Live from Phoenix - NHRA Arizona Nationals

[Toby Lang]

Sportsman is supposed to run next Friday.


-Toby

[GarysZ24]

What's crummy about all of this waiting until Friday stuff, is the track has been perfectly dry since about 3pm (my works delivery route has me passing by the track up to 6x's per day, so I could see the mostly clear skies over F.I.R.). I got home from work quick enough to see Cory McClenahan run a 3.81 @ nearly 317mph, so the track had some teeth to it, and the sun was out so good that they surely could've begun running all of the sportsman classes this afternoon (granted a bit cool, but no worse than running 'Vegas in Nov.!), and thus those who had to leave due to work requirements could've stayed an extra day and possibly got the race in this evening?

Now, Fridays qualifying is going to be messed up due to the race being run that day, instead of Thursday (who decided Friday over Thursday anyway, and why)??? I know of at least three Stock racers (I being one), plus Comp., and Super Street, who couldn't be at the national event but will be at the divisional, that are possibly going to suffer fewer qualifying hits than normal because of this...thus I'm anxious to see the schedule for the run order Friday....I just hope they put some good thinking into it, and look at the big picture (not just at completing last weeks race)!!!

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Now, Fridays qualifying is going to be messed up due to the race being run that day, instead of Thursday (who decided Friday over Thursday anyway, and why)???

Thursday is test-n-tune which is run by the track. Which means all proceeds go to the track. You should know by now that they never mess with the test-n-tune day.

The schedule is posted on the division 7 site now. Everybody gets one qualifier on Friday and two on Saturday, which is the same number as we usually get. All eliminations will be run on Sunday.

http://www.nhradiv7.com/apcm/templat...9946&zoneid=16


-Toby

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Cool....

It seemed a bust to have to do it back in Ohioland...I couldnt see that happening. I was wondering how it would get fixed on the road as it were....

" doing all the little things for free."

Hmmmm....like stipping the sound deadner and urethane body sealer ? Hey Mack or Larry whats that worth you think ? Gotta be 2 days labor lol...

Cheers

Chris

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Joey Wilkes is driving Irv's Challenger this weekend. He qualified on the pole at 1.065 under the A/SA index.

Jeg's car was fixed at Phil Mandella's shop after Pomona. Phil told me I could make a post on here saying it was fixed. Not surprised Phil got it done that fast. He does great work. He told me he would like to build one of the new Challengers and he would do it up right, doing all the little things for free.


-Toby