Live From Indy......Again

MikeFicacci · 09-07-2012, 08:36 PM

Rolled into Indianapolis around 6 PM. Pits are awfully empty. I'm curious to see how many Super Stockers will be here in the morning. I went for a ride around the pits and sure enough i ran into Jeff Taylor wrenching away on that beautiful Camaro. Presently I'm prisoner at Fridays restaurant due to the tornado warning in the area. Weather looks great for the weekend. Hopefully we won't have to come back again. More to come in the morning.

boostedf22c · 09-07-2012, 08:53 PM

I dropped the trailer off earlier, left about 3pm and was shocked how empty the pits were.

Ed Wright · 09-07-2012, 08:55 PM

Down by the dumpsters again? We needed about an extra half gallon of fuel to get to the staging lanes last time. lOL

MikeFicacci · 09-07-2012, 09:05 PM

The storm here is epic. It's down pouring and the wind is incredible. Something tells me we will not start on time tomorrow. Maybe the time shot sceduled for the morning will get the boot?

boostedf22c · 09-07-2012, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Down by the dumpsters again? We needed about an extra half gallon of fuel to get to the staging lanes last time. lOL

Haha. No doubt. I was joking that I needed to rebuild the clutch by the time we got up to the staging lane as well.

We are up by the Pro Mods now.

Earle Holt · 09-08-2012, 06:49 AM

11am start according to NHRA on Facebook

Tom Meyer · 09-08-2012, 08:46 AM

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - 8:15 a.m. - Here we go again! Even though the forecasts for today and tomorrow are for very good conditions for drag racing, the appointed time has come and not much is happening.
The Indianapolis area (and the rest of Indiana) got all the bad stuff that didn't happen last weekend in a fairly short period of time: heavy rain (over 2.5 inches), hail, thunder and lightning. Even the Friday-night football games were postponed until today.

Lucas Oil Raceway Park is a very soggy place - about the only dry area is the racing surface.

Track workers are busy pumping water out of the low-lying areas of the pits and the start of racing will be delayed by about three hours.

The casualties of the delay? The Traxxas Nitro Shootout for Funny Cars has been postponed to "a date and place to be named later" and Stock Eliminator will not be on the track at all today.

Super Stock will get a time trial to open the day's activities, but will only run one round of eliminations this evening.

Top Alcohol and Pro Mod will get the qualifying session wiped out last weekend and the first round of Top Alcohol eliminations is scheduled for this evening. Pro Mod, however, won't get their first round of eliminations until Sunday.

The current "official" schedule projection is:

11:00 AM Super Stock TT-1
12:00 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Q-3
Top Alcohol Dragster Q-3
1:30 PM Competition E-1
2:15 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Q-3
Pro Stock Car Q-3
3:00 PM Funny Car Q-4
Top Fuel Q-4
4:30 PM Pro Mod Q-2
5:00 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Q-4
Pro Stock Car Q-4
5:45 PM Funny Car Q-5
Top Fuel Q-5
7:00 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car E-1
Top Alcohol Dragster E-1
Super Stock E-1
9:00 PM Secure

*** Schedule subject to change ***

09-07-2012, 08:36 PM	#1
MikeFicacci Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 239 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Live From Indy......Again Rolled into Indianapolis around 6 PM. Pits are awfully empty. I'm curious to see how many Super Stockers will be here in the morning. I went for a ride around the pits and sure enough i ran into Jeff Taylor wrenching away on that beautiful Camaro. Presently I'm prisoner at Fridays restaurant due to the tornado warning in the area. Weather looks great for the weekend. Hopefully we won't have to come back again. More to come in the morning. __________________ Mike Ficacci Stk 1010

09-07-2012, 08:53 PM	#2
boostedf22c Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lebanon, IN Posts: 483 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live From Indy......Again I dropped the trailer off earlier, left about 3pm and was shocked how empty the pits were. __________________ Carey Bales 316D DD/AT www.racetactics.net

09-07-2012, 08:55 PM	#3
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: Live From Indy......Again Down by the dumpsters again? We needed about an extra half gallon of fuel to get to the staging lanes last time. lOL __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

09-07-2012, 09:05 PM	#4
MikeFicacci Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 239 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live From Indy......Again The storm here is epic. It's down pouring and the wind is incredible. Something tells me we will not start on time tomorrow. Maybe the time shot sceduled for the morning will get the boot? __________________ Mike Ficacci Stk 1010

09-08-2012, 06:49 AM	#6
Earle Holt Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 194 Likes: 1 Liked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: Live From Indy......Again 11am start according to NHRA on Facebook __________________ Earle Holt 1055 Stock

09-08-2012, 08:46 AM	#7
Tom Meyer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pierce NE Posts: 906 Likes: 56 Liked 305 Times in 107 Posts	Re: Live From Indy......Again BROWNSBURG, Ind. - 8:15 a.m. - Here we go again! Even though the forecasts for today and tomorrow are for very good conditions for drag racing, the appointed time has come and not much is happening. The Indianapolis area (and the rest of Indiana) got all the bad stuff that didn't happen last weekend in a fairly short period of time: heavy rain (over 2.5 inches), hail, thunder and lightning. Even the Friday-night football games were postponed until today. Lucas Oil Raceway Park is a very soggy place - about the only dry area is the racing surface. Track workers are busy pumping water out of the low-lying areas of the pits and the start of racing will be delayed by about three hours. The casualties of the delay? The Traxxas Nitro Shootout for Funny Cars has been postponed to "a date and place to be named later" and Stock Eliminator will not be on the track at all today. Super Stock will get a time trial to open the day's activities, but will only run one round of eliminations this evening. Top Alcohol and Pro Mod will get the qualifying session wiped out last weekend and the first round of Top Alcohol eliminations is scheduled for this evening. Pro Mod, however, won't get their first round of eliminations until Sunday. The current "official" schedule projection is: 11:00 AM Super Stock TT-1 12:00 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Q-3 Top Alcohol Dragster Q-3 1:30 PM Competition E-1 2:15 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Q-3 Pro Stock Car Q-3 3:00 PM Funny Car Q-4 Top Fuel Q-4 4:30 PM Pro Mod Q-2 5:00 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Q-4 Pro Stock Car Q-4 5:45 PM Funny Car Q-5 Top Fuel Q-5 7:00 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car E-1 Top Alcohol Dragster E-1 Super Stock E-1 9:00 PM Secure * Schedule subject to change * __________________ Tom Meyer 5240 SS Stock ???