LIVE from the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals!

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by John Dinkel

Thanks to everyone that worked so hard to put on such a great weekend.

Michael (Duck Tape) What a super job.

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 EU200i 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.

The Geezer Award was hotly contested. Dick Butler of Grandpa's Garage and Terry Bell pooled $200 to award to the OLDEST Class Winner. It ain't enough to just be old.. you gotta win Class, too! The very first Class winner on Friday was Marty Buth, who set the bump spot, but wasn't even really in the show at 66. The number slowly climbed... Gene Jordan is still a pup at 69. I can't even remember who it was now, but someone was 71 and said, "Don't even write it down... Gary Russell is two cars behind me and he's got me by 4 months!" Bob Shaw was looking good at 73, but ultimately, Bob Dennis laid claim to the prize at 74. We had a serious bunch of "experienced" racers who still know how to get it done, and you can tell they're having fun doing it!


Dan Jacobs (right) stopped by to thank Ron Matcham, owner of the new Dragway 42, for posting $250 for the #1 Qualifying spot in Super Stock. Jacobs topped the charts with an otherworldly -1.703 under 9.347 from his GT/G '05 Cavalier! Extra points on the cool-o-meter for doing it with a Stick!

[Paul Merolla]

So bummed I missed this. Soooo......Michael, is it on for the same weekend next year???? Inquiring minds want to know!!

[futura302]

I just wanted to sincerely thank Michael, Anthony and all of the people that helped put this event together. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE!! I know that it took countless hours and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to put it all together and I want you to know that your efforts are greatly appreciated.

My dad and I were hoping to have both of our cars together in time, but the clock ran out on us. Even without the cars, there was no way we were going to miss this, so we came to watch - and man are we glad we did! From how professionally the event was promoted, to how smoothly the show ran (even with all of the cloud-bursts), to how much fun everyone was having, we were thoroughly impressed!

As a second-generation class racer and a "Gen Y" , I truly believe that it will be the power of the Internet and forums like this keeping class racers connected as well as events like the Class Nationals that will ultimately preserve class racing for years to come. So again THANK YOU to Michael, Anthony, and the whole team for stepping out to put this event on and we CANNOT WAIT to be a part of the next one!

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by Paul Merolla

So bummed I missed this. Soooo......Michael, is it on for the same weekend next year???? Inquiring minds want to know!!

Micheal, I feel exactly the same way. After all the work and risk that Loose Rocker took on to make this happen will there be another?

If we are so lucky to see another, how do we lobby NHRA to leave the weekend open.

Thanks so much for this race, I spent way too much time watching the online coverage.

Bill Lamb

[Kevin Cradduck]

On behalf of everyone at NitroPlate I want to say thank you to Michael and Anthony for putting together an outstanding event. You guys are truly a class act (no pun intended). We are proud to be associated with events of this caliber. Thank you to everyone that made it possible.

Congratulations to the class and race winners but also to everyone who was able to attend this event. If you were there, you had the opportunity to experience something very special.

I was not able to get away and it was killing me this weekend. Thanks for the live coverage and multitude of updates.

Looking forward to next time.

[Don Turk]

To everyone at LooseRocker that worked the event. Well done !!! Thanks for your effort and your passion for our sport.

Don

[Jeff Jewell]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

The Geezer Award was hotly contested. Dick Butler of Grandpa's Garage and Terry Bell pooled $200 to award to the OLDEST Class Winner. It ain't enough to just be old.. you gotta win Class, too! The very first Class winner on Friday was Marty Buth, who set the bump spot, but wasn't even really in the show at 66. The number slowly climbed... Gene Jordan is still a pup at 69. I can't even remember who it was now, but someone was 71 and said, "Don't even write it down... Gary Russell is two cars behind me and he's got me by 4 months!" Bob Shaw was looking good at 73, but ultimately, Bob Dennis laid claim to the prize at 74. We had a serious bunch of "experienced" racers who still know how to get it done, and you can tell they're having fun doing it!

I guess my dad was one of the young guys at 69 years old...

