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Road trip ! Thats right - off to Division Three and only God knows why -for someone who has half a dozen nice size tracks close by - well you really have to want to go .Anyone from D1 knows that you don't have to drive 425 miles to race so why would you? Guess I needed to just get away for a few days ...........I'll shoot a few pics along the way ..............

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Hey Jack, just do it NOW and enjoy your passion, the road of life can be very unpredictable. Have a great time and safe time.
Looking forward to your fine reporting.

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Well, here comes the rain. Thanks Jack <G>. And we know how nice Columbus is when it rains!

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still about .2-.3 slow?

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No - no - no.........don't start that rain stuff on me as I left all of it back in Division One .

Check out my new driver -- and try to guess who it is -- a most unlikely candidate for sure .

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Kind of looks like Dave Barton maybe?

Enjoy, I was sorely tempted to do the 725 mile tow to play with the new toy....

Eric

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Hey, Jack,
Can't believe you show up in Div. 3 when we're not there to meet you~

Have a great time and say "hello" to our Div. 3 friends for us~

Larry & Patsy

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Hey Jack, Have a great time and keep us posted... Just like being there......

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Hey Jack
Looks like Billy Nees to me.

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Jack,

It does look like Billy Nees or AD .... Anyway, you have a great time and Good Luck in Columbus ... Keep the reporting & pictures coming , your doing a great job for us stay at home racers .. Another day in the 100 degree range in Va. it's been unreal ....

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Jack, It looks like you surely won't need your jacket this week end. Local weather here in Columbus saying mid 90s with heat index of possibly over 100 tomorrow. Can we all come by the new RV to get in out of the heat. Might want to check the frig to see if it is keeping beverages cold too?

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Here's a couple of pics - ya gotta love a place that has a snack bar next to the scales......

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Good Luck Jack....Thanks for the updates...always good reading....tell the Nicewangers I said hello.....Joe

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Jack you brought Ed with you. tahnks for the update and good luck. Claude

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This morning I feel like I'm at home - why you ask ? These folks here in D3 take this deal just as serious as we do - by last night the place had a zillion racers here and this morning they're lined up waiting to get in and claim their pit space .

I couldn't have picked a worse weekend to visit -- at this moment - 6:50 am the DA is already just a tick under 3500' and climbing . Don't they know this is Columbus not Denver ? Today the heat index is to be 105 -109 degrees .

Larry -- While you and Patsy are off honeymooning I'll take care of "your" reporting in D3 - sooner or later we'll cross paths.........
Claude - No one named Ed is with me .
Joe -haven't seen the Nicewangers yet .
Myron - Stop by later for a tour -fridge is working fine - I'll buy you a drink - you'll need it later .
Dave - get your butte out of the house and join us .
Mack -how's that loud car coming?
Eric- 725 miles ? That my friend is the price of fun .And no its not Dave Barton .
Dennis - I'm still carring around that chunk of aluminum thats yours - maybe I can leave it here .

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Hey Jack. We looked at the weather and decided to pass this one up. It's only about a three and a half hour run for me but, I've been at Columbus in similar conditions and it just is not fun. BTW make sure and put an extra 100 lbs in the trunk for first round tomorrow. By the time they call you for first round the track will be slick as snot.

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Jack,

Just keep those D-1 Super Gas Guys away from the Snack Bar!! You get Iggie, Goldman and especially Schurman together and we may have a an episode of Cops on our Hands!!
Haha Good Luck too all the D-1 guys and Thanks again Jack for the reporting!!

Rob K.

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379 miles for me, door to door. And no tolls! I-68 is hard on the equipment though.

It's stick shift row where we are parked, me, B. Wenzel, G. Tompa, J. Martens, Donny Beeler, Dave Walter and on........



Jerry

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Jack, I'm looking forward to the heads up run between you and Wilks with the GTO's. Have fun, stay cool, good luck, and have a safe race.

Larry

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Jack
Good luck this weekend will pickup the chunk at cecil.

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A voice of much experience. This coming from the man that won a National Event there.

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SuperStock just got their first hit -- not only was it slow but the left lane is junk - several racers tried to hit the tree - as usual they did nothing - yes , I was on the starting line to witness it .

Did I mention the weather -- the DA is past 4100' and it's only 10:45 am .And believe or not the skies are getting dark .

Stock is out fourth -- by the time we get out nobody will care ...............And for those of you hardcore fans - take note - National Record runs are today only ..................

Ran into Billy Baker this morning and had a nice chat - made me remember all the good times I had with his dad -- I sure miss him ..............Dick was one great guy ! !

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Stock just finished and as we expected it was extra slow and most 60's were off three to four hun and et's are anywhere from 1.5 to 3 from Lebanon Valley LODRS - the only point of reference I have .Weather ? What weather - the DA is over 4500' and how about the Vapor Pressure - past 1 full point - never saw that before .But its not raining ............

Almost forgot - I know I was kidding before about National Record runs but one of "those" Mustangs just ran three hundreths off the record ..............'gotta get me a 'stang ! ! !

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Yes...the weather is miserable there, indeed. Just wondering if it is harder to breath there than Denver! ROFLMAO!!
Did NHRA allow gills to be utilized for race cars at this race? No?
Make sure everyone thanks Jay Hullinger for another great job of scheduling the worst time to be in Columbus Ohio.....

He should be a dead beat dad on Halloween this year...or Einstein..Which ever is clever.... ;)

I hope nobody gets sick there from the weather..Be careful everyone...

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Stock just got their second hit - air wasn't any better but some went a few faster because the wind had died down ......

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Thanks for the updates Jack, what is the forecast like for the next few days?

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Thanks as always Jack.
Wes Jr.'s Daytona has new age HEMI power in SS/AS and in good air will be noticed.

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Nice dinner outing tonight with Jack, Billy Nees, The Wenzel family and me piled into the Duromax crew cab. Long Horn Steak House. Food was excellent. Then it was off to Hey Man's Ice Cream Stand near the track. (Hey Man was the name of Timmy Bishops 1959 Chevrolet race car..........little race trivia here.........

Tomorrow night, Pizza Cottage,

Hotter than the hinges of he...........here. If it gets any hotter, they'll be issuing pitch forks! Stick shift row is full. Gary Tompa went back to the hotel after his 2nd qual shot (about 2:00PM) to check on his stock porfolio..........

Jerry

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Thanks for the updates, Jack. Say hi to Billy for me.

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So Jack it is Billy along for the ride Lol.

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Yep - you got it ...............

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Lol...that's a great pic...Now only if we could get the young folk to wear richman clothes like that.

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Yesterday turned out to be just as bad as expected - hot and ugly ! Today - worse than ever as its over 4000' already and climbing - temp is past eighty even at this hour with a barometer at 28.98.SuperStock is out on the track with Stock out fourth .Both catagories are to have 1st round today but the time is up in the air .

Today will surely be swimsuit weather but so far this weekend not many have been spotted - I'll keep a sharp eye out - you never know what my camera will find .Later ..........

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Jack , Great job as always. Tell Billy I said that is the best shirt ever ! Call me when you get a chance.

Dave

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Jack if you see Paul Dilcher tell him the Erny clan from Buffalo says hi & good luck!!!

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SuperStock still in the lanes - why? Here it is -- tree broke -they tried to fix it but couldn't so they put up another - still nothing -- SuperComp is in the lanes also - its been almost an hour since something went down the track ................

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Any times from the 1090 990 890 classes if so where can I see them, car is BROKE like me so did not make the trip thanks everyone have fun and enjoy and becareful Rich

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Update 11:05am -- Still nothing - must be really broke - they're not talking ????????????