"Live" from Norwalk Summit Nationals

[Ralph Cardamone]

Rumor has it we maybe getting in about 9am for those of you who have left and your rigs here. This way you will not be blind sided .

[Jeff Teuton]

Allright Hills, we need some gossip;, inuendo, or whatever you got. You gotta watch the Oaklahoma people, they got lots of secrets. Let us know. July 4, we are really needing something since we aint there. You and Miss Patsy are expected in Denver. Cotten already there. Me and mama are going along with a few dogs and Kevin and John. Yall gotta go just to protect your self. Keep us posted.

[Larry Hill]

Sorry Jeff, but we have a divisional race in Columbus, then a nice visit with Al and Bev Provoast, then a divisional in Stanton while you are in Denver. Besides, Larry says he is not going back to Denver! I am sure you and Miss Carolyn and Mike and Paula will have great fun there!

Well we are under a tornado warning here in Norwalk according to Paula's cellphone. But there are stars out~

Larry, Mike and Eric went to Cleveland tonight to watch an Indians game. That is one of the teams that Eric used to play for. All us girls stayed home and played Phase 10 and Mexican dominoes. There were texts from the guys saying they were having fun, but I think they were in a rain delay so they are headed back.

We should be moving over to the track in the morning around 9, so more tomorrow.

[Larry Hill]

Well it is 8:45 and everyone is ready to move on over. The people with the credentials and not here handing them out yet. Maybe they are going to do like Chicago and give them to you as you go out the gate. It did not do anything but sprinkle here overnight, so Linders Lot is not muddy now. I don't know how it will be when everyone starts moving. It is already hot here. Supposed to be 90's today.

More later

[Mike Fuller]

The Hills lost their internet connection when they were moved to their pitting area. So I will try to bring this thread up to date.

The average wait in Lender lot today was three hours and thirty five minutes. The temps hovered in the mid nineties with a steady breeze out of the west all day. It is my guess that there was just not enough staff to move the racers in any faster. They did keep things in good order during the wait in my opion.

There seemed to be a lot of dicussions about drug testing and how it was administered at Joliet. At least two of the groups that I stopped in on had that as the topic.

Tech was conducted on the east side of the track as is usually the case at this race. It went pretty smooth and quickly. The officials seemed to be as heat stressed as the rest of us.

Well hopefully Patsy will find a spot with good reception tomorrow and will be back on the job with all the latest info from Summit Motorsports Park. It looks to be another hot and humid day tommorow.

[Mike Fuller]

It is 7:30 AM and we are having a thunderstorm at the hotel in Milan at the moment. The radar shows that it is also passing through the track. I would guess that this will cause a least an 45-60 delay for the start of action today.

[Bobby Fazio]

A 10% chance of rain turned into a 30% chance of rain and now just turned into 105% but what's the deal with this linders lot? Two lines of rigs not moving, I only saw one move in the last half hour.