"Live" from Indy US Nationals 2017

[SStockDart]

Originally Posted by KB Racing

You would think a cop wouldn't act like Antifa.

So, to restate your claim... you wouldn't think a cop would act like antifa (note..no caps). From Texas?.....are you kidding me...Hardly..... I dare you to speed through Texas. KB Racing = Kenny Boy Racing ????

[Mike Delahanty]

Get your coffee and sit down to watch this great video from Bobby Bennett and Competition Plus that covers the A/Stick challenge class runoffs

http://www.competitionplus.com/CPSpo...tsman-notebook

[Mike Delahanty]

Good morning it's Friday at the US Nationals. Let's start with a quick update on the weather today which is expected to be much cooler than the already cool temperatures we've seen this week. Last evening the wind kicked up and temperatures cooled down as the impact of the hurricane that swept through the Gulf States begin to touch the heartland of America. Temperatures will be in the mid 60s but a strong breeze will make it feel much cooler. The wind is expected to come out of the Northeast - so that will be a diagonal headwind on track. While the temps will be cooler, the barometer will likely drop as the front gets closer during the day - so it's a TBD if it will be any quicker today.



Most of you veteran class racers know that this marks the 50th anniversary for Ben and Dave Wenzel's Stock Eliminator victory in 1967. Drag Racing Edge has a nice tribute article to the brothers and I was lucky enough to have them both sign a copy





Long time Chevy racer Gary Russell and Ford hat? Yes, Gary does have some very proud Blue Oval racing in his background. Gary and his son Tom were both part of a factory program to run 5.0L Fox Body Mustang's back in the 80s and 90s. The Russell's did an outstanding job for Ford and really made the presence of the Mustang felt in NHRA stock and superstock racing. Thanks Gary and Tom.

[Mike Delahanty]

The run schedule for Friday

[Mike Delahanty]

Bill Dyer's 1.588 under run in his 2010 Cobra Jet was certainly impressive. But don't think it was the combination that makes the car so fast. Bill is a pretty sharp guy - not only with engines but with the clutch and transmission too. And he has help from some of the sharpest stick shift racers in the country like Rob Turkal and Jim Schaechter.





Larry Hill and Charlie Downing. Charlie was making a pretty good case to put AFHS back in place at Indy not only to make the racing more interesting but to get some of the Horse power combinations addressed more quickly. If you have comments on this please start a new thread.

[Ken Miele]

More Super Stock action from yesterday. KB Racing has been removed folks. There are so many posts that at times I miss them, thanks for the heads up and please keep me updated.

[David Daulton]

A few random pix from yesterday.

[Mike Delahanty]

A few more pictures before heading to the track to start the day with superstock .

Kevin Skinner won the FS/XX class yesterday over Scott Liebersher in his Barton prepared COPO.



Yes Tom Rambo this is you.







The NHRA texting notification system really works well for class calls

[Pistol Pete]

The A/S Video Was Awesome to watch. Thank you.

[Larry Hill]

Steve does not have to tear down, he just set the record a few days ago. He won the finals going away. From my view the blue car kept getting smaller, almost to the vanishing point. I knew I was in trouble when I lost the draft.

I had a real fun day, I got to go down the track five times in one day, a Q3 run then four rounds of class. I only got to see two class finals B/SA and ours. Congrats to all class winners and to all that entered this years Indy and took a shot at making the 128 car field.

What I missed the most was FS/XX class, the performance of these cars is just short of amazing. Getting ready for class runs takes most of the day. The track was good most of the day, around 1:00 PM it got a little tricky for some, that run Tibor spun and that was the end of the ford.