"Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! - Page 3

thomas sheehan · 06-09-2012, 09:07 AM

How many cars competed in the CIC race?

Dave Casey · 06-09-2012, 11:24 AM

weather ------- excellant sunny, no baro, high elevation ,but who cares
track conditions -------excellant Left wheels-up too high actually
scenery -------- excellant combo in the hills means it, always has been beautiful here
turnout ------ could be better, heard about 40 stk/ss total, no one's fault , busy time etc
fun factor ----- excellant great relaxing fun --people,track etc

I heard there were 11 cars in the cic race last night

Glad I made the trip, thanks to all

Dave Casey · 06-09-2012, 06:59 PM

My 60 light was no match for Ed Horensky's 40 light, so it was a 1st rd loss for me. I hit the road and did not see anymore rounds. What I did see went smoothly. Lee was very dissappointed with the turnout (40)when I spoke with him.

They were going to run stock and super stock seperate for 2 rounds

Congrats to Don Kennedy for the long distance award !!!!!!!!!!

they must be done by now, someone will post i am sure

BKSG1198 · 06-09-2012, 09:15 PM

Just wanted to thank all the stock/ss guys who came out for the Combo In The Hills 2 race! I know it was tough for a lot of you with 3 or 4 races in a row but, it was a great time by all!

Results:
W: Byron Worner
Ru: Jeff Tripp

So the Worners take home the 2nd annual Combo in the Hills & CIC race!

MikeFicacci · 06-09-2012, 11:13 PM

Had a blast at the Combo In The Hills. It's a shame more cars didn't show up but its understandable after 3 back-to-back weekends of racing. The highlight for me was seeing Ditocco and Worner do monster burnouts to past the 60-foot in the final of the CIC race. Not sure why, but that was awesome.

Thanks Lee Zane and Brian Van Poppel for doing a great job running this race.

Lee Valentine · 06-10-2012, 06:01 AM

Had a blast,shame on you if you missed it. Will probably never get my son out of my Firebird,my mistake! Thanks to Lee Brian and Bob for everything. Congrats to the Woners.

Tony Curcio · 06-10-2012, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas sheehan

How many cars competed in the CIC race?

11 cars were on the ladder for round 1 of the CIC race. Number 1 qualifier was a big '96 Caprice, which I believe is owned/driven by Mr. Campanello (apologies if not spelled correctly, or wrong name-the car is unlettered). #2 was Mike Ficacci in Anthony Bongiovani's H/SA Mustang.

I also want to publicly thank Lee, Brian, Bob, the starting line crew and the Dimino family for putting this race on. Every element within human control was executed very well: track prep, race control decisions, the food was good and the weather was fantastic as well.

Bryan Worner · 06-10-2012, 12:06 PM

I also want to thank Lee, Bryan and the Numdia staff for another excellent race! The starting line was a little iffy Friday night and the waiting in the staging lanes was a little annoying, but It was worth it! Nothing that doesn't happen to us when we go to a points race or when we are either hurried, or pushed aside for the pros at a national event!

What I don't understand is all the class racers who didn't attend this race! I know there are a lot of you who post on here from the northeast, so lets hear the excuses why you didn't plan on coming to this race! I'm sure you really enjoy sitting in fields for days and lines for hours getting into points races and national events, and getting pitted miles from the starting line in the dirt. I guess since this race offered none of that, you weren't interested! Either that, or, if you happen to win on occasion, you like haggling with manufacturers for their **50, **100 or **300 contingency payments! Didn't have to do that here either! Finally, maybe you like worrying about going a second under to trigger that good old AHFS review........didn't happen here either! In fact, you had a race where you could let it all hang out with no penalty whatsoever!!!! Like Lee said, shame on you for not showing up!

Last, I had no business winning the CIC race! Even though only 11 cars entered, there were 6 cars capable of running 1.30 under the old indexes. I was not one of them! I qualified #7 out of 11! So if you think you need a car that can run 1.40 under to win one of these races, you are wrong! Don't get me wrong, a really fast car helps, but we all know that you need some luck to win any race! I got lucky, for once!

Marc LaBrecque · 06-10-2012, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

I also want to thank Lee, Bryan and the Numdia staff for another excellent race! The starting line was a little iffy Friday night and the waiting in the staging lanes was a little annoying, but It was worth it! Nothing that doesn't happen to us when we go to a points race or when we are either hurried, or pushed aside for the pros at a national event!

What I don't understand is all the class racers who didn't attend this race! I know there are a lot of you who post on here from the northeast, so lets hear the excuses why you didn't plan on coming to this race! I'm sure you really enjoy sitting in fields for days and lines for hours getting into points races and national events, and getting pitted miles from the starting line in the dirt. I guess since this race offered none of that, you weren't interested! Either that, or, if you happen to win on occasion, you like haggling with manufacturers for their **50, **100 or **300 contingency payments! Didn't have to do that here either! Finally, maybe you like worrying about going a second under to trigger that good old AHFS review........didn't happen here either! In fact, you had a race where you could let it all hang out with no penalty whatsoever!!!! Like Lee said, shame on you for not showing up!

Last, I had no business winning the CIC race! Even though only 11 cars entered, there were 6 cars capable of running 1.30 under the old indexes. I was not one of them! I qualified #7 out of 11! So if you think you need a car that can run 1.40 under to win one of these races, you are wrong! Don't get me wrong, a really fast car helps, but we all know that you need some luck to win any race! I got lucky, for once!

