Live from Maple Grove - "Pennsylvania Dutch Classic"

[topspeed632]

hope it looks more of the dad than jack that be strange

[Bob Wibright]

Jack, you have to admit, that's probably the best package you've put together so far this year!...Congrats

[Jack Matyas]

As most of you know the Pennsylvanis Dutch Classsic has been cancelled .Just too much rain and the forecast is grim .Good news is they didn't make us sit here all weekend till they called it .Even better news is that everyone was given a full cash refund on the way out - now thats how you treat customers ! ! No funny business - no rain checks ....just hard cash.

As you'll see from my pics ( and I had to take pics of something or Kenny would doc me ) its plenty wet here and raining hard at this moment .Funny thing is a lot of racers aren't leaving .Some are sitting around BS's while others are BarB Qing and others are digging themselves out of the mud .Tonight some are going to the car auction near Hershey and some are doing the Shady Maple thing and going home tomorrow . And then there are the outlet shoppers ....we'll just let them be .

Me ? I'll be working tomorrow and maybe spend some time with Nick .

What a wasted time here but you can't control the weather ......

[Mike Carr]

I really dig that silver Sunbird

Congratulations on the new addition, Jack!

Sorry about the race, but Mother Nature is always undefeated as Top Eliminator at times.

Hope to see you all at Hagerstown November 2-3.

[Jack Matyas]

A few more just for good measure .............

[Tom Goldman]

No Jack ,they had no choice but to refund the money since they did not think far enough ahead to plan a rain date !
Everyone knows it never rains this time of year in Reading.
All advertisements for the Dutch said raindate TBA , That infers that an alternate date will be announced.
How many racers would come if it said " if it rains too bad were not going to hold the race?
Sorry but both Maple Grove and D1 leaders screwed up this one with poor scheduling and deserve no credit for "generously"refunding our entry.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

No Jack ,they had no choice but to refund the money since they did not think far enough ahead to plan a rain date !
Everyone knows it never rains this time of year in Reading.
All advertisements for the Dutch said raindate TBA , That infers that an alternate date will be announced.
How many racers would come if it said " if it rains too bad were not going to hold the race?
Sorry but both Maple Grove and D1 leaders screwed up this one with poor scheduling and deserve no credit for "generously"refunding our entry.

Tommy - You missed my point - I can't ever remember ( my memory isn't that great anymore but thats another story ) the NHRA or a member track giving us back cash for any reason ...........

[Tom Goldman]

Exactly my point .
With no rain date this season , how many racers do you think were going to leave with a promise that their entry would be good "next year " ?
This was the one time that someone in charge realized that it was best not to piss anyone off more than they already were over the cancellation .

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

A few more just for good measure .............

Good call by whomever.Pics #1 and #7 were my usual spots for the divisional and Dutch.
Couldn't weasel my way into them for Nats though.Reserved usually for Comp.
They probably would have been winching out my Dakota and small box after that deluge.
I agree with Tom.Poor planning by whomever.

[Geerhead55]

Congrats on becoming a "Papa",, Jack. I hope you have as much fun with Nick as I've had with my 5 year old grandson. The first word I taught him was Hemi,,,, I think Nick should learn COPO!
Take care,, Danny Durham