Live from Cecil County,MD NHRA Lucas Oil Series
 

Good morning and welcome to the Division 1 season opener .Today will be test n tune starting at 1pm. Coming in yesterday was a eye opener for sure - grass looks super and many of the divots in the pit areas are gone - that plus they must have spent many,many
hours marking the pit spots - if you're on your neighbors space there will be no doubt about it .

As for the track - it's super and tight as yesterday there was a private rental and not one car spun - even the six and seven second cars .

All that plus this reporter watched many new pieces of track equipment being used - 2023 must have had a large budget increase for new equipment for sure .

Later .........

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Jim Halsey has really worked hard to make Cecil top notch and it shows big time. His starting line is Awesome.

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Jack, do you know the run order tomorrow? i heard Super Street was out first. Thanks, Bill.

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Here you are

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Jack, that's an awesome shot from the starting line. Thanks, and good luck to all!

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Good morning gang - Welcome to day 1 of the D1 season .Yesterday during the T nT it was sunny with temps in the mid eighties and very little humidity . Downside was the unusual for here was the 29.5o barometer.Track was like i've not seen it ever before - mostly because about every 30 minutes or so during the TnT they stopped and sent out the new machinery and then sprayed .Can't remember a day when I've witnessed so many giant wheelies - hope today is the same .

Today at 9 they will send out Super/street followed by Stock - today weather wise looks like a carbon copy of yesterday -Summer arrived early here in Maryland!!!!!!

I'll check in after rd1 of Stock ........

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Would be nice of them to spool up NHRA.TV or Live Timing.

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Any Q 1 sheets for Stock ( no live timing yet ? ) Thank You ! Dan

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Any qualifying sheets ? Can’t find them anywhere.

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Here is Stock, you will have to wait for DRC for Super Stock.

https://classracer.com/q/cstk.jpg

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Good morning - Best thing I can say this morning is that Spring is back as the high today is to be low seventies - cloudy and at this moment I can hear pitter-patter on my roof .Nothing huge is expected but it might delay the start this AM.

Yesterday was terrific here at Cecil -yes it was hot but super conditions for sure with the track being in the best shape i've ever seen here .On the flip side of things the q-sheets really don't show the true performance of the Stock and S/S cars in attendance because of the large amount of 1000' passes.This 'new' way of controlling the fast cars isn't working - just making it boring. Hope the NHRA is listening .

This morning when we get started it will be juniors then SuperStreet followed by Stock.

Later ................

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If you multiply 1000 (feet) X 1.19, it gives a good indication of what the 1/4 mile e.t. would be.

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So the weather is holding out as S/street and Stock got their first rounds in .The Sun is trying to peak out every now and then with no drops falling .S/Stock has just been called for their first round .

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Why did they start eliminations first thing this morning and throw out 3rd TT/Q? Weather?

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I don't know if I agree with this for all cars.Last race of last season,I went 9.14.
According to your formula, that is a 10.87.The car was about 2 tenths slower than that.

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A good point. I just looked up 2 runs of mine. (Street/strip car, NHRA chased me in the 90's.)
11.39 1.607 60' 9.520 X 1.19 = 11.328
11.40 1.608 60' 9.523 X 1.19 = 11.332

If multiplied by 1.20 -
11.424
11.427

I guess the formula is sensitive to a car's potential, plus, multiplying by 1.19 or 1.20 makes a substantial difference.

I was thinking NHRA could use a formula to determine what a 1000' foot run would be 1320 feet, but it appears it's not that cut and dried.

Thanks

P.S. Sorry for the hijack.

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A few minutes ago the storm hit and I'm not sure how long it will last but the place is soaked .Never saw so many racers move that fast .Anyway S/S got their first round in and SuperStreet was running their rd2 when the rain came.

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Sure was a quick storm - but they just announced we are done for the day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The last time I was down there (Memorial Day weekend, last year)…there was a 20-30 minute shower, and they called it for the day. The story then was that they didn’t have a track dryer. The rain check is still in the console of my truck.

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NHRA has the 60' 330' 660' 1000' 1320' ets and MPH's plus the car weight for ever car ever pass. If they wanted to they could tell if the 1320 et is slow, they could even tell if the person lifted before 1000'. They could even calculate pretty close HP for the run.


Stan

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Action from round 1 of Super/Stock -- double click on photo to make it larger .

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Good morning -- the word of this AM is FOG -really heavy fog but it's clearing out and we should be under way in 20 or so minutes .Starting out with juniors then S/street and Stock .

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Super Stock Winner- Brittany Daniels
Runner Up- Joe Lisa


Stock Winner- Ken Robinson
Runner Up- Jimmy Daniels


Congratulations

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Way to go Ken Robinson!!!!

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Anyone know what happened to Pete Dagnola? He couldn’t make the semis call….

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He broke the tip off his valve, luckily he caught it early and got towed back to the trailer. It wasnt catastrophic.

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Some Super Stock cars & drivers in the lanes..

https://youtu.be/BeiD6vtZOeo