"Live" from Division 3 RT. 66 LODRS

[Frechles71]

Originally Posted by sully3358

100% chance of severe weather Sunday...
Let's give everyone a third time run Saturday morning that no one needs and draw it out even more...does anyone understand this decision because it makes no sense to me

Perhaps as a nicety for those in the NHRA world who still have day jobs and cant take off every other Wednesday-Sunday.. Give the working people a chance to drive all night Friday and show up for one hit Saturday morning and at least stay involved at the divisional level?

[Mike Delahanty]

Stock Q3 is done. At this pace we should be going to eliminations sometime after noon.

A couple of photos.



Lynn Smiths 73 Buick Regal 455. I think this has to be the only 73 Regal running in Stock today. My parents had the exact same color but with the 350



Al Wicks Cuda - some of you older readers will remember his Father Jim Wick who ran Chrysler S/S cars and Pro Stockers in the 60s and 70s. Jim was always in an ignition ad in Car Craft and Super Stock.



Former Comp Eliminator racer Gary Merricks 70 Camaro with Baldwin Motion treatment. Very Cool.

[Geerhead55]

Thanks for the photos,, Mike. That B/S Corvette is gorgeous,,hope it runs as good as it looks!
Danny Durham

[sully3358]

Originally Posted by Frechles71

Perhaps as a nicety for those in the NHRA world who still have day jobs and cant take off every other Wednesday-Sunday.. Give the working people a chance to drive all night Friday and show up for one hit Saturday morning and at least stay involved at the divisional level?

Those same people who couldn't show up on Friday are probably going to have a hard time making it on Friday to the make-up race at the next event, one they may or may not have been planning on attending in the first place. NHRA should think about the majority in these situations, not the few people who rolled in on Saturday morning.

[Mike Delahanty]

Round 1 of stock is complete. A number of breakouts- maybe due to the headwind that died. The temp was 61 at 8:00 this morning and now at 1:30 it's up into the 80s. A good crowd is here already here and more coming in for the "Showdown" this evening

Round 2 is scheduled for 5:00 after the Alcohol cars, jets and wheel standers make their first run. And round 3 sometime after that.

[Mike Delahanty]

Racing is progressing with no issues ( my fingers are crossed ). S/S has just been called to the lanes for round 1.



Clarance Harding built this COPO from a wreck- doing all the work himself. Still waiting for a Trans from Coan he brought it here to get a grading point. It's the 427 2014 combo. Very nice craftsmanship



The "Porta Party" is open for business with a live band



Jim Lovallo built this cool RO23 clone with a 426 street wedge

[Mike Delahanty]

A quick update at 7:30 Chicago time. Round 2 of Stock is done. S/S will be heading up in about 30-45 minutes for round 2. We are scheduled for at least 1 more round. I have not heard how late they will run tonite - this place has lights.

As the sun is starting to set it has cooled off.

[Mike Delahanty]

A quick update at 7:30 Chicago time. Round 2 of Stock is done. S/S will be heading up in about 30-45 minutes for round 2. We are scheduled for at least 1 more round. I have not heard how late they will run tonite - this place has lights.

As the sun is starting to set it has cooled off.

[Tom P]

They still running?

Too bad they don't allow that Baldwin/Motion Camaro to run a dual quad tunnel rammed 454 in Stock.

The late model cars get away with some pretty bogus stuff and since the floodgates are open a Mr Norm 440 SixPack Dart, 454 Motion Vega or the 65 Mustang 427 SOHC AFX cars should be fair game. They did sell them that way.

[FED 387]

ANY reports from Joliet??? they been running at all nothing since Friday nite- nothing as usual on DRC--had to work all weekend so I am not there--- National Dragster will have all of the Div 3 results next week (LOL)FED 387