LIVE from the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals!

[ss wannabee]

Mike Beard...HOPEFULLY you now have closed the door on the 1st Northern Class
Nationals...and can move on with the rest of the stuff you have planned for the 2014
season...(the other events you get involved in...PLUS racing your car!)

I agree with Bill Lamb...that the success of future Class Nationals hinges with trying
to find a "clean" weekend....NO competing events from the major sanctioning bodies
(or independents as well!)

That might be a tough thing to do...BUT it's way too EARLY to speculate....on when or
where...the next edition of the Class Nationals should be....

Again...Mucho Kudos for the fine job...hope you find the time for a breather...

[Mike Taylor 3601]

Thank's Michael Beard and Anthony Walton for putting this together,thank's to all that helped Loose Rocker make this happen.
I had great time even though had to work on my car entire weekend,and never did get fixed,but was able to still win a few rounds,got to meet alot of people this weekend
Hope this becomes annual thing or more.
Again thanks to all that made this possible
Thank's Mike Taylor 3601

[John Dinkel]

Michael, I'm Planing to go to Norwalk.

A big thanks to Bill Bagley for the generator donation. I didn't know losing could end up such big winner.

[NHRA1285]

We tried like hell to get the Duster down there. Twice in fact. But was not meant to be. We did come down Friday to watch class and hang out with Terry and Barbara and had a good time. As far as the weather comments go. It was a little chilly and windy but we would much rather have that than 90 degrees and 90% humidity any day. To Michael and all who were involved thank you for a great show and if there is another one we will be there if I have to push the Duster down the freeway myself! Holgar & Kathy

[Bobby DiDomenico]

To Mike, all his staff, and all the participants, it was a great event.
Weather? A bit cool? Some clouds? Minor sprinkle or two? No Rain. And then Sunshine!
Didn't get a chance to visit and catch up with as many as I had hoped, enjoyed tremedously those I could. Here is a view of Ed's team the home viewers might have missed. Sure there were others that thrashed as well. Cool to see all the Pure Stock cars. Should we have had a heads up run with the two Impalas? G/PS? vs R/SA? (A friend of mine had Impala listed for sale before 9/11. The next day a guy from the west coast saw the ad, called her, went to the bank, got cash, and bought it to drive home. Said it brought a tear to her eye when I emailed her the pictures of them.) Hope Mike does it again next year!

[killintime6968]

Sure wished we could of been there. looked like it was an event not to be missed. I guess we will have to wait till next year. Car is still in a million pieces.


Bruce Cameron

[Bill Bagley]

[QUOTE=Michael Beard;430373]I hadn't even gotten to that point yet, but since you posted... I missed you before you left. I have something for you! Are you going to Norwalk?

John Dinkel had the Best Losing Package in Round 2 of Eliminations to win the Honda EU2000i generator (a $1,149.95 value!) courtesy of Bill Bagley and Bagley Tractor & Equipment of Longview, TX (www.bagleytractor.com, 903-753-8262)



Craig Marshall won the Best Losing Package in the first round of Stock, collecting $100 from Russell Performance.

Michael - What a fantastic weekend! Dittos to what so many others have expressed in terms of appreciation, enjoyment and awe!

We took advantage of the opportunity to get a head start after a second round boot, got home yesterday afternoon (1,980 mile round trip), and spent the whole evening unpacking and cleaning. Just now (lunch time at work) able to catch up on Sunday's results.

It was truly a pleasure to be a sponsor of this event and even more so, the privilege to spend a weekend with so many quality folks and their race cars. Thanks again to all of the promoters, organizers and race track staff. I hope you exceeded your expectations in every measurable category. Mine as a participant certainly were.

[Michael Beard]

LUCAS OIL Class Eliminations Winners photos have been posted!





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[DrJRacing]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Maybe y'all can help me out with something. I had someone message me, "Great job, with the weather you had to work with." A couple people in the lanes on Sunday commented, "The weather probably kept some people home."

As I looked up into the sky, my question was and is, "What weather?"

The weather did almost exactly what it's done for the last 10 years (actually better than several years), which I charted for everyone over a year ago. We told you what to expect, and that's what it did. While we were down for a couple of sprinkles for a few minutes here and there, it was literally from a couple of singular passing clouds -- historically, that's pretty standard. The weather history reports from this weekend show 0.00 from Thursday through Sunday -- nothing measurable! It was cool and windy. It would've been a little nicer if it wasn't so windy, but seriously, overall it was great racing weather. If you could GUARANTEE the weather that we had Thurs-Sun, I would take it every single time! Now if you're looking for a barometer, that you're probably not going to find...

Michael, The weather across much of the eastern two thirds of the USA for the week prior to the race, and the media / internet hype that followed produced the overblown perception (= realty) that the weather is terrible everywhere ie Ohio too. The well publicized flooding of National Trail Raceway in the past was probably a contributing factor. The weather this entire winter has most likely sensitized most people to some degree...my family included. My wife slipped on the abnormally pervasive and abundant ice 8 weeks ago and broke her hip. Three big screws (hardware) and 8 weeks later and she is golf carting around at the Auto Meter Class Nationals. We were not going to let a little boo boo mess up our plans!
Thanks again to The Loose Rocker Team and everyone who took part in this event.

[Michael Beard]

We have a MASSIVE amount of awards to get through, and I'll be gone for the next week, so please bear with me... will get everything sorted out and information off to sponsors as quickly as I can...


Geezer Award! OLDEST Class Winner!
$100 from Grandpa's Garage, $100 from Terry Bell
Bob Dennis - 74



John Duzac, D/S - $100 from IHM Used Parts + $600 AFCO Gift Certificate
Jeremy Stock, SS/KA - $100 from Jewell Computing + $500 AFCO Gift Certificate



Custom Fit Car Cover!
Stock Champ - Charley Downing
Super Stock Champ - Pete D'Agnolo



$500 Gift Certificate
Stock Champ - Charley Downing
Super Stock Champ - Pete D'Agnolo


(1) Case of Lucas Oil (Racer's choice 0w5 to 20w50)
Stock - Charley Downing, Bill Sempsrott
Super Stock - Pete D'Agnolo, Brad Zaskowski



"Perfect Dial Award!"
Altronics PerformAIRE PA2 Weather Station, a $424.99 value!
Jim Clark, SS/HA



"Closest Heads-Up Race!"
$100 Gift Certificate
Rachelle Thibert, K/SA .001



"First .000 R/T in Eliminations"
$350 Gift Certificate toward new Trailer Toad
NitroPlate S/SS Combo Warmup: Stephen Belanger, SS/K
Ultimate Converter Stock - Terry Knott, F/SA

"Tow it with Trailer Toad!"
$350 Gift Certificate toward new Trailer Toad to all Sunday Finalists!
Stock - Charley Downing, Bill Sempsrott
Super Stock - Pete D'Agnolo, Brad Zaskowski


TrailerJax MAXX (Retail Value $1,295)
Random Drawing: Andy Stone, SS/C