Live from Lebanon Valley-NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Dan Bernay]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Well - the test n tune is just about over- for those of you who missed it you didn't miss a thing - hot & ugly with a headwind .......nice combination for going slow .Our man Marc La Brecque - the race sponsor got into another competitors water and just missed him while spinning around - he had minimal damage to the his GT truck and with a little banging out on the sheetmetal and some new rubber he's good as new .

Tommorow looks good .........ClassRacer will be there for you .Has anyone seen the boss ? I heard he was here but ..........no sleepy pictures this weekend for me .

Glad to hear Marc is OK.
Race cars can be fixed.

[Jack Matyas]

Good morning --- And Brrrrrrrr - this was a get up and turn the furnace on deal as the temperature is a bit nippy at 55 degrees . With plenty of humidity - 66% - ( that will more than likely burn off ) and no barometer (29.2's ) its again not going to be a fast day but at this moment we have a final DA at under 1200 ' .

We'll start this race in a couple of hours .........The boss is here and both of us will get you some pics ......

One last thing - Marc LaBrecque fixed his truck with the help of Mark Markow (owner-Markow Race Cars ) and made two very clean check-out passes before the test n tune shut down last evening .Well done boys .........

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Good morning --- And Brrrrrrrr - this was a get up and turn the furnace on deal as the temperature is a bit nippy at 55 degrees . With plenty of humidity - 66% - ( that will more than likely burn off ) and no barometer (29.2's ) its again not going to be a fast day but at this moment we have a final DA at under 1200 ' .

We'll start this race in a couple of hours .........The boss is here and both of us will get you some pics ......

One last thing - Marc LaBrecque fixed his truck with the help of Mark Markow (owner-Markow Race Cars ) and made two very clean check-out passes before the test n tune shut down last evening .Well done boys .........

Jack you guys are spoiled!!!! Only 1200' Well I tested last fri night and at 9pm it was 94 degrees 74 percent humidity and over 4800 ft of air. LOL

[Ultimate Converter Concepts]

Sorry to hear about Marc but glad all is good. We're bummed we can't make this race , as it is a great weekend every year. Hope all have a very good 4th and safe and fun race. Best of luck to all!!

[04GTOMan]

Hi Jack, i hope you can help. i've decided to run brackets and true street.. I have an 04 GTO a4 3.46, headers, Drag bags,k&n cai, 275/50 17 goodyear drag radials. what would you suggest for a converter as I do drive to the strip. thanks charles

[davidhuff]

Congrats Jack on your new record!

[Jack Matyas]

Whew ........and good morning ! ! I really wanted to do this last night but to tell the truth I was just too damn tired .Yeah , I know the boss is going to rag on me some ( or should I dare say - some more ) but by the time I got to put my baby in the trailer ( under her own power I might ad ) it was past ten PM .And then till I called home and did the good husband thing it was just more than I could do -so I went nighty-night .

Yesterday I can tell you was hard - as many of you have noticed I'm not 25 anymore ( but I still think I am ) so doing teardown after setting a record ( what the hell was I thinking - we're in the New York wilderness ) isn't my idea of a fun time .I can't thank my life long friend enough - Tommy Goldman has bailed me out of spots before and this is another of his many talents .And thanks to the Division One Certification Team - me setting a record here wasn't on their "to do" list for yesterday but they managed to get me done .

In a few hours we'l resume quailifing with Stock going out first ...........BTW , here's a few pics I managed to take along the journey yesterday ........later .

[Ken Miele]

Good morning everyone, well Jack filled you in on the numbers so I will make it short.

I took the picture of Vinny Barone's pit on the way in. He was setup early and looks like he will have all three cars running this race, not sure who is driving the roadster this race.

The other photo is the pits in the field. There are basically two place to park. Close the the track and in the back field. The back field is not bad, its still close to the staging lands, and as long as there is no heavy rain its a nice grassy place to park. They also have a stream running behind the field, its a great place for the kids to cool off and have fun.

As you can see by the arrow, Jack is hiding from me. I think he was ducking me, but I found him last night anyway.

Well I tried to make it short.

[Jack Matyas]

So far its been a long and frustrating day - besides being hot and ugly we're way behind .Halfway thru the first Stock session Steve Ficcaci Sr. laid down a trail of antifreeze while driving Anthony Bongiovanni's AA/SA Cobra Jet and that started off getting us behind .

Me - after setting the first leg of the E/SA record they let me go out for a back-up an hour ago and some unknown gremlins set in and slowed me up three tenths for no reason I can find .I've been chasing this problem for some time and really don't have a clue - if it moves - bends or electrifies I've changed it once or sometimes twice ! ! No wonder my hair is thinning and getting greyier bt the day.But I'll keep looking ..........Meanwhile I could be the best potential first round duck out there .

Right now the leakers are out on the track with the top sportsman to follow then Comp.

[Dave Ficacci]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Halfway thru the first Stock session Steve Ficcaci Sr. laid down a trail of antifreeze while driving Anthony Bongiovanni's AA/SA Cobra Jet and that started off getting us behind .

Transmission fluid..not antifreeze.