Live from Lebanon Valley-NHRA Lucas Oil Series 2012

[Stockerstang]

Jack,
The guy in the hospital scrubs canvassed the whole bleacher area next to the tower on friday.... asked everyone to produce entry ticket stubs. Saturday, he came by and said......anyone without a wrist band has to leave. He also stated no one allowed in staging lanes without a wrist band...... not sure the rhyme or reason but....... never had that happen before. Oh well, great action Friday and Saturday. My friends and I enjoyed ourselves as usual.

[Dinsdale]

[QUOTE=Ken Miele;332642]Thanks nickh, I will be okay, I would rather have the beer right now.

Dale, the brand is ford, that's all we can use. I can't help you with the Mallory, I don't do cranks. Hopefully NHRA will let us use aftermarket cranks. It would be nice not have to go through this again.


Thanks for the info Ken. I asked because the crank looks a lighter color than Ford and it's seldom you see a factory crank break. I have heard a lot of stories of Eagles coming apart at the same spot but didn't put my brain in gear about you being in Stock so no insinuation intended. An old story I heard was this is a result of bad harmonics but no proof one way or the other. Personally, I'd rather have a Factory Ford crank than something offshore. I hope you can re-group before too long.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Stockerstang

Jack,
The guy in the hospital scrubs canvassed the whole bleacher area next to the tower on friday.... asked everyone to produce entry ticket stubs. Saturday, he came by and said......anyone without a wrist band has to leave. He also stated no one allowed in staging lanes without a wrist band...... not sure the rhyme or reason but....... never had that happen before. Oh well, great action Friday and Saturday. My friends and I enjoyed ourselves as usual.

He was just plain mean - and never did ask me about a wristband ..............Glad he didn't spoil things for you ..............

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

He was just plain mean - and never did ask me about a wristband ..............Glad he didn't spoil things for you ..............

He also asked me and another NHRA official to leave the area, and we were both wearing our NHRA Div shirts....no wristbands. I went back to my RV and got my restricted area hardcard after that. I'm not sure if he was joking with us or not.

[Chris1529]

Originally Posted by Stockerstang

Jack,
The guy in the hospital scrubs canvassed the whole bleacher area next to the tower on friday.... asked everyone to produce entry ticket stubs. Saturday, he came by and said......anyone without a wrist band has to leave. He also stated no one allowed in staging lanes without a wrist band...... not sure the rhyme or reason but....... never had that happen before. Oh well, great action Friday and Saturday. My friends and I enjoyed ourselves as usual.

....and the Baders give tickets away..........

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by winstonindy

He also asked me and another NHRA official to leave the area, and we were both wearing our NHRA Div shirts....no wristbands. I went back to my RV and got my restricted area hardcard after that. I'm not sure if he was joking with us or not.

Rest assure he wasn't joking ..........He was doing his job but enjoying it way too much - and pushing past the limits .He kind of reminded me of the janitor in high school who caught us smoking in the boys room ..................I can still hear his keys jingling ! ! !

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Chris1529

....and the Baders give tickets away..........

Amazing isn't it - he wanted to clear the stands and other tracks want to fill them .

[Tom Goldman]

In the past , I have'nt had too high an opinion of the track prep or the timing system at Lebanon Valley.
I must say this year the track was prepped very well ,especially considering the heat. ...And the bugs seem to finally be gone from the PortaTree timing system.
My car had identical numbers from both lanes, Something I've never had there in past years.
Also a big thank you to Bob and Dave for removing the black foam blocks at the end of the track and putting in some nice new red ones so we could find the finishline !

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

In the past , I have'nt had too high an opinion of the track prep or the timing system at Lebanon Valley.
I must say this year the track was prepped very well ,especially considering the heat. ...And the bugs seem to finally be gone from the PortaTree timing system.
My car had identical numbers from both lanes, Something I've never had there in past years.
Also a big thank you to Bob and Dave for removing the black foam blocks at the end of the track and putting in some nice new red ones so we could find the finishline !

The first time I ran at LV, I had no idea where the finish line was.

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

on the brighter side of LV event this might be some history triva in the makings but Byron Worner had 3 .000 RT's during elimintions (Rd 1, 2 & 4), simply wow, i dont even think the Bracket/SS/Stock ace Michael Beard has done that one, but i might be wrong.
Anyhow great job Byron!