Live from Maple Grove-NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Jack Matyas]

Good morning - Like most of you I was blown away by the video of the ATI Camaro COPO engine - thanks to JC Beatti for allowing us to show just how violent things get under the hood of these monsters .

Another fab morning today - the Sun is just starting to rise britely and the temps should come up fast .For those of you counting my rain record is still intact as the most we had yesterday was a few drops in the early evening - maybe a new trend is developing here .

Lets not forget tonight's show - Maple Grove is putting on their annual deal -the 'Showdown at Sundown' - they'll be showcasing Jet cars / Dragsters etc along with Fireworks .

This morning most of us will get our final shot at qualifing on the 1320 before we move to eliminations early this afternoon .

Back in a bit .......And for those of you hitting the highways today - be careful as this is a big accident weekend .

[Ken Miele]

Jack said it all and the weather is great. Here are the number for this morning for all you weather nuts like me.

Temp 61
Humid 61%
BAR 29.45
DA 1203
Wind calm


Here are some photos of a 32 coupe, not stk/ss but it sure looks like fun.

[V M Kauffman]

The reason for the Head Gasket Recall was poor engineering, LS engines including the LS 7 only has a deck thickness of 100 mm which =s .394 thickness the head was bending which caused the failure. All Dart and World heads are at least 5/8 ths (.625)! The LX head is about the same as the production LS but gets the 2 extra head bolts. Hence the Recall on Heads for the S/C engine. Just look at a print of the Cylinder Heads.

Originally Posted by GUMP

I wonder if that had anything to do with all the head gasket issues that were reported on the four bolt heads?

[Jack Matyas]

Stock and S/S got their final shot at the track and we're ready to move on to eliminations .A little cloudy at the moment but I'm sure the Sun will return .Most racers picked up a few hundreths this morning in the cool Amish air .And who said Sportsman racers aren't out here - first round of Stock has a hundred cars............And they all want a Wally tomorrow ! ! !

[Jack Matyas]

Not much going on .........90 cars are out on the track.So here's a few pics to look at.Funny what you see while walking around .

[J&S Racing]

Awesome pic of the old man taking a nap... I had to wake him and we both had a good laugh...

[Ken Miele]

Jarod, its hard to do stockers when running stock. I tried to get up their first and do the cars at the end of the line. John went up ahead of me. Maybe I can get John on the next race.

Paul, I f have time and Wendell is okay with it I will try to get him. Not everyone likes their car video.

Here is a in car cam from Michelle Chiles in Brian Martel's seat - 08 Cobalt GT/BA, because Brian is in Mike Pietranco's 70 SS Duster this weekend.

[Tom P]

Ken, get busy on that special tune up in case you get heads up with Jack !

[Jack Matyas]

Stock finished rd1 with many getting a surprize - not being able to run their dial .The weather changed a bit and most didn't dial for it .We had two heads-up runs - CC/SA Barton and DeGuara with Barton getting the nod and another between Periard and Moran with the Hemi car winning in the B/SA matchup .Stock is done for the day -and S/S is due out soon for their rd1 .

[butch8908]

Looks like a great turnout Over 180 s/ss cars. Would love to have a divisional that big at ZMAX for division 2.