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Bob, what's the latest?

I expected some beer pics at maybe 9:45 in the morning.

Maybe a few BBQ shots in the 70 deg weather.

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It is cloudy with drizzle but it will be gone by Saturday morning.

Re: Live from the Winternationals.
 

Looking forward to any reports from this event. Yes, race season is ready to start. Even for those of us that are only enthusiasts at this point.


Any chance of a count or photos from the track showing who is there. I know Bob and Charlene are going to be there, but curious who else from the Northwest is there. I talked to Steve Schwab and he said it was a possibility.


Anyway, like I said, any info or photos would be great. Let's hope everyone has a great time and get the cobwebs all out and the cars work great.

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Finally made to Fontana and got the internet up and working. Just weathered a monsoon rain storm! LOL. Not sure who here yet in stock and super stock but I talked to Frank Grossi who's here to run the race. We are pitted with our travel friends Cal and MaryAnn Method. They are teching tonite but Harold and Paul are teching tomorrow starting at 7am so we'll tech then. Time for a soothing cocktail! When I here who else is here I'll post it as well as any results.

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Bob, NHRA just posted the contingency sponsors....you've got time to update the decals on your car.

http://www.nhra.net/sponsors/Events/race01.xls

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Finally made our first run. I'm guessing 24 cars made the first run. Looks by our calculations to be about .17 hundredths slower than at Pomona last fall. DA was 2067 BP 28.67 44%H 64.7T and we had about a 10mph cross wind. Looks like we get one more hit at the track and then into eliminations.

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NOW you`re talking!

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Had 2 time runs. Going into eliminations. I would post a qualifying sheet but we're being laddered off of reaction times. And I'm near the bottom of the ladder! LOL.

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Any updates??? I'm assuming Bob went deep in elims and was too busy for updates!!

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I heard there were only a few cars in the first two time trials (5 +7)
Racers voted for a third
Darkness fell - only got one round in eliminations

I am not there so may be all the fault of the JR dragsters as Jared posted on Facebook.


Ron