"Live" from Norwalk Ohio Div. 3 points meet!

344 milan ave. Casa Fiesta Norwalk Ohio 419-660-8085....were going there right now. We are coming back for clean up pass tonight afterwards. I'M GONNA LEAVE MY LAPTOP LOADING VIDEO AT THE HOTEL WHILE WE EAT. You gonna let Mandie drive?

Try lookinjg for my youtube account..."TheCNCMASTERWORK" i have to take a break...dinner time..

Ok...don't come to this place. The service is horrible now and the food is less than good...my fault! It was the best but now it's the worst...Period! Managed to teach a server to count to three...idiots!

[NewHemi]

I passed that place a couple of times as I always get lost going to Norwalk even though it is only an hour and a half away. And it seems like there has been detour on route 18 forever so I keep trying to go other ways...Maybe I should just take the detour.

But it looked like a nice enough venue... Glad I was in too big a hurry to stop and eat there.

David
The New Hemi Guy

It's another nice day here in Norwalk Raceway! The rack seems to be okay, there is no water coming through the track and the wind is mild.

I have to take a pic of the qualifying sheets after I post here. We pushed a push rod through the #7 intake rocker arm at @ 400ft down the track. I will start to upload mre video right now while we have the generator running.

I've never seen so many people at a drag race! I was at the Winternationals this year and that was half as crowded! The number of people here I would guess to be 40,000 and when we left today at 6pm there was a line of cars to get in over a mile long just on the 601 alone! This is a testament to Bill Bader and the service he offers as a great track owner, on a side note I've never seen so many desperate chics, to bad it was to go to the bathroom..hehe.. I'm back at the hotel and will upload pics first then videos one at a time. Wish I was racing to...

[NewHemi]

Summit Racing gave away an awful lot of tickets, and I saw a lot of folks coming in with those free tickets in hand. Good for Summit Racing. They know who to make it good for the cars and the people. More people equals more cars, and a better show.

It is a circle that some folks just don't get, but more people draws more people. And that is what we all talk about, how to fill more seats, so that the whole experience, for spectators and racers is better.

Once again congrats to Summit Racing for making this a great event.

It was great to see folks streaming in, not great to get out and caught in the traffic jams around the park, but hey, it was all good. A good race, and great group of spectators. We had metric ton of folks stop by, take pictures, and had about a dozen kids sitting (one or two at a time) in the Drag Pak. We even signed autographs for some of the kids. Way Cool!

But those kids are the racers of tomorrow. Drag racing will never be like it was back in the day. Bu that doesn't mean we should stop trying to make a good experience for the fans. Drooze, still talks about experiences he had growing up, like hangin with Smokey Yunnick in the pits at the Brickyard, etc. We may not be the Big names. But I can tell you those kids will look at those pictures the parents and Grand parents took, and remember that car. And they will remember that Racing is fun. Even if you are a 10 year old spectator.

David
The New Hemi Guy.