[Mike Carr]

This will be the nineteenth straight November for me at this race (1995 was my first; from what I understand it's been going on much longer than that). We have had thirty cars or more every year but two that the race actually ran (1996 it was cold, and 2002, when there was an IHRA race on it's third try of the year in VA and a Maryland racers east coast wedding reception that weekend); 1997 was totally rained out, nothing was even close to going down the track.

Car counts by year (total cars that showed that weekend)
1995: 39
1996: 26
1997: rained out all weekend
1998: 35
1999: 37
2000: 38
2001: 57
2002: 24
2003: 41?
2004: 40?
2005: 42
2006: 40
2007: 44
2008: 31
2009: 41
2010: 44
2011: 73, from eight different states
2012: 36 (Hurricane Sandy kept many home)

We've been there when the high temperature struggled to reach forty; we've been there more than once when it was near eighty degrees, so be sure to plan accordingly.

Since I started going in 1995, it was test and tune Saturday/race Sunday. 2001-2008, I did a Best Package shootout on Saturday and race Sunday. 2009 had a small entry Gamblers race Saturday/main race Sunday, and since 2010, has been a two-race weekend.