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[Ken Miele]

Thanks Jim, here are a few more. The first two shots are Jimmy Alund's 70 nova, Jimmy is here from Sweden. I also caught Evan Smith taking Anthony Bongiovanni's Cobra Jet to tech, Evan is not driving, he is here covering the event. The white COPO is Gary Wolkwitz new ride built and driven by David Barton, it will definitely be a car to watch in the showdown.

[SStockDart]

Thank you for the pix..... almost like being there.

[Bob Lasko]

Thanks for the pictures and the great reporting.

Up hear in the north east and waiting for the season to start.

Bob Lasko

[Ken Miele]

Good morning all, its a cloudy humid morning, but no rain yet. Stock has been called to the lanes. As you can see from the photo, it does not look good, but hoping for the best. Weather numbers for this morning.

Temp 73
Humd 78%
Bar 29.78
DA 1895
Wind slight tale

Be back....

[HR9121]

Ken look at the bright side, the sun will not be behind the tree this morning. The radar looks clear so hopefully you guys and gals get it in.

[Kevin McKenna]

Stock Q1 is in the books:

Kevin Skinner leads the Factory Stock class with an 8.449 at over 160. As expected, the quickest 8 Showdown cars are all supercharged. After one session, the bump is Roy Hill's 8.68. David Barton has top speed at 162.12.

Currently, the field has a nice mix
4 Cobra Jets (Skinner, Holbrook, Fezell and Hill)
2 COPO's (Barton, Harem)
2 Drag Pak's (A. Stanfield, Allegrucci)

There are 20 official Showdown entries including 5 N/A cars.

Now this is where is might get a bit confusing. The official qualifying sheet has been modified to reflect the addition of the Factory Stock Showdown. Basically, the top eight showdown cars are listed on a separate sheet so Anthony Bongiovanni (who is the first alternate in the Showdown) is listed as the No. 1 qualifier with a (-1.209) 8.691. This seems like a good way to separate the two classes since the traditional Stock qualifying sheet will reflect the ladder for eliminations. Basically, if you're playing the ladder game, you can look at the sheet from the previous round and have a decent idea of where you stand instead of having the manually remove the eight Showdown qualifiers. Everyone got that?

As for the weather, it is slightly overcast and a bit humid but we're running cars down the track so that officially makes it a nice day.

[Floyd Staggs]

The 2 Drag Paks, are they the new blown hemi?

[Frito]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

Thanks Jim, here are a few more. The first two shots are Jimmy Alund's 70 nova, Jimmy is here from Sweden. I also caught Evan Smith taking Anthony Bongiovanni's Cobra Jet to tech, Evan is not driving, he is here covering the event. The white COPO is Gary Wolkwitz new ride built and driven by David Barton, it will definitely be a car to watch in the showdown.

Ken, I believe the Wolkwitz COPO Camaro had the chassis work done by a well know shop in Indiana.