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We are not there yet but should be leaving in a couple of hours! Just printed our tickets!! We haven't been there in 3 or 4 years. Do you still come in from the spectator side around the back??

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Yes Patsy, It was like that last year.

Greg

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Well we are here and have been very busy. We got parked and teched and credentials before 5! Thanks to Redman for a very good spot with evening shade! It is hot here and going to be all weekend. Evening shade is good!!! Jimmy Hidalgo just fixed boiled crab legs and boiled shrimp! Of course, it is the best ever. I had never eaten crab legs that you didn't have to dip in butter, but these were great! Stock starts out at 8 in the morning, so we will see you then!!

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Good morning from across the river from the Arch! It is 69 and muggy already! Lots of dew and 91% humidity. It is going to be a hot and sunny day! Since we are parked at the round track and a ways from the drag strip, I imagine they will be calling us up soon! We start at 8 and then will be back for another hit around 10 or so and then done for the day. I will try to get some pics then. More later.

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Only 56 stockers made the first hit this morning. Lots of 1000' runs. Looks like a pretty tight tree. Lots of red lights! They must be backed up at the scales. Nobody is back yet!!


More later. Oh, Danny Byrd is # 1 right now!

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Kevin Helms moved up to #1 at 1.08 under in Jeff's blue car in the 2nd qualifier. Now there are 58 cars. Jennifer McCormack got the leaf spring fixed on her truck and made it down this pass. 88 degrees and DA 3000'! HOT! HOT!

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That's 8 degrees and 800' better that Gilliam/Shreveport last week.

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A few pictures from today:


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Drew Whalen His Dad, Jim, is running the car in super stock this weekend.


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Just see the Richardson Boys for your new steering wheel!


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Amy's new wheel!!


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Terry Allison GT/


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Aaron Allison's super stocker


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Brett Speer A/SA


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Russ Speer H/SA

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Brett and Ms. Rylee and their baby boy, dog and super stocker


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Austin Williams G/SA


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Jerry and Mike Bennett D/SA

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Adam Davis F/SA


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Pretty Australian shepherd of Ms. Thibert


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Rachelle Thibert K/SA


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Arthur Thibert K/SA


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Chris Chaney's winning super stocker from Shreveport last weekend.


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Chris Chaney's A/SA

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Great Pictures!

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Quote of the race so far: " I hope I won enough money at the casino last night to pay for the freight on these springs that got here this morning" Jennifer McCormack. Jennifer had to have AM delivery or she would not have enough time to install the springs and make the second qualifying run so she could get on the sheet. The spring got replaced and the she goes out and qualifies in the number 12 spot. Talk about quality interchangeable parts, she got them!


We have four rounds today in stock.
It looks to be a good group of fans that have showed up to camp, party, and watch the races.


Hope to get to watch some of the other races today.


If your going to be here at night make sure to bring plenty of LA. perfume (OFF) to keep the blood suckers at bay.

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Well our weekend is over and done for thanks to Randi Lyn!! Larry's bad light and her .005 light was the race!! Talk about some good races this morning!! Be sure and look at the eliminations on DRC. Lots of really close races! But did you notice all the world champions that are at this race along with lots of former event winners, too. It was definitely tough out there this morning! Well it is time for breakfast, so more later.

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29 pairs of cars. Only 4 red lights in r1. If you take the .219 and .105 lights out for all winners, the worst light was a .069 and an average of .037. Eight .00x lights,, and Fletcher was trip zip.

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Kastle lost with an .017 package wow

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And Daryl Bureski with a 15 package.

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Here are a few more pics from this weekend! The internet has been so bad during the day that I haven't been able to upload them. Also we have been over here at the round track all weekend with no radio reception! It worked for about 5 minutes this afternoon. So we couldn't even hear what was going on! And nothing from the speakers over here either. Then tonight, they call all classes up to the lanes while the Pros were still running. That is round 2 of stock, super stock, super comp, super gas, top dragster, and top sportsmen all at the same time! Then because the spectators were all leaving, they closed the gate and wouldn't let anyone out, so you had to turn around and go back thru the tunnel to get to the staging lanes! Talk about a royal screw up!!


Anyway


here are
some pics!


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The FAST cars in the Country Dog dog pound!!


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Julie Bierman D/SA


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Larry liked this car, so I took a picture of it!


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Kevin Helms super stocker this weekend!


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Mr. Jeff's Blue Boy with the Big #1 on it this weekend being driven by Kevin!


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Mr. Rowe ? and his super stocker


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Bill Rowe L/SA

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Tyler Caheely and his super stock truck!


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Tyler Wydarski super stocker


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Tyler Wydarski H/SA


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Chris Chaney A/SA

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Lots of really good races this morning! Looks like they tightened up the lights overnite--lots of red lights and.00 lights!

We pulled out when they started running the pros!

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Why did the majority of elims get contested on Sunday? Was it scheduled that way or was there a lot of downtime? I know last year they round robined us until 10pm Saturday night to get down to the semi's for Sunday. Looks like this year they made a point to be done by 7ish both Friday and Saturday.

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Patsy, It was nice to hang with you and Larry and a great pleasure to be parked next to the country dog pound. Everyone was very hospitable and I hope to enjoy getting to know you all better next season.

Janice Swan

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Thanks, Janice. It was nice meeting you, too. One thing about parking close to the Country Dog--You will never go hungry!! Here are a couple of more pictures from St. Louis:http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...0louis/006.jpg
Ricky Decker's carhttp://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...0louis/005.jpgJim Lovallo GT/IAhttp://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...0louis/004.jpgJust hanging out with Ken and Amy Faulk and Ronnie Charnes

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Jim Lovallo GT/IA


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Dan Fletcher polishing his wheels while waiting to watch his daughter's college soccer game on u Tube


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Tracey Pedigo B/SA


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Carson Pedigo C/SA