Live from Maple Grove - NHRA Toyo Tires Nats

[Jack Matyas]

Yes , it rained but not before Stock got the third and final shot at the tricky Maple Grove track .Not much 1000' stuff going on today with the exception of the few who always want to be at the bottom .Congrats to Gene Monahan on his #1 position -- I believe his first -- well done ! During the last session the weather was anything but nice--88 degrees -- 40% humidity -- 79.4 grains of water -- 29.23 barometer --.53 vapor pressure -- 3431 DA --just plain ugly and for some reason most teams couldn't get hooked-up well. Sorry I didn't get much on here this afternoon as I was busy with the softball thing-- so little time and so much to do . Anyway Mother Nature won out tonight as the Pro Softball game was a washout totally .The "players" came into the stands about 8:15 for a Q&A session along with pictures and autographs - they tried hard but not as much fun as the game would have been .Good thing our own Bob Frey was there to MC and help pass the time .By the way , more than 7 G's was raised for DRAW tonight -- they should be pleased .

Tommorow morning eliminations begin with Stock being third out -- could also be a washout as rain is predicted...........we'll see .Even now its raining so in the morning if its not they probably won't start on time .

[Jack Matyas]

FOG ! ! ! Thats what we have this morning and it'll take awhile to burn off . Did hear the jet dryer for a short period but its silent now -- nor sure why -- either its real good or real bad out there .60 degrees at the moment and not raining but the local forcast in Mohnton ,PA is calling for a 50 percent chance of thundershowers today --should we believe them ? ?

For the time being it seems that cars are staying in their trailers with not too many folks out and about .

Since there is no real hurry this morning I'll just finish breakfast and mosey around outside -- maybe I can dig up some good dirt for your reading enjoyment .................
Almost forgot -- how about those first round match-ups -- Zane vs Biondo --what are the chances of that happening? Then we have young guns Fletcher vs Pires . The only heads-up I saw was Curcio vs Veach h/sa .

[Jack Matyas]

Well the fog dried up and they spiffed-up the track and sent us out for first round third as planned -- what a difference a few hours make .The weather really changed from early this morning and the performances showed it- many racers including myself picked up .10 to .15 from yesterday afternoon -- plenty of run-outs I'm told as I didn't get to watch many because I ran early in the round .Thank God my opponent(Tom O Loughlin) went red or I would have been out bigtime.Round two in one hour I'm told by officials -- we'll see..............

[Jack Matyas]

Well second round is in the books and believe it or not no rain but it is getting darker minute by minute .Both rounds today had an extreme amount of redlights that no one can explain . Oh well , anyway yours truly was included in the second round group that lit the big red one -- opps . Pro's will take the track over for the day very soon so.............

[danielct301]

Good Morning Jack.
Has the fog burned off?
Will eliminations be starting on time today?

[Jack Matyas]

Racers have just started engines and its a beautiful morning here at Maple Grove Raceway with temps in the high 60's at the moment but climbing rapidly as the Sun is shining brite and no clouds showing .Those teams that are still in can't wait to hit the track .

Had plenty of time yesterday to Bar-b-q and just sit around BS-ing -- the biggest topic among stocker guys and gals were the interesting stats regarding first round redlights - out of 42 match-ups there were 21 redlights and 11 lights that were .009 or better including two perfect .000 deals .Needless to say there are alot of first round losers walking around PO'd about this matter .Most thought something didn't smell "right" .I didn't witness it but was told there was an adjustment of the rollout after first round - did it really happen ? Anyone actually see this ?

Since I got put out in RD 2 (.008 red) I'll have plenty of time today for reports ..........Later


PS--Hey Pudgie - you missed some great S/S class action yesterday along with a ton of super eats at night -- ya gotta get out more buddy ! ! !

[Marc LaBrecque]

Hey Jack . -008 ouch ! Well that does leave time for fried chicken tenders and mushrooms . With what I got done this week I should have gone to the Grove ! Gonna step it up Sept - Oct .

Marc

[Jack Matyas]

Round three -Stock- 50 % of the female field still in with Allison and Wendy moving on ... Zane out..but the Champ moves on ......Billy Nees with his "Candy Car" hangs on ...La Belle with his Wynn's Camaro still in..Ficacci's flyin' ...Ron-Ron with us yet.....Yo Ken waved goodby........Young gun Pires gone..and Bubba too...Ralph Paporra still in for you gearshift fans...fellow e/sa racer fletch lookin' good...."Little Jeanie" gone... more coming !!! as this day goes on it just gets nicer --- as they say its a "Chamber of Commerce day".............


PS-- Yes, I know this is Stock/Superstock but my good friend and car builder Tommy Goldman just won the "Perfectly Strange" award in SuperGas -- not bad -- $1,000 award that will be doubled because he has the decals on --way to go Tommy ! ! ! !

jack,why all the no shows in rnd. 1 of super stock,some broke but not all those guys did or did they?????????

[David Ley]

SS carnage was very high.