Live from Lebanon Valley NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Todd Boyer]

Originally Posted by Dart1174

The Dakota was an original " body in white " from Mopar , it was for sale in Ohio last year minus motor and trans and had a lot of good parts including an 8 3/4 rear . I don't know if it was part of the McCormack team or not originally. Its great to see it back out there racing as part of the Howes team of fast Mopars . Running H/SA I am guessing its a 5.9 / 360 Magnum combo , it was available from the factory that way as part of the R/T package. One of the McCormack Dakotas is still being raced in Stock in Division 3 by Steve Dziomy. He was recently runner / up the Norwalk Points meet . I have always liked that generation of Dakotas.

As I understand it, the Howes' Dakota was originally built in or around 1998 when a batch (5 or 6) of them were constructed for class racing. It may have been the McCormacks who built them, but not sure. Truck wasn't finished, was in storage and changed hands a couple of times. The Howes bought it last year worked on it over the winter and just brought it out. Mark's son Colton is wheeling it. It is a 360 Magnum in H/SA.

I want to see Stephen Dzorny's truck in person again as I think it was another of that batch.

[jmcarter]

Yes, Stephen’s truck is from the McCormack batch.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

Yes, Stephen?s truck is from the McCormack batch.

OK guys, Steven Dziorny’s truck was raced by his grandmother ….Judy McCormack. Steven’s mother , Jennifer McCormack , also has a truck but has not raced in years …..

[Jack Matyas]

So we stopped at a rest area just inside New Jersey for some well deserved rest .Yes, it was hot at Lebanon but then it was hot in very many places on the East coast over the holiday weekend - guess my point is the entry level was not bad with over 400 cars but I noticed many racers and families that didn't make the trip .

One of the biggest reasons might be the traction situation - but this year was different - even with the track temps yesterday in the 130's and the Sun shining bright I saw very little problems - whatever they started to do this year worked .And we should be glad ! We paid for a good track and got it .Keep that in mind when planning for next year .....