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[Michael Beard]

8:25am 46.4deg 79%, 30.01, -717' DA.

Still damp in spots, announced a 10am start.

Got up at 1:45am to get here. Getting situated... Report after Q1...

[Michael Beard]

Got started a little later, as after drying they still ran the jet for awhile to try to get some heat in the track. 51.6deg, 73%, 30.02, -346' DA. Tiny headwind if anything.

Didn't do a very good burnout, and lost a little on the cold track, but even so, the ET wasn't near as good as the you'd think for the conditions. Heard quite a few 11.0-runs out of Hot Rod, so we're the only ones mother nature is fooling.

Bubba said he put weight in the car, and about flipped it over. Still managed a 10.634 @ 123.93 mph. I ran the same as Fayetteville last week with 1000' worse air and a headwind. Go figure.

Already into 8.90 cars...

[Michael Beard]

Q2, did a burnout my momma be proud of, and the car responded nicely.
52.8 F, 72%, 30.00, -232'DA, no wind.

Terry Knott replaced a fuel pump this morning, and I saw they had Bertozzi's SS car up in the air working on something earlier.

[Michael Beard]

Rnd 1, 55.3deg, 69%, 29.98, -33'DA

Bubba continued his steamroller, and the Turismo is a little flatter now. . He gave me a little on the tree, but I gave him even more. Both parked, I got there .008, but broke out .005. Good race.

Bogan over Knott, Lisa Bolton over Brian Rowe in a dbl breakout, Paula Cambria over Mike Longhaney, and even DJ Raiser won in the wgon he bought from Mike Hayek. Man, I didn't even know DJ was eligible for parole yet!

Super Stock to the lanes....

[Michael Beard]

Stk Rnd 2
Myers over Bowman
Bubba over Raiser
Waters Sr vs Jordan.... Jordan's red, Waters way fast
Stopping to check something on the tree.....?
Lisa Bolton vs Paul Cambria... Lisa for the W
Paula Cambria and Chris Kilraine... Both good on the tree, Kilraine parks for the W
Kenney vs Bart Kilraine, who breaks out.
Two champs, Bogan and Bertozzi... Bertozzi lifts before the 60'.... Somebody was .000, Bogan gets the freebie, patting the gas at the stripe

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Stk Rnd 2

Two champs, Bogan and Bertozzi... Bertozzi lifts before the 60'.... Somebody was .000, Bogan gets the freebie, patting the gas at the stripe

Bertozzi had the .000.

Jim

[Marc Kinton]

I mentioned to the guys a couple times to put a little more water down in the box for you guys. I try to turn and check that area out every once in a while even though I have plenty other things to concern myself with. I happened to turn and see Mr Beard shaking his head after his burnout so I knew something musn't have gone well back there. Sucks for people who race alone but never hesitate to ask for what you want if you have a crew person. Just don't walk up and start working the water yourself, those guys take their job seriously and do want to help. They work their tails off all day up there.

Chris...it was nice to have you there man. As for running after the pro-mod cars....there shouldn't have been much difference in how your track was first thing in the morning. Heck, only a couple of them could figure it out anyways! Hope you guys didn't have too many traction problems but again, if ever you need something different, I'm very aproachable and would love to talk to you about it. Always wanting to learn.

Special thanks to the NHRA guys who came to race with us, quite a few folks whom I had never seen at one of our races and I hope the experience was a good one.

See you all at Piedmont...but don't ask me about track prep there...I'm gonna be racin!!!!!!!

[danny waters sr]

Marc ,as far as i am concerned ,you guys did a great job....our 60's moved .004 all weekend
I went to check your generator and could not get no one at the door . sorry.
Sound like it may be a breaker/..