Live from Epping,NH - NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Dave Casey]

The live timing seems to have stopped for stk and ss at rd 5. But the live timing has a list of winners which makes it appear that they finished ?????? Someone who is there will chime in here and give us the facts. What Jack said sounds correct until you look at the list of winners ,,,

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by Dave Casey

The live timing seems to have stopped for stk and ss at rd 5. But the live timing has a list of winners which makes it appear that they finished ?????? Someone who is there will chime in here and give us the facts. What Jack said sounds correct until you look at the list of winners ,,,

Jack has it correct on S/SS finals.

[Bob Don]

Just got off the phone with Greg Gay. His final with Lincoln Morehead was called off due to moisture on the track and will be run on Thursday of the Keystones. Morehead's final is all the more impressive as he showed up after Friday qualifying and was put at the bottom of the ladder. Congrats to Eddie Chin for his semi-final showing in SS.

Stock final to be run at either VMP or Cecil. Congrats to Tim and Todd for making the finals.

[RKelliher]

Why would they put finals in two different locations?

[Bob Don]

Originally Posted by RKelliher

Why would they put finals in two different locations?

Bob - It depended on when the next time would be that the two finalists would be at the same race.

[Gmirza]

Congratulations to the finalist, the racing conditions were nothing short of brutal, very warm and humidity like I’ve never seen. A tip of the hat to the D1 staff and New England Dragway track crew, they worked their butts off scraping nearly the entire track on Friday and getting us all two shots and nearly finishing the event so everybody could get out of there. I wouldn’t be able to stand out there all day long working the starting line in those conditions. It was a fun fast paced weekend, the two day format worked out well with the low turnout.

[1347]

One thing that impressed me was the amount of spectators that were there. There was a more than normal amount of Friday, but Saturday was very full. There were families walking around the pits, the stands were full, and the spectator parking lot seemed to me at full capacity. They had a 50/50 with half the proceeds going the a police k9 foundation which went off with over 2000.00 to the winner.
It would be nice to see this at other tracks for divisionals.

[Frank Castros]

Epping is a great place to race and in my humble opinion always has been.

[BillyAnderson]

Originally Posted by 1347

One thing that impressed me was the amount of spectators that were there. There was a more than normal amount of Friday, but Saturday was very full. There were families walking around the pits, the stands were full, and the spectator parking lot seemed to me at full capacity. They had a 50/50 with half the proceeds going the a police k9 foundation which went off with over 2000.00 to the winner.
It would be nice to see this at other tracks for divisionals.

Was wonderful to see a great crowd taking in NHRA Division One Sportsman action. I can only imagine the racers enjoyed racing in front of a crowd? As stated in my last post, I really liked the idea of finishing all Sportsman eliminations on Saturday. Made for a VERY exciting day in my opinion!

[BillyAnderson]

Originally Posted by Gmirza

Congratulations to the finalist, the racing conditions were nothing short of brutal, very warm and humidity like I’ve never seen. A tip of the hat to the D1 staff and New England Dragway track crew, they worked their butts off scraping nearly the entire track on Friday and getting us all two shots and nearly finishing the event so everybody could get out of there. I wouldn’t be able to stand out there all day long working the starting line in those conditions. It was a fun fast paced weekend, the two day format worked out well with the low turnout.

I LOVED the 2-day format! If the weather had held, it would have been a really sensational racing day! I had always previously skipped the Sunday of the divisional, but last year with COVID, wanted to get to as many races as possible, so attended the Sundays of the June Divisional and the JEG'S Sportsnationals in August, and thoroughly enjoyed all the racing action. I specifically made sure I was staying for Sunday of this year, but ultimately, I really like the idea of 2-day divisionals if they could conceivably be done (other car counts at other venues may not work, understandably, but I liked all the Eliminations being done and completed the same day).