Live from Atco, NJ ... National Open

[stefan callender]

Who is the owner of the green vette???

[B Aceves]

Ken,
You mentioned in your earlier post that it was a Test N Tune and Records today ?
If that's not a error I would like to know how you can set Records at a test n tune
day ? Am I missing something here?

Bob Aceves
#746 E/SA
A&M motorsports

PS, Great pics BTW, Those Corvette's are beautiful

[Jack Matyas]

[QUOTE=B Aceves;180813]Ken,
You mentioned in your earlier post that it was a Test N Tune and Records today ?
If that's not a error I would like to know how you can set Records at a test n tune
day ? Am I missing something here?

Bob Aceves
#746 E/SA
A&M motorsports

Bob -- It's in the East Coast rule book .................you didn't miss a thing ! ! !

[B Aceves]

[QUOTE=Jack Matyas;180829]

Originally Posted by B Aceves

Ken,
You mentioned in your earlier post that it was a Test N Tune and Records today ?
If that's not a error I would like to know how you can set Records at a test n tune
day ? Am I missing something here?

Bob Aceves
#746 E/SA
A&M motorsports

Bob -- It's in the East Coast rule book .................you didn't miss a thing ! ! !

LOL, OK now I get it... (Duh) my bad

[hookdaddy]

Are they running down there yet?

[Ken Miele]

Don, they ran Super Street. Stock was about to run and it started to sprinkle. Nothing heavy but it just now stopped. I think it will be a good hour before they call us back to the lanes, but the sun is finally coming out. I think Jack Matyas must be floating around here some place, he tends to make the rain gods angry.

While we wait for the track to dry I got some more pictures.

I promise I will get a bunch of super stock pictures, I know I have been neglecting you guys, where is Tom Sheenan when you need him.

[Jack Matyas]

[QUOTE=Ken Miele;181001]Don, they ran Super Street. Stock was about to run and it started to sprinkle. Nothing heavy but it just now stopped. I think it will be a good hour before they call us back to the lanes, but the sun is finally coming out. I think Jack Matyas must be floating around here some place, he tends to make the rain gods angry.

Thanks Ken but I'm 125 miles away in my office and for once I can't be blamed for the rain -- but you're doing a great job filling in for me ...................see you soon ( after the Sun comes out ) .

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

Stock was about to run and it started to sprinkle. Nothing heavy but it just now stopped. I think it will be a good hour before they call us back to the lanes, but the sun is finally coming out. I think Jack Matyas must be floating around here some place, he tends to make the rain gods angry.

Just for the record -- During the time I spent at Atco this past weekend it was a first -- not one single drop came down while I was there -- maybe all of last years' rain problems are past us............and yes , I've made up with the rain Gods -- we're going to have a terrific season for sure .Saturday and Sunday were what Bob Frey would have described as perfect "Chamber of Commerce" days -- sunny and blue skies -- if you didn't show up -- well you missed out for sure .....................you'll have another chance in a few weeks .

[Dave Ficacci]

Originally Posted by B Aceves

Ken,
You mentioned in your earlier post that it was a Test N Tune and Records today ?
If that's not a error I would like to know how you can set Records at a test n tune
day ? Am I missing something here?

Bob Aceves
#746 E/SA
A&M motorsports

PS, Great pics BTW, Those Corvette's are beautiful

NHRA is there for tech, fuel, scales, etc..

[Ken Miele]

We are done for the day, the test tune went well. You could get as many runs as you needed. You pretty much went to the lanes and they pulled you right out. We only had to wait once for about 30 min when a top sportsman car could not slow down and went into the sand trap. The car was a little banged up, but the driver is okay, I don't know his name. It was a yellow cavalier.

It was a weird day weather wise. The air was mostly hovering around 3000 ft. Not much barometer, 29.45 on my last run. The humidity was only 32% and the temp was 87 to 89 most of the day. The wind was a cross tail about 5 to 10 mph and I am sure it helped with the et and mph. My last run the wind hit me pretty hard about the 1100 ft mark, it pushed the car to right more then I would have liked. I would say it was a fast 3000ft. Numbers were not good, but the wind helped.

No records were set as far as I know. Jim Boudreau in B/SA went a 10.29 at 129. The CJ's and Wally's Corvette did not run so well, I guess they are just trying to sort things out. Jim Conte went a 10.45 at 127 in C/SA and Frank Bialas in his Road Runner ran 10.56, not sure of the mph. I think he was in B/SA. I ran pretty well, did some tuning, 9.85 at 135.

I received a special request from Evan Smith for a picture of the boys from New Jersey. I know he misses everyone up here and the same goes for us. John Bender wanted to say hello to his Family visiting Evan down in Tampa, FL. I also get a nice shot of John's car.

The weather is supposed turn much cooler for tomorrow. I will try to get a qualifying sheet for stk and ss.

That's it for today, I will be back in the morning with a weather report before the first time shot.

Side note: Sorry for the not so good pictures, I think I need a new camera. I'm going to give my cell phone camera a try for tomorrow.