jack Hazelgren for winning Class Eliminations in FSS/E with Barton HP. Finally got the bugs worked out and have it flying now. In Stocker trim nonetheless. Great job guys!


575 Les Norton
****WINNER**** 0.048 9.328 145.99
C1 (D Dietz)-----0.006 9.390 144.50
Qualified:------------#10 9.346 144.40
FSS/E Index: 10.22 (+/-): -0.892

This is for the FSS/E trophy. Les Norton's MOV: 0.0325 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


7083 Andrew Durham
C2-------------------0.023 9.385 143.72
C1-------------------0.034 9.363 143.38
Qualified:---------------#7 9.311 144.21
FSS/E Index: 10.22 (+/-): -0.835

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Four O/SA cars at one place? Better'n Indy! That qualifies for shoot out status almost! Great show, guys!


In fact, overall class participation is stellar at this race!

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All four O/SA cars within a couple of tenths and a lot of fun!
We were lucky to come out on top....Not my best day of driving!
My boy drives his car a lot better than I did.

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I know that the Durham's run the V10 combo. Which combo does Norton run?

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Norton runs the exact same combo

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Well made it by first round. And only by luck. Got tattooed on the lite by Bill OConner and he broke out. Hard to sit there for 6 seconds! Conditions were very similar to yesterday mornings first qualifying run.

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Congratulations to Pete Kost on his class win!
Not bad for an 81 year old Greek! :)

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Thanks David.

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Yes indeed. Pete is still doing what he loves. A very fun guy to talk with, also. Good luck to Dino in Comp.

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Complete lists of the Stock and Super Stock class winners are up on DRC this morning.

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Pictures from class run offs in the lanes last night.
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We take them anyway we can get them Mr Gullett! Thanks for the pictures and even though I'm a Chevy guy I hope I can see that Thunderbolt in person one day. Good luck the rest of the way!