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Ken Miele · 03-25-2010, 08:23 PM

I have tons of pictures so I will add them in a few posts. Below are some from the morning qualifying and class.

I will try to keep the rap up of today's racing brief. I got to watch second round of class, but first I want to start with the early qualifying runs. It was cool to talk to everybody in the staging lanes and see the cars I don't see in my division. I met lots of members of Class Racer, fans and racers, along with guys that are building cars for stock.

Lots of racers were shutting off in qualifying which is understandable. The thing I noticed more than ever before, cars are shutting off early during class. I try to stay up beat, but it makes it less enjoyable to watch. I understand why they do, but its boring. I choose AA so I don't have to shut off early, its a steep index so its hard to get hp.

The second round of class was most of what I said, shutting off early. Some of these cars are going to get hp because they went to fast early in the day, so why they are shutting off now. I'm not in the position to get hp so I am not judging their decision, I just would like to understand why. I think there was two races that the drivers ran it out.

I note on Bill Hawk's run. The traction bar broke and pushed Bill over the center-line. His car came up high and there was no way to save the run.

I have to say even with some of the not so fun to watch stock class runs, it is still fun to be here. The race track is first class. The track is amazingly fast even when the numbers do not show it. When I ran first round of class. the bar was 29.19 with a temp of 75 and the humidity 32% the da was 2404 ft. I have never been to a track with those kind of numbers and ran this quick.

I know some may wonder why I not bummed being beat by the new CJ's.
I don't have problem with it because and know this can happen, it happened in the past and its going to happen in the future. I had a good combo but now its just okay, and I'm okay with that.

Grace and Bill are good friends and I hope they do well with their new CJ.

Well folks that's its until tomorrow, we are out third for first round of eliminations, the only one for the day. I will try make the posts shorter and maybe have some more pictures.

Dave, very funny.

03-25-2010, 08:23 PM	#40
Ken Miele Live Reporter Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,862 Likes: 461 Liked 16,563 Times in 1,523 Posts	Re: Live from the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals I have tons of pictures so I will add them in a few posts. Below are some from the morning qualifying and class. I will try to keep the rap up of today's racing brief. I got to watch second round of class, but first I want to start with the early qualifying runs. It was cool to talk to everybody in the staging lanes and see the cars I don't see in my division. I met lots of members of Class Racer, fans and racers, along with guys that are building cars for stock. Lots of racers were shutting off in qualifying which is understandable. The thing I noticed more than ever before, cars are shutting off early during class. I try to stay up beat, but it makes it less enjoyable to watch. I understand why they do, but its boring. I choose AA so I don't have to shut off early, its a steep index so its hard to get hp. The second round of class was most of what I said, shutting off early. Some of these cars are going to get hp because they went to fast early in the day, so why they are shutting off now. I'm not in the position to get hp so I am not judging their decision, I just would like to understand why. I think there was two races that the drivers ran it out. I note on Bill Hawk's run. The traction bar broke and pushed Bill over the center-line. His car came up high and there was no way to save the run. I have to say even with some of the not so fun to watch stock class runs, it is still fun to be here. The race track is first class. The track is amazingly fast even when the numbers do not show it. When I ran first round of class. the bar was 29.19 with a temp of 75 and the humidity 32% the da was 2404 ft. I have never been to a track with those kind of numbers and ran this quick. I know some may wonder why I not bummed being beat by the new CJ's. I don't have problem with it because and know this can happen, it happened in the past and its going to happen in the future. I had a good combo but now its just okay, and I'm okay with that. Grace and Bill are good friends and I hope they do well with their new CJ. Well folks that's its until tomorrow, we are out third for first round of eliminations, the only one for the day. I will try make the posts shorter and maybe have some more pictures. Dave, very funny. Attached Thumbnails