"Live" from Indy US Nationals 2011

[Floyd Staggs]

This is such a cruel sport, all the people I was pulling for, except Wenzel, are gone 1st rd. I was really pulling for our track reporters and Andy Durham.

[Mike Fuller]

I was listening to the audiocast this morning and Randy Wilkes had a single. Was there not enough alternates in the staging lanes to give him someone to race against? Last year, as I recall an number of alternates made first round. Has the rule changed regarding this?

[TOSTO RACING]

Originally Posted by Mike Fuller

I was listening to the audiocast this morning and Randy Wilkes had a single. Was there not enough alternates in the staging lanes to give him someone to race against? Last year, as I recall an number of alternates made first round. Has the rule changed regarding this?

My dad was in the lanes and he was an alternate so that must not have been the case they sent us back just letting ya know

[Marty Buth]

Mike,

My brother was the second alternate and made it in. He told me that all of the alternates got in except for 1. He also said that someone broke and potentially another alternate could have gotten in. Maybe somone else who was at Indy has more details on this.

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by Mike Fuller

I was listening to the audiocast this morning and Randy Wilkes had a single. Was there not enough alternates in the staging lanes to give him someone to race against? Last year, as I recall an number of alternates made first round. Has the rule changed regarding this?

Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3220 Randy Wilkes 3225 Chad Mahlosky
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 10.379 129.00 No Time
B/SA Dial: 10.37 (+/-): 0.009 H/S Dial: 11.22 (+/-): 88.779
Qualified: #23 10.214 -1.036 #87 11.193 -0.807

Mahlosky breaks just before the waterbox, so there is no alternate. Wilkes gets the free pass to round two.

[Marty Buth]

Mike,

According to my brother, it was before the waterbox and some people were saying there should have been an alternate. One guy told me that the car broke before it crossed the return road right at the front of the staging area. I am getting this all second hand, so we really need to know from someone who was there.

[Rory McNeil]

I`m not positive, but I would think that once a pair of cars was selected, and the info put into the computer, wouldn`t that be too late for inserting an alternate?

[Troy Pourciau]

Geaux Pourciau !!!!!!

[Jack McCarthy]

who asked about BERT... he told nhra he had won about 20 us nats wallys when it MEANT something and they could put this one up thier *** he wasnt running no stupid singlecombotrophybull**** he'd just stay in the trailer.

jack mccarthy

i may have paraphrased a bit but that was the message.

[Chad Mahlosky]

Originally Posted by Mike Fuller

I was listening to the audiocast this morning and Randy Wilkes had a single. Was there not enough alternates in the staging lanes to give him someone to race against? Last year, as I recall an number of alternates made first round. Has the rule changed regarding this?

I know this happened yesterday morning, but Randy and I were paired, and then were put into the lanes before advancing underneath the bridge. At this point, when our lanes were to advance, my car would not crank. A buddy went to inform Randy that my car was having issues, and Randy asked to get out of line and wait. However, officials told him that he could not, and I just didn't have enough time to rectify the issue. Therefore, he received a single.