[Michael Beard]

2014 Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals
Lucas Oil Class Eliminations - SUPER STOCK
Class .... Winner .... E.T. .... MPH
SS/B .... A.H. Adkins .... 8.919 .... 147.21
SS/C .... Andy Stone .... 9.456 .... 144.63
SS/D .... Stephen Johnson .... 9.631 .... 137.64
SS/H .... Sean Gaffney .... 9.855 .... 133.70
SS/I .... PJ Ballog .... 15.470 .... 54.26
SS/K .... Stephen Belanger .... 10.103 .... 130.22
SS/N .... Gary Summers .... 10.792 .... 123.28
SS/BA .... Mike Skinner .... 8.878 .... 149.96
SS/DA .... Larry Jewell .... 9.555 .... 138.77
SS/FA .... Tyler Bohannon .... 9.849 .... 131.13
SS/GA .... Robert Carpenter .... 9.610 .... 135.09
SS/HA .... Doug Engels .... 9.754 .... 134.70
SS/IA .... Ricky Decker .... 9.615 .... 121.07
SS/JA .... Ron Terrell .... 9.736 .... 133.70
SS/KA .... Rich South .... 10.122 .... 130.53
SS/LA .... Ty Kwaiser .... 11.081 .... 117.95
SS/NA .... Eric Stewart .... 11.366 .... 116.51
SS/AS .... Michael Mans .... 8.527 .... 158.54
SS/GS .... Tim Kish .... 12.831 .... 108.04
SS/CM .... Joe McDougall .... 9.757 .... 144.95
SS/EM .... George Taylor .... 9.783 .... 134.07
GT/C .... David Manning .... 9.433 .... 140.56
GT/G .... Dan Jacobs .... 9.367 .... 140.62
GT/H .... Brad Zaskowski .... 10.303 .... 116.70
GT/AA .... Jimmy Ronzello .... 9.464 .... 141.82
GT/BA .... Jason DeForrest .... 9.240 .... 142.32
GT/CA .... Jerry Silveus .... 9.340 .... 140.72
GT/DA .... Matt Alvey .... 9.676 .... 134.39
GT/EA .... Dave Dupps .... 9.623 .... 135.96
GT/FA .... Nick Morris .... 9.810 .... 121.16
GT/GA .... Robert Becker .... 10.113 .... 128.76
GT/HA .... Dave Layer .... 9.809 .... 134.83
GT/IA .... Tom Sheehan .... 10.766 .... 108.04
GT/JA .... Zack Running .... 10.548 .... 123.50
GT/KA .... Stan Perry .... 10.808 .... 120.83
GT/MA .... Bobby Dennis .... 10.532 .... 125.38
SS/PDA-1 .... Bob Lowry .... 9.504 .... 142.07
SS/PEA-1 .... Pete D'Agnolo .... 9.930 .... 117.73

[Larry Hill]

Hey Michael,
It was truly a really fun event. We were proud and excited to be a part of it! Hopefully you will decide you want to do this again! I have a suggestion though! Don't set the date until after NHRA sets all of their division points races (and the East Coast guys, too). Then maybe more people will show up! There was a really great showing by the Division 5 guys, but I was a little disappointed with the lack of support from some of the Division 3 guys! Maybe they just didn't know how much fun it was going to be! Plus there was a really good purse for all the different events!

So here's to the next one!!

Patsy & Larry

[robzneed4speed]

What an AMAZING event!! Thanks to Michael and Anthony and all the sponsors and people that made this event a success. The race was as professionally done as any could be. The amount of awards and cash for all the different events, and the trophies, no cheap plastic there, excellent job.
Great meeting everyone and putting a face to some of the names on Class Racer. Also what a well done racer appreciation Bar B Q, for those of you who know me, I know food...take that to the bank! lol Nice to finally meet Larry and Patsy Hill and their son Chris, great folks!
Special thanks to Tony Fillipone and his sons Christian and Tyler for letting me tag along with them to this great race, and way to go Tyler on winning Junior Stock on Friday night, icing on Patsy's birthday cake! lol
Seriously hoping this event continues and gets even larger, as it was announced at the track something like 24 different states and Canada represented this weekend. Hope everyone made it home safely.