Live from Englishtown , NJ - NHRA Supernationals

[Jack Matyas]

Finally -- I'm not sure which is worse - getting here late or getting docked some pay ! ! Anyway only one more row of RV''s and its my turn to get pitted ............here's a few pics I took along the way .

[Ed Fernandez]

Well It's almost 6:30 PM and I'm back at the house now after an exhausting 15 minute ride home.We had a bit of a downpour at around 5:00 PM.Just a bit of rain and some nice sized hail stones,some bigger than nice sized marbles.Like Ken said Stock,SS and the Super category cars are parked on the pit side,above the area of the time ticket booth.It was explained to me that only towed vehicles were parking on the spectator side due to some incedents with spectators last year playing matador with the cars navigating the pits at the spectator entrances.It was getting a bit crowded when I left,but all in all it should be good for the S/SS cars getting to their spots easier this year.
Redman is in the house,doing his usual excellent job of making us welcome.And the tech guys did a good job of keeping the tech lanes short.
I spent the afternoon as apprentice to Tom Goldman who sorted out a few small issues with the little chugger motor.
I hope to have something in the class single marathon.

[Ken Miele]

Well folks, I knew Jack was in the house. Not only did it rain, but we also got hail. Make sure you turn up the volume up so you can hear the hail hitting the ground. It has stopped now and the sun is trying to come out.



As you can see by the Camaro in Gary Richard's pit area, he still has a soft spot for Chevys.

The Oak Tree Duster is our Division I Champion, Dustan Lowell.

Billy Pires, is now in a 69 Nova, the bird went by by and he tells me he loves his new ride.

Our very own Class Racer star, Ed Fernandez working on his car. Folks, you don't know how much I wanted to shut that hood... just kidding Ed.

[Ed Fernandez]

Boo,hoo,hoo.

[Jack Matyas]

Thanks fellas - you can blame many things on me but the rain -complete with huge hail - I'm good but not that good .The hail that came late this afternoon was fifty cent size and could have done plenty of damage if race cars had been out .

Tonight brought a nice quiet dinner with friends - homemade fried chicken and apple pie w/coffee for desert - racing isn't just about cars- breaking bread with competitors is OK too .

At this another storm is hitting and its a duzie - good news is its just rain - no hail again .

In the AM because we're here in Old Bridge Township engines cannot be started before 10 so time trials will start around 10:15 with Stock out first ..............

[Lew Silverman]

Glad to hear you're all settled in! Dinner looks delicious!

Good luck this weekend!

Lew

[davidhuff]

Good Luck and have fun guys!

[robzneed4speed]

I saw on the NHRA schedule that it is 10:15am on Friday as well. Is that accurate or is there an earlier start time?

--Rob

[Pistol Pete]

Rob

10:15am is the correct start time.

Can't start racing till that time because of town or state laws.

[Pete Beau]

Regarding eating and enjoying the company; we have joked in the past about leaving the cars home and just go to cook, eat & BS.