Columbus Sportsnationals

[Larry Hill]

So who all is coming this weekend? There's only 50 super stockers and 44 stockers pre-entered. I know you can also enter at the gate for $25 extra . With all the bad weather and high price of fuel, maybe that is all that is coming. The remnants of Hurricane Ike came thru western KY on Sunday with lots of wind, but not any rain which we could have used. We only had limbs down and power out for about 18 hours. We just pulled the motorhome out into the driveway and spent a nice evening watching tv as usual. Just ran extension cords to the refrigerators and freezer and made it thru fine. Talked to Jerry Bennett this afternoon and he still didn't have power and lost everything in his fridge.

Well we should see ya'll at Columbus on Thursday and will let you know what's happening then.

Patsy

[442OLDS]

I was just going to post the Columbus Sportsnationals "bump" contest.Will there be a "bump" spot,or will everybody get to race?

[Lyn Smith]

Come on out Darryl. Everyone will be able to race. there wont be over 128 cars. You could actually get there on Sat. morning and get 2 runs.

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Come on out Darryl. Everyone will be able to race. there wont be over 128 cars. You could actually get there on Sat. morning and get 2 runs.

Think the water will go down by then?
I-65,I-94,etc. all were closed today at various places due to flooding.What a mess.

[greg fulk]

I'll B their & so will the Downings. the only time we had 128 cars was in 2005 & we only had 128 cars. The weather look good for the weekend but it's Columbus so it should be slow!

[FLOYD RUSSO JR]

hey mr .larry, dad is thinkin about makin the trip from down south(GONZALES,LA).. i like 2 know if yall will have as much fun as we did at NPR ... like that shoot out race we did when i drove randy wilkes car.. but anyway yall have fun....later boo-boo c-ya!!!!!!! goin 2 dallas national....

[Pete Beau]

I was told from a company in Newark, OH that there is power out in a large area and forcasts for getting power back are wide spread (2 days to Sunday). Also, a large group of electric power workers from Ohio were sent down to Texas to help there leaning out the staff in Ohio. Keep your fingers crossed.

[Jack McCarthy]

larry, you were lucky

louisville had over 300,000 without power, still 234,000 today > projected return of power is still 10 days out... 40% of electrical workers were on loan to texas / louisiana. state of emergency declared > natioanal guard is mobile to assist with traffic / shelter security. gas is possible for rationing as about 50% of stations are without power and those with are ruinning out of gas.

dont think me of MJ will make it, however he says his rig is full of diesel

best of luck and keep us posted with the LIVE updates

jack mccarthy

p.s. booboo... nobody, nowhere, throws a race like NPR's sportsnationals... epecially NHRA

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

I finally got my power back on today (Tuesday)
The storm packed 75 mph winds here and it took down trees and power lines all over the place, we lost electric around 6:30pm Sunday. Nitro Lounge did it's job running things in the house and having a shower to use.
I heard down in Granville (North of track) Newark and easy side of Columbus got hit hard.
Big thing is i can not imagin what its like having 110 mph winds when i thought it was real bad at 75 mph here.

[Larry Sullivan]

I just made a reservation at the KOA at Buckeye Lake and they had their power back on by Monday morning. Sun's out, things should be all dried up by Thursday.