"Live From" Virginia NHRA Nationals

[Ken Miele]

Next batch, I will have the FSS cars up shortly.

[Ken Miele]

Factory Stock Showdown action from today......

Randy Eakins Cobra Jet made a hard move going through the traps in Q2. It looked like the engine expired and Randy hit the wall pretty hard as it spun around. Randy it okay but the car will need lots of work. Randy is a super nice guy that runs his program by himself. No one lines him up, no crew with radios, he is old school. I hated to see this happen. This is just my opinion, but the Cobra Jets are spinning there motor much higher to make up for the the pulley changes made this season. While it may slow them down it might have a negative effect on engine life.

[Ken Miele]

Next batch.....

[Ken Miele]

Good morning folks, looks like we will be starting on time as this mornings weather is nice. We get 3 rounds today and finish up with another 3 on Sunday. Start time today is 8:30. Its going to get warm today, upper 80's, Sunday looks the same.

John DiBartolomeo from Drag Racing Edge Magazine sent me some action shots from yesterdays qualifying.....

[Eric Merryfield]

My first words for this run were damn! Nothing like dualing 00 lights!

.001 to a .007


LANE DRIVER CLASS DIAL IN RT 60 FT 330 FT 660 FT 660 FT MPH 1000 FT ET MPH OV/UN
Left Anthony Bongiovanni FS/A 9.07 .001 1.288 3.707 5.760 119.53 7.539 9.057 146.26 -0.013
Right Tex Miller WIN E/SA 10.87 .007 1.449 4.357 6.836 98.20 9.005 10.881

Eric

[Jack Matyas]

Stock first round went off pretty much with the exception of the fact that the NHRA text system was not working again and the fact that I had no idea that I was one of the first three pairs .None at all so when I pulled in I was sent right to the lane and was soon to pull out without any equipment on - even after I was accused of cheating during the lane flip - really??? So it took me a few minutes to get my stuff on and the lane official even helped (thanks Bill) .My competition waited behind the water box and we went to the line together.He had a bad light and I thought it was over but while at fuel check one of his crew guys drove up and screamed about ten times that I'm a no good piece of ***** with many officials standing by - he had no idea how close he was from being ejected from the grounds. Way too much drama for me - this is supposed to be fun ……….


On to round 2.

[Jack Matyas]

A few round one photos

[Dan Lattimore]

Anybody know the Barometer 1st round of stock ? Thanks

[PozQB14]

I'll chime in since you're talking about my father. And you tried to play with my brother who is one of the most honest persons I've known. Hes full of integrity. Ask anyone in the pits. He was there before 830 waiting on you.

1.You cheated at the coin flip, you know exactly what you did.

2. NHRA officials told my father that you were personally informed Friday night you were a designated pair.

3. You got to the lanes AFTER 830 and took your sweet ol' time with your hood up and talking to people while my brother was being held up under the tower waiting for you for over 6 minutes.

4. NHRA admitted to my brother they were wrong for making him wait.

5. You have been in this sport longer than most people in the staging lanes. You are a drag racing veteran and you know how the system works. As a family that is relatively new to the national event system, you put a really bad taste in our mouth and others as well once they realize what you did.

6. Brent had an awful light. In the end he lost the race.

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Stock first round went off pretty much with the exception of the fact that the NHRA text system was not working again and the fact that I had no idea that I was one of the first three pairs .None at all so when I pulled in I was sent right to the lane and was soon to pull out without any equipment on - even after I was accused of cheating during the lane flip - really??? So it took me a few minutes to get my stuff on and the lane official even helped (thanks Bill) .My competition waited behind the water box and we went to the line together.He had a bad light and I thought it was over but while at fuel check one of his crew guys drove up and screamed about ten times that I'm a no good piece of ***** with many officials standing by - he had no idea how close he was from being ejected from the grounds. Way too much drama for me - this is supposed to be fun ……….


On to round 2.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by PozQB14

I'll chime in since you're talking about my father. And you tried to play with my brother who is one of the most honest persons I've known. Hes full of integrity. Ask anyone in the pits. He was there before 830 waiting on you.

1.You cheated at the coin flip, you know exactly what you did.

2. NHRA officials told my father that you were personally informed Friday night you were a designated pair.

3. You got to the lanes AFTER 830 and took your sweet ol' time with your hood up and talking to people while my brother was being held up under the tower waiting for you for over 6 minutes.

4. NHRA admitted to my brother they were wrong for making him wait.

5. You have been in this sport longer than most people in the staging lanes. You are a drag racing veteran and you know how the system works. As a family that is relatively new to the national event system, you put a really bad taste in our mouth and others as well once they realize what you did.

6. Brent had an awful light. In the end he lost the race.


Other than him being there @8:30 there is not much truth in your words.And the unsportsmanlike conduct at fuel check that your team did was not the way to handle things.Yes, I'm a veteran of the sport and anyone who knows me will tell you I would never play games to get into someones head