Let's see excuse #1 Work ! I Think it's great Brian and Lee do this for the racers however i don't think if your from the Northeast ,southeast or anywere you can't go to all of the races. Personally if I'd rather go to a NHRA event and wait around thats up to me ! I really appriciate local association racing as in ASRA and East Coast , however I for one can't do all of them so I pick and choose . As far as judging the Northeast racers ? I don't see a line of Stock/Superstock guy's going over the Tappenzee , GW or Newburg going to the northeast races ?

Adam Strang · 06-10-2012, 02:55 PM

I agree with Marc,I`m glad that there are alternatives to NHRA races but I don`t see alot of the guys coming up north form the southern part of Div1.Maybe one or two last year at Epping and none at Napierville which is 10k to win.

I mentioned this to Lee last year and I could tell by the look on his face he wasn`t going to drive up here for a couple of races.

So the excuse will be the same for both of us:the drive.

06-09-2012, 09:07 AM	#21
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Dave Casey VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hampden, MA Posts: 1,151 Likes: 197 Liked 581 Times in 127 Posts	Re: "Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! weather ------- excellant sunny, no baro, high elevation ,but who cares track conditions -------excellant Left wheels-up too high actually scenery -------- excellant combo in the hills means it, always has been beautiful here turnout ------ could be better, heard about 40 stk/ss total, no one's fault , busy time etc fun factor ----- excellant great relaxing fun --people,track etc I heard there were 11 cars in the cic race last night Glad I made the trip, thanks to all __________________ Dave Casey 1330 STK

06-09-2012, 06:59 PM	#23
Dave Casey VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hampden, MA Posts: 1,151 Likes: 197 Liked 581 Times in 127 Posts	Re: "Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! My 60 light was no match for Ed Horensky's 40 light, so it was a 1st rd loss for me. I hit the road and did not see anymore rounds. What I did see went smoothly. Lee was very dissappointed with the turnout (40)when I spoke with him. They were going to run stock and super stock seperate for 2 rounds Congrats to Don Kennedy for the long distance award !!!!!!!!!! they must be done by now, someone will post i am sure __________________ Dave Casey 1330 STK

06-09-2012, 09:15 PM	#24
BKSG1198 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Back in Vineland, NJ Posts: 2,461 Likes: 81 Liked 984 Times in 299 Posts	Re: "Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! Just wanted to thank all the stock/ss guys who came out for the Combo In The Hills 2 race! I know it was tough for a lot of you with 3 or 4 races in a row but, it was a great time by all! Results: W: Byron Worner Ru: Jeff Tripp So the Worners take home the 2nd annual Combo in the Hills & CIC race!

06-09-2012, 11:13 PM	#25
MikeFicacci Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 239 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: "Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! Had a blast at the Combo In The Hills. It's a shame more cars didn't show up but its understandable after 3 back-to-back weekends of racing. The highlight for me was seeing Ditocco and Worner do monster burnouts to past the 60-foot in the final of the CIC race. Not sure why, but that was awesome. Thanks Lee Zane and Brian Van Poppel for doing a great job running this race. __________________ Mike Ficacci Stk 1010

06-10-2012, 06:01 AM	#26
Lee Valentine Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brookfield, CT Posts: 708 Likes: 13 Liked 322 Times in 68 Posts	Re: "Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! Had a blast,shame on you if you missed it. Will probably never get my son out of my Firebird,my mistake! Thanks to Lee Brian and Bob for everything. Congrats to the Woners. __________________ Lee Valentine 1661 STK

06-10-2012, 12:06 PM	#28
Bryan Worner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Duncannon, PA Posts: 802 Likes: 117 Liked 410 Times in 66 Posts	Re: "Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! I also want to thank Lee, Bryan and the Numdia staff for another excellent race! The starting line was a little iffy Friday night and the waiting in the staging lanes was a little annoying, but It was worth it! Nothing that doesn't happen to us when we go to a points race or when we are either hurried, or pushed aside for the pros at a national event! What I don't understand is all the class racers who didn't attend this race! I know there are a lot of you who post on here from the northeast, so lets hear the excuses why you didn't plan on coming to this race! I'm sure you really enjoy sitting in fields for days and lines for hours getting into points races and national events, and getting pitted miles from the starting line in the dirt. I guess since this race offered none of that, you weren't interested! Either that, or, if you happen to win on occasion, you like haggling with manufacturers for their 50, 100 or **300 contingency payments! Didn't have to do that here either! Finally, maybe you like worrying about going a second under to trigger that good old AHFS review........didn't happen here either! In fact, you had a race where you could let it all hang out with no penalty whatsoever!!!! Like Lee said, shame on you for not showing up! Last, I had no business winning the CIC race! Even though only 11 cars entered, there were 6 cars capable of running 1.30 under the old indexes. I was not one of them! I qualified #7 out of 11! So if you think you need a car that can run 1.40 under to win one of these races, you are wrong! Don't get me wrong, a really fast car helps, but we all know that you need some luck to win any race! I got lucky, for once!

06-10-2012, 02:55 PM	#30
Adam Strang Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Jericho,Vt Posts: 201 Likes: 86 Liked 85 Times in 19 Posts	Re: "Live" from the Combo in the Hills 2 @ Numidia Dragway! I agree with Marc,I`m glad that there are alternatives to NHRA races but I don`t see alot of the guys coming up north form the southern part of Div1.Maybe one or two last year at Epping and none at Napierville which is 10k to win. I mentioned this to Lee last year and I could tell by the look on his face he wasn`t going to drive up here for a couple of races. So the excuse will be the same for both of us:the drive. __________________ Adam Strang 1018 STK Last edited by Adam Strang; 06-10-2012 at 03:12 PM.