Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Raceway

[Jack Matyas]

Hi Gang - Seems like I barely got my clothes washed and here we are again .No , I'm not there yet but will be .Today I'm told there are some private teams testing along with parking .As soon as I can verify the testing results i'll post 'em .

Tomorrow will be test and tune and ClassRacer will be covering for sure .Myself and hopefully the boss ( aka - yo ken ) shall bring you all the news from what will be the biggest National Open ever held .If you bump into Gary Richard over the weekend let him know how much it means to us - his support is the best ! !

I'll be back .........

[Jack Matyas]

Just confirmed with one of my peeps that there is a 'private' track rental going on as I type - be back soon with who's involved ...........

[Ken Miele]

Jack is correct, there was track rental today. A few Stockers and Super Stockers along with some no time cars and bikes rented the track today.

Todd Hoven ran some mid 10.50's in D/SA. Jim Boudreau ran some 9.80's in B/SA. Jonathan Allegrucci was testing his Drag V10 and ran some mid 8.80's I have a few videos to edit and I will upload later.

Here are some shots of the cars testing today. As you can see from the first photo, Atco has a new burnout pad.

[Jim Hanig]

What kind of air do you have Ken. thanks

[Ken Miele]

Jim, a few of the teams that I talked to said it was about a 1000ft, temps were in the upper 60's.

Here are the videos I took today, the first one is a little shaky, still trying to figure out this new camera. Check out the last photo, any of you know why Todd Hoven has a keyed lock on the front fender of his Firebird.

[Tim H]

I'll take a guess that the key lock on fender is for an "old school" alarm system.

[J.R. Haddad]

Ken, on Todd's car, it puts it in "VALET" mode when the AHFS is active.

[Jerry Terry]

It looks like an Alarm that was on some older corvettes from the factory.

[Jack Matyas]

OK, so i've been slacking off a bit but things are getting back to normal . ClassRacer always brings you up to date on the latest gossip and dirt but this one will knock your socks off.

This weekend finds our own Division One engine builder / tuner , longtime Chrysler Corp driver and General Manager of Ray Barton Racing Engines - David Barton who recently won big time in a Camaro COPO is trying to prove what he's been telling us for years - if it's got wheels and an engine I can drive it - but this weekend things are different - he's in the Cook Bros. Cobra Jet Mustang and is chompin' at the bit -just like one of the Derby Stallions last week.

Go get 'em David .................

[Jack Matyas]

A few picks from this afternoons test n tune ..........