'Live from Rising Sun, MD-NHRA Lucas Oil Series -D1 # 6

[Dave Gantz]

This is the forcast I've been hearing the last couple of days:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...-rain/59562256
-Rain later in the day Sunday, as a front moves through.
I'd hate to see them rush things too much.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Dave Gantz

This is the forcast I've been hearing the last couple of days:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...-rain/59562256
-Rain later in the day Sunday, as a front moves through.
I'd hate to see them rush things too much.

The plan as of a few minutes ago was to run three rounds of everything ( if possible ) today .

[Jack Matyas]

Plenty of heads-up races in Stock

Fetch and Butter -- G/SA
Welker and Cook -- E/S
Beattie and Powell -- FS/D
Horensky and Hendersen - B/SA

Big handicap race Bednez (C/S) and Ness (T/SA)

[Jack Matyas]

Round one of Stock is finished finally as it took more than an hour to run forty some pairs .To say the track wasn't perfect would be an understatement for sure - if you were racing a FS type car and were in the right lane it wasn't going to be a good day for you .They just don't understand that a track that's good for a traditional stocker will not hold the horsepower an FS car makes .

In their defense they tried to fix it - probably 10 times they sprayed (and dusted - but never dragged ) during that first round but to no avail ..........This is Stocker racing but we spun like Funny Car ! ! ! !

Happy camper I'm not .......can you tell????

[Frank Castros]

Nice to see Dave Pazak's beautiful D/SA '68 GTX on the pole.
Who does his engine work?

[ATI Performance Products]

I think you, me and just about every other FS car out there are not happy. No point in owning a fast stocker at this event, since you just have to slow it down with tune up or pile on rear weight. A couple of squirts of **** and some rosin with a mop doesn't do a damn thing when you can't ROLL through it. The Challenger has not spun in over a year, and even moving over 18" there was nothing left. The highest car count class at the track gets the worst treatment yet 17 COMP cars get an hour of scrapping and dragging. It is NOT the track either....In 2 weeks, cars with 3000 hp and a street legal radial tire will try and flip over on the starting line at the Yellow Bullet Nationals. The Cecil staff takes the time to allow each class the best surface possible. Take a look at round 1 on how many cars spun. Yes we are all on the same surface but all stockers are not the same, some can run FASTER than super Gas and Super Comp but with half the tire and not being allowed to put rubber down even up to where the rear tire will be. Just allowing that would be a great help.

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Round one of Stock is finished finally as it took more than an hour to run forty some pairs .To say the track wasn't perfect would be an understatement for sure - if you were racing a FS type car and were in the right lane it wasn't going to be a good day for you .They just don't understand that a track that's good for a traditional stocker will not hold the horsepower an FS car makes .

In their defense they tried to fix it - probably 10 times they sprayed (and dusted - but never dragged ) during that first round but to no avail ..........This is Stocker racing but we spun like Funny Car ! ! ! !

Happy camper I'm not .......can you tell????

[Jack Matyas]

S/S is on the track for their first round .Also first round winners and second round matchups.........

[Jack Matyas]

As hard as the NHRA and Cecil County staff tried in the end it got dark and they threw in the towel . Stock got round 2 in and S/S barely got in one round .
We'll resume tomorrow morning at 8:30 sharp .........In the meantime enjoy some rd 2 Stock photos .

[Jack Matyas]

OK - a few more ...

[DanGrippo]

Super Stock............