LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam

Jim Wahl · 01-28-2011, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Current: 50.4deg 71%, 29.98 baro, -408' DA. Course it'll be warmer and windier tomorrow. 1PM start I believe, think its ET, HR, STK, SR, QR, SS, etc... Schedule on www.ihra.com

Took the Turismo around the road course (behaving). Neat! Parked, teched, ready to work tomorrow!

Yes! The weather here in Florida has been killer since the front moved through. Should be great racing down there! Good luck Mike! Not that you need it! Jim

Michael Beard · 01-28-2011, 12:13 AM

No ride yet. I've got a blank tech card, so if someone needs a SS shoe, just holler by Saturday morning! :-) Licensed to 9.00. We're pitted about 1200' on the road course side.

Michael Beard · 01-28-2011, 11:20 AM

Overcast, humid, headwind just starting to come up, Baro up to 30.05!

Michael Beard · 01-28-2011, 01:12 PM

Got the new wheels and tires on the back (decided not to test n' tune at a national for once... I can back-to-back them some other time). Currently 62.7 deg, 41%, 30.01, 412 DA.

Will try to get pics later. Been busy cleanin', stickering up my car and Chip's car, getting tires mounted, etc. Out in no-man's land on the wrong side of the track with just John Boyer (J/CM) and Harry Morgan (HF/SA)... Saw Myron, Mayhew, and Jake Sealy briefly last night. Saw cars settin' out for Bertozzi, Manny Sousa (Borrowed Money)... Haven't seen much else. May be rolling in this morning? Can't see from over here.

kayf1320go · 01-28-2011, 01:30 PM

Hey Michael - I'll be watching you... Good luck today!

Kay

TOM KASCH · 01-28-2011, 02:07 PM

Mike, Say :hello" to our friend Marion Stepenson and his group for us.

Michael Beard · 01-28-2011, 03:06 PM

I'm sorry, Billy, I couldn't help it! I met Ortiz! Raced him, too. Pretty sure he whipped me at both ends, but I may let him feed me later to sooth my hurt feeling. ;-). He's already got two grills and a sling psychrometer out. I think it helps in determining the perfect atmosphere for making jerky.

Weather for Stock Q1: 72.6deg, 31%, 29.95, 1060' DA, 6 mph cross-head

5.87 @ 240 for Sheldon Bissesar in T/D...

Running Q/R already, flying through things.

Saw Brenda Grubbs, Nick Folk, HyperTension, a purty C/CM Corvette, the C/S Mustang that was .000 first round last year. David Hunt is driving a white '68 Mustang as a hired gun. Bertozzi's up under the Camaro... Trans?

Just called Super Stock

Wade Mahaffey · 01-28-2011, 06:21 PM

It's a real shame that IHRA can't get anymore racer support than what I'm seeing on DRC. They are providing you a place to race, and maybe that can place just a little presure on the NHRA. I thought the folks on here bitchin about the way they get treated (by the NHRA) would take a stand. I guess it's not really that bad after all. I say thank you to the folks that made the trip...the ones that race just to race. They are keeping it alive, and I will be happy to join them again soon! I often hear the racers saying "support the manufactures that support racing" hell the racers won't even support the sanctioning body. I hope that I don't develope the "I'm to good for IHRA syndrome" when I come out. I know I never did when I was out before!

Wade Mahaffey

01-28-2011, 12:13 AM	#2
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam No ride yet. I've got a blank tech card, so if someone needs a SS shoe, just holler by Saturday morning! :-) Licensed to 9.00. We're pitted about 1200' on the road course side. __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS

01-28-2011, 11:20 AM	#3
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam Overcast, humid, headwind just starting to come up, Baro up to 30.05! __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS

01-28-2011, 01:12 PM	#4
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam Got the new wheels and tires on the back (decided not to test n' tune at a national for once... I can back-to-back them some other time). Currently 62.7 deg, 41%, 30.01, 412 DA. Will try to get pics later. Been busy cleanin', stickering up my car and Chip's car, getting tires mounted, etc. Out in no-man's land on the wrong side of the track with just John Boyer (J/CM) and Harry Morgan (HF/SA)... Saw Myron, Mayhew, and Jake Sealy briefly last night. Saw cars settin' out for Bertozzi, Manny Sousa (Borrowed Money)... Haven't seen much else. May be rolling in this morning? Can't see from over here. __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS

01-28-2011, 01:30 PM	#5
kayf1320go Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 5 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam Hey Michael - I'll be watching you... Good luck today! Kay

01-28-2011, 02:07 PM	#6
TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	Re: LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam Mike, Say :hello" to our friend Marion Stepenson and his group for us.

01-28-2011, 03:06 PM	#7
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam I'm sorry, Billy, I couldn't help it! I met Ortiz! Raced him, too. Pretty sure he whipped me at both ends, but I may let him feed me later to sooth my hurt feeling. ;-). He's already got two grills and a sling psychrometer out. I think it helps in determining the perfect atmosphere for making jerky. Weather for Stock Q1: 72.6deg, 31%, 29.95, 1060' DA, 6 mph cross-head 5.87 @ 240 for Sheldon Bissesar in T/D... Running Q/R already, flying through things. Saw Brenda Grubbs, Nick Folk, HyperTension, a purty C/CM Corvette, the C/S Mustang that was .000 first round last year. David Hunt is driving a white '68 Mustang as a hired gun. Bertozzi's up under the Camaro... Trans? Just called Super Stock Attached Thumbnails __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS

01-28-2011, 06:21 PM	#8
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 17 Times in 7 Posts	Re: LIVE from Palm Beach Nitro Jam It's a real shame that IHRA can't get anymore racer support than what I'm seeing on DRC. They are providing you a place to race, and maybe that can place just a little presure on the NHRA. I thought the folks on here bitchin about the way they get treated (by the NHRA) would take a stand. I guess it's not really that bad after all. I say thank you to the folks that made the trip...the ones that race just to race. They are keeping it alive, and I will be happy to join them again soon! I often hear the racers saying "support the manufactures that support racing" hell the racers won't even support the sanctioning body. I hope that I don't develope the "I'm to good for IHRA syndrome" when I come out. I know I never did when I was out before! Wade Mahaffey

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