"Live" from Atco,NJ-PC Richard National Open

[Jack Matyas]

Johnny D --- You hit the nail right on the head -- many racers when they found out about 1/8 mile this morning simply bagged it and left .
Super Street had there first round after everyone had time trials and then came Stock .
Stock noteables -- Parker wins 1st rd after setting record ,Germanski outs the new CJ of Bollman ,Jimmy Whitehead ,after a couple year layoff wins driving for Dean Reibero , Bubba Linke gets his first rd win of the year ,Jeannie Linke beats Steve Sawka in his new AA/SA 69 Camaro that is x-tra sharp ,big headstart of the race goes to Clayton Wright in his U/SA Belvidere SW against David Barton in his AA/SA Belvidere with the win going to "Slo Motion" ,Joe Gabarine got a great light to win 1st rd ,Steve Calabro wins over a running out Todd Hoven ,and Slammin' Sam Murray got a win light in his new Cutlass ride.

More..........
Came back to my coach to post -- thought I would listen to S/S from here but I gotta tell ya -- forget it -- this announcer is no Lewis Bloom -- bring him back ! ! Sorry I'll get S/S next round.......

[Sal Biondo]

FYI, the rest of the race will finish tomorrow.. 1/8th mile (I think)..

Seven comp cars (we ran 1/8th mile too..) Funny thing is, 60 - 70 under runs to the 1/8th are only 44 under at best..

Still very windy, but supposed to die down a bit, but I think since they started running 1/8th mile today, that is the way it will finish..

Sal

[Jack Matyas]

Wow --what a difference -- today we have the Atco that we've become accustomed to -- sunny and very bright and even with the slight breeze its a beautiful day here .The weather specs speak for themselves -- 49 degrees , 44.7% humidity , 23.3 Grains of water , .15 Vapor Pressure , 29.71 Barometer with a final DA of -45 ' . Racing for everyone is to start in about an hour with SuperStreet going out first -- I'll be back a little later with some round action....................

Update -- 9:15am EST -- I must have missed the memo about starting later this morning -- in the last few minutes the "parading" just started -- I suspect we'll get racing in under an hour ......stay tuned .On another note -- many racers must have decided to stay the night and leave for home this morning ( guess its great food and drinks served last night at the Tiki Bar) .

[Jack Matyas]

Stock round two -- Infantino over Parker ,Mocci goes red , Robinson over Murray , Todd Bednez rows his way to a win , Donnie Carroll over Valentine ,Bubba Linke punches out "Mighty Mouse" who went red , Family fued - Jimmy Whitehead (who drives for Dean Ribeiro) put out Dave Ribeiro (Dean's dad) , Ficcachi over Adkins ,Tommy Beard outs little Jeanne ,Kopecky moves on ,Joe Lisa over Popora ,SloMotion gets a bye, on to round three.......SuperStock coming up......

[Jack Matyas]

SuperStock rd 2 -- Ron Morehead over a redlighting Bill Kennedy , Michael Allen beats Ricci ,Daddy's Girl over Lincoln (yeah,that Lincoln) LeBrecque over Golliday who went red , Santos takes a nice win , in a great race Kay in his SS/BM Valiant loses to Porpora in his SS/B Corevtte , Gary Richards goes red to Antonette and Jeff Lawrence took a bye...............nice 1/8 mile racing ! ! !

Noon EST-- Stock rd 3 --Kopecky over a running out Infantino ,Whitehead goes red ,Clayton b. red also to Bednaz , Robinson over Tynnan , Ficcaci over Lisa , Carroll goes red to Lowell , Baird over Madious , and Bubba got a bye................
S/S RD3 -- LaBrecque out ,Antonette in ,Porpora in yet , missed the rest......opps! !

[racerhead]

Thanks, Jack...

Bruce Deveau

[Jack Matyas]

Finals ---SuperStock -- James Antonette over Jeff Lawrence

Stock -- Todd Bednaz had the better light at the start but gave the win to Dave Ficcaci at the stripe .

Well gang its been fun but I'm off to catch up with the real world and work tomorrow...............

[Bob Don]

Jack - Thanks for the reports. It's almost like being there!

[vic guilmino]

good job

[Jim Carter]

Jack:
Thanks for taking the time to post these updates.
JC