Who is going to the Dutch Classic?

[Superfan1]

Just trying to get a feel for who plans to attend the Dutch Classic next weekend. Hopefully the car counts will be high and a great time will be had by all.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

Nitro Lounge is staying home; just cant justified spending $600 in gas to watch a race, don’t care how good it is.

Hemi Shootout will be a ok race, but if nobody finds a tenth or more its a 2 horse race out of same stable.
(might be last NHRA Hemi Shootout also rumor has it)

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by Nitro Joe Jackson

Nitro Lounge is staying home; just cant justified spending $600 in gas to watch a race, don’t care how good it is.

Hemi Shootout will be a ok race, but if nobody finds a tenth or more its a 2 horse race out of same stable.
(might be last NHRA Hemi Shootout also rumor has it)

There were 21 cars last year for the Shootout; hopefully there will be, at least, close to that many this year. If Bucky Hess has his "good" engine; he may be able to get to within .05 or .06 of the Westcotts but other than that, as you say, it's a 2 horse race. After the Sportsnationals at Columbus, Charlie Sr. said that he and Jr. were going to Maple Grove to set the record. I believe that the quickest SS/AH run ever is 8.46 by Bucky Hess a couple of years ago; if the air conditions are typical for late Oct. in Pennsylvania, both Westcotts should run quicker than that, and Charlie Sr. might run 160 mph!
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by Steve Polhill

I think we are going to stay local.. 9 hour drive to find out you still can't run the index..

Leave the Comp. car home and bring the Stocker. I go to Indy every year for all 6 days of the race so, of course, I was there this year when you qualified #1 in Stock at 1.411 under. You certainly don't have any problems with the EF/S index, AHFS is a different story!
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1

[Johnny U]

Hey Steve do exactly what Bill said, pull out the Escort and go to the Dutch Classic. Hell even I am going to drag the Buick down there.

[John Warehime]

Get there early, run for class. It will probably be a full field in Stock.

[Bryan Worner]

I'll be there!

Hey Joe, gas is cheap here now! In the 2.60's per gallon!!

[Larry Hill]

you might see my smiling face there, but if only Mike and Merc show!

[Bart Kilraine]

The Dutch used to be the first weekend in October,it was moved to the 2nd.weekend because of ??/Kuntztown Festival???,than it ended up the third weekend in October,....now it's on the 4th. weekend.Can we say rain,hard to dry the track,sun going down by 5:30,cold.See ya at the outlets!

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by Bart Kilraine

The Dutch used to be the first weekend in October,it was moved to the 2nd.weekend because of ??/Kuntztown Festival???,than it ended up the third weekend in October,....now it's on the 4th. weekend.Can we say rain,hard to dry the track,sun going down by 5:30,cold.See ya at the outlets!

Assuming that, for the most part, it is a rain free event; can we also say fast with many National records set. It won't be that much colder, if at all, than it was at the Atco divisional Oct.3 - Oct.5, the sun won't be going down that much later either, and the car counts at Atco were exceptional. I don't expect the Dutch to be any different.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1