"Live From" Summernationals - Englishtown, NJ

[Jack Matyas]

It suddenly dawned on me - with class runoffs and the factory showdown they( NHRA ) skipped one important part - didn't see much in the way of tech or teardowns afterwards ......I personally don't agree with that but its not my call .Its always been part of class racing - something we expect ! ! And we know its about money .....its always about the money .

[Jack Matyas]

Stock and S/S have 3rd and 4th rounds finished .After watching both I can tell you what a difference a day makes as I only saw one really bad spin and that was a S/S heads-up run where the car could have been 'tuned up' too much .As my pictures will show the track temp was 114 at the highest - a big difference from yesterdays 140 .

On another note - good thing I stuck around as the boss is rubbing elbows again with his comp buddies ........I've got to get him focused to the task at hand ...........

[Ken Miele]

Thanks Jack for keeping everyone updated. I had to jump camps and shuffle Sal Biondo running comp and the Hawk and Cook CJ around, we wanted to be on time when called to the staging lanes.

I know I kid Jack allot, but he does a great job reporting and I do appreciate all that he does. Its been another crazy week at the races. Between the in car cams, photos, reporting, racing and crewing, its hard to believe I got it all done. Not complaining here, I love what I do, it just goes by so fast you don't know your having fun until it all over. You say to yourself..... wow, I had a great week at the races... where did the time go.

Besides thanking Jack, I would like to thank Anthony Bongiovanni for letting me drive one of his Cobra Jets the last few races. You could not ask for a nicer car owner, he is a class act along with his team. I'm glad to see Anthony in the semi's, I wish him the best tomorrow at his home track.

I am home now, but I have some more photos from todays action....

[Ken Miele]

Some more photos from John DiBartolomeo DRAG RACING ACTION Magazine... http://www.dragracingaction.com/. I can always count on John to get great action shots.

[chris ok]

Thanks for the photos and updates. Leaving soon from LI to watch Sunday finals, my only day off now that I can go.
Stay cool....... I hope.......