[Rich Biebel]

I was at that rain date rescheduled Dutch Classic that was in November. I think it was the first weekend in November and it was in the early 2000's

I won the first round in S/C at the original event and had to put an engine together in order to go back....
I broke an oil pump and burnt up a crank doing some test and tune laps the week before the reschedule date....I had a spare short block but had to swap a lot of parts from the damaged engine...

I woke up very early in the morning at about 4 am the day of the race....and went outside to see what the weather was like....COLD but the stars were out.....so...

I headed out and drove thru a very heavy snow squall in Kutztown Pa and was saying to myself this is a first...driving thru a whiteout to go to a race!!

I was at the M-G gate before they opened and it was under 30 degrees....

I made one time run and went 8.90.....

Went red by a few thousandths once racing got underway...

I had no trouble with the track and it was never over 50 degrees....

That was one of those events I made a very big effort to get to and it just did not work out.....