Live from Epping,New Hampshire-NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Good morning members and guests - welcome to day one of our 2020 season here in D1 and you can bet on one thing - nothing has changed as Mother Nature has followed me around forever and won't disappoint us once again .I'm somewhere in Connecticut and as they say in some areas of PA 'its makin' down' .

And that's not the worst of it - last night while in some tiny burg I was motoring down a two lane highway and all of a sudden going around a bend there is a bridge in front of me but its a half-moon brick style and I've got nowhere to go because of traffic.Well anything that was on my roof is now gone along with my electric awning and God knows what else .

Great way to start my season - hopefully things will get better ……..

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Good to have a live reporter there. Between you, DRC and D1TV we’re grateful to have such great coverage.

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So Mother Nature changed her mind just past Hartford - Sun is out - sky is brite and not many clouds ……...

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Test n tune going on for a few hours now - didn't see anyone going real fast as its very,very hot here today .I was planning on it myself but there is just too much work to be done on my stuff so I can get home without problems .Tomorrow is another day ......BTW, attendance is better than I expected for a Thursday ........all that and no Canadians .They could have added a bunch to the total .Later .............

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Jack if the border was open a lot of us would have been there
i think for us it will be a youtube season...

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What a stinker today - hot , sticky and the only good thing is the 29.99 barometer . So far we've had two shots in Stock and one in S/S .So Bobby Vogel is showing 'em how its done with his new ride and as for S/S I'm not sure if Jeff Roell is in the right class .If not then Scotty Gove is on top.Believe me if you can go a second under here Indy will be a breeze. More later ……..



Just for the record I didn't take any of these photos .

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BTW, the live qualifying block that you haven't seen here , is up to the discretion of the announcers as to when to put it up..I just confirmed this.
So, I see nothing much has changed , as far as announcers go, in 40 years at Epping.

Bye for now, Mik Yavone

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Round 3 of Stock qualifying went off without a hitch with plenty of time in between so I took a dip in my neighbor Tom Buchers pool .SuperStock up next for their third shot.Not sure if everybody got three but it was nice even though I spun everytime .

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Third hit..One more in the morning

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Might have to right click /view image... Best I can do ,with a 5000 mile relay ;-)

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It's great to see the number 1 in Stock back in Div. one. Congrats to Allison again the number looks great on her car. BP

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Good Luck to everyone

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This morning stock and s/s will get their fourth and final Q run and hopefully for some of us the track will be better ,Yesterday local racer Tommy Boucher in his 68 Camaro s/s er came very close to tagging the wall which I'm sure required a underwear check afterwards .I sure hope they have a different formula for the track prep this morning.

This morning its once again getting very warm and sticky - not a record setting day for sure ……...later .

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I'm sorry for not knowing the answer to this, but why is there a 40 qualified field instead of all run?

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Because there’s only 40 cars there In super stock And probably use the same ladder for stock by accident

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probably just an error on drc

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[QUOTE=Yesterday local racer Tommy Boucher in his 68 Camaro s/s er came very close to tagging the wall which I'm sure required a underwear check afterwards .[/QUOTE]

My Dad's back behind the wheel of old faithful and his crew chief was a little too aggressive on the tune up. Big wheelstand and unloaded on the bars but did not have a close encounter with the wall. Made necessary adjustments and all is good.

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All points meets are qualified fields 128 cars for stk and ss. National opens are all run.

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OK have fun--wear face masks--raining in cheese country--Tiby&Toby

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Congrats to Bob Lettelier for the Stock win and George LaBelle for RU. Nice job by both!

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Jim Boudreau's absence is noteworthy. I hope he's well.

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Does anybody know who won Superstock @ Epping.. Dragrace central makes no mention of final.. last post was down to 3 cars

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Brian Worner

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Bryan Worner over Jerry Hatch. (Jerry redlighted)

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I noticed many of the older racers who have compromising health conditions were not there. I’m not sure if that’s why, but it’s a possibility. We’ll see how the turnout at L.V. Will be.

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Jim posted this in Facebook.

“Unfortunately I heard yesterday no one was social distancing. So I decided to stay home. I guess I’m wrong and COVID is just a hoax!! Oh , to be young again.“

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Respect Jim's decision; we all have personal responsibility to ourselves and family that far exceeds our desire to race.

Bigger news flash: Allison didn't win; whodathunkit.

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Well, its not easy to beat Broadbent, he has taken out just about everyone over the decades.

It was nice to get back out again, for the first time since the fall, felt like April, except for the July like 90 plus temps. Haven't competed in anything since then, except against myself working out in the basement. No baseball, nothing.

Missed the truck with its wheelies, dragpak with its stick, and seeing a lot of familar faces, from the D1 staff, Epping staff, and the hardy D1 competitors who came to play.

Eric

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No-One, NO-ONE should take "Bentrod" lightly, he's been "rowing gears" his enttre life.......

They don't call him "The Sour-Puss" fer nuthin ;)