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I know, its only Sunday.... We were at the NMRA race down in Bradenton and our race was done on Saturday so we headed up the road. There are about 25 rigs inline, we are being stacked in the usual place.

I am not sure when they will be pulling us in, I think they said Tuesday. Its very warm today, but by mid week there will be a cool front coming in with overnight lows in the 30's.

As soon as I get more info I will post.

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Hello all, not much happening today. We did have to move our rigs to create a fire lane. As you can see from the photos they got us pretty tight. There are about 50 rigs in line now and as always there is plenty of maintenance going on.

We move in tomorrow.

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Hey Ken, enjoy some of that nice Florida weather! Sorry won't be of any help this year but we will be back out soon. Good luck!

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Its a cold morning, 47* at the moment. It just started to sprinkle, but the rain should move out by noon. There are a 100 plus rigs here and the gates are supposed to open at noon.


We will miss you James, I hope to see you back soon.

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Thanks Ken!! If you get a chance can you ask how late the gate will be open for parking on Wednesday, I plan to head up in the afternoon.

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From the Div 2 website.....


Parking/Schedule Update - BABY GATORS

Based on current weather conditions (Tuesday, March 5th, 10am) in Gainesville, Florida parking will not begin today. We will be in a holding pattern until tomorrow, Wednesday. A time to open parking has not been established as of yet. We need to give the ground as much time as possible to recover from the current rain conditions before haulers are moved in to their pit areas.

Delaying parking until Wednesday will also force the cancellation of Wednesday’s Test-N-Tune. In review of the long range hourly forecast, Thursday morning temperatures will not be conducive for on-track activity. Therefore there will not be a Thursday morning Test-N-Tune either.

The event is still slated to begin Thursday afternoon at 12:00pm with Q1 of Stock followed by Super Street, Q1 of Super Stock, Super Comp, Q2 of Stock, Super Gas, and Q2 of Super Stock.

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Thanks for the update Ken and good move by Rich and his D2 team, conducting a test & tune in marginal conditions usually results in dissatisfied customers who view it as just a money grab. I have an appointment Thursday morning so hopefully I can make it down in time for Q2. Apparently Friday morning arrivals can't participate in class eliminations and just get a Q3 shot at some point of the day.

Turnout should be great, looking forward to it.

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Update.....

Planning on starting parking for the Baby Gators at 9am on Weds morning. Going to be chilly. But this sunlight we're getting now is at least helping dry things up. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Stock, SuperStock please get through tech tomorrow and turn in those tech cards so we can get that info in the timing system. Remember, the ladders cannot be right if we don't have the tech cards to put you in the proper class.

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Thank you Kenny for the update but really is there anything else going on there or are you just sitting in your motorhome

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Is there testing on Friday? Have my new car done and want to make a few runs to see if the magnet is out of it.

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Testing on Friday, not that I know of. After the long trip from the north, most people are working on their motorhomes and rigs, me included. So yes I am in the motorhome, but just repairing and maintaining.

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Great! We'll be watching for fredjohnston on the Q-sheet!

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Its cold.... 36* right now. We are still on schedule to start parking at 9. Its bright sunshine now and the high will go up to 55. Tonight's low is 32, but the rest of the week looks good.... mid 70's.

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Thanks Ken for the updates. I parked in Rv park in Georgia since last night
Better than sitting in line. Thank goodness Sterling has a plan.
Can’t Wait.

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Will all Stock/Superstock and all the Super St/Gas/Comp be parked in the road course area? I hope they improved the road through the woods up to staging. Wish I could have gotten in. Have fun everyone.

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I’m #119 and haven’t moved yet. They started parking at 0945. Jim


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They have parked around 200 rigs and there looks to be another 30 or 40 left. Parking is all over the place and looks to be no rhyme or reason on were you park. You ask and they try to accommodate you.

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Is there parking on asphalt if you’re not entered in the Gators (like last year) and is the connecting road between the road course and lower pits paved now? Thanks

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A few more shots....

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Yes for parking .... no for paved.

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Glad to see the sky is blue and the track dry for you guys... unlike the gray and wet we've endured at Pomona & Phoenix, have a blast...

Pete Lanciers
PAL Automotive Racing
Stock 7801

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Jim Cassels called about 4PM and said he was #289 and not even close to the gate but was hoping to get in today.

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Have they posted a run order for class elimination or what time class will start on Friday? Thanks

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It is on the NHRA Division 2 Facebook page. Sorry can't figure out how to make it small enough to attach.

SST out first on Friday at 8 am followed by stock round 1 for class.

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Will we see some real performance numbers or everyone running to 1000’

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Here it is

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Good morning all, start time maybe moved up to 11am, but there are still rigs coming in. The place is packed with sportsman racers, the back top is almost full. Some say that NHRA dragracing is dying, you would never no it by the amount of rigs that are here.

The weather conditions are very good and will stay this way for today's qualifying. Here are the numbers.....

Temp 60
Humid 32%
Bar 30.20
DA 81
Wind, light.

Be back later.

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That's great to hear Ken, thanks for sharing and the reporting!

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Timing issues...ugh. :(

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It is pitiful that a race track, any track on the schedule, is not prepared when a race starts. They know the schedule several months in advance. There should have been equipment testing yesterday or days before. Rain an excuse?

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Not only that and HRA owns that track too---FED 387

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Sh.. happens brother. Frank Hawley has been running his last classes there after running at Bradenton while they were grinding the new track surface. So yes, I’d say they had confidence all systems were go but Murphy is alive and well everywhere.

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Not possible to check the clocks and printer while doing track prep??

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It should be easy enough. We would run drag tractor down and test all increments while dragging track. Tower would send a test print first then tractor ET next with increments. Sometimes not all the increments would work due to the ground squirrels liked our wiring. Poured gas down the holes and lit them up. Stopped the problem for awhile.

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Caddyshack ? !

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Here Mr Gopher.

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Hey guys, we had a late start as others have mentioned. They had a problem with the printer, and one scoreboard. Super Stock is running now and Super Comp has been called to the lanes. Lots of cars going fast here, it should be a mine shaft day. I will post later as the internet is very slow, posting photos will take some time.

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The internet is still very slow, but I do have q2 stock and q1 super stock. We got a late start and a oil down from starting line to the finish line. They called super stock up for q2, but I don't here anything going down the track, we may be done for the night. I will be back later with a few shots from the staging lanes.

http://classracer.com/q/q2.jpg

http://classracer.com/q/q1ss.jpg

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Photos from the staging lanes....

Tomorrow we start at 8am with Super Street followed by first round class Stock. First round class counts as a qualifier. Temps in the morning will be cool, mid 40's.

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It was a beautiful day. Has there every been a racer that has got HP in both Stock and SS at the same race??? Wow