Live from Maple Grove NHRA Pep Boys Nationals

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Hello Members - Well first things first - there most likely will not be any drive thru the pits as I haven't a clue where Ken is or if he is even coming this weekend.

All that but the really good news is that there is no (like in none) forecast this week for rain of any kind .Nothing but sunshine and blue skies thru the weekend .

Today is parking and credentials - then shine your car etc . Talk about boring ....

Tomorrow is a much different story - three Q runs for Stock and S/S early .....Later

Hi Jack, and I am glad to have met you there 2wks ago. David Muller and I brought "Captain Zoom II", & "Shark Bait" out there to experience east-coast racing, and I'm glad sunny and clear blue skies followed us for much of our three race, two weeks and one BIG TRIP, from metro Phoenix to Reading (however leaving our 110? + temperatures behind)! It was great being there and racing with many of you D1 folks!

Since earlier this year here in Phoenix "Shark Bait" ran a 14.93, I put on my rear window "Maple Grove Let's See If You Can Beat a 14.93"? Although my qualifying runs were great, the only run better than that came in rnd1, when I ran an unofficial 14.918 (actually a 14.925....thanks Bobby Fazio). Shark Bait ran so great there (14.998, 14.999, and an afternoon 15.038), that I am already starting plans to come back there next year! Like Phoenix and Pomona, Maple Grove is a north facing south track, and my best et's have been at those tracks. Some may think I'm crazy for going all the way there for a fast/consistent track, but the man who back in April of 1972 inspired my interest in our sport, said this:

"A DRAG RACER IS SOMEBODY WHO SPENDS MONEY HE DOESN'T HAVE, ON THINGS HE DOESN'T NEED, TO IMPRESS PEOPLE HE DOESN'T KNOW. "
WILLIAM TYLER JENKINS

Enough said!!!