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Got parked around 3:30today. Then the rains came. Was nice and sunny when i got here . I don't have a camera ,so no pics. Maybe Michael Beard will take some and help out on this thread. Lots of cars rolling in now.I know Michael Lyons is here cause he was in front of me in line to get in.Larry Cummings , Rob Moser, Bob Phillips ,and lots more .Raining now and went in the motorhome to dry up and wait for it to stop raining. will shout back later if anybody is interested.....I get to run my stocker this weekend instead of working. That should be fun. Sat and Sun is supposed to be perfect drag racing weather. Temps are not to go over 70 all weekend .Be back later.
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Team Moneymaker is here too - got here about 1:30, parked by 2:30 and was going to tech when it opened up again. I will try to help with pics and reports too, Danny....looking forward to lots of racing - had to fill out FIVE different tech cards!!!
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Danny, and Beth, I am working just north of Richmond, and will drop in tomorrow night. I'll make a point to find and meet you both. Good Luck tomorrow !!
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Nice Pics :) Good Luck to you all this weekend ~~
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Yay! It's clearing up!
Forecast looks good for tomorrow, fast, but more than likely a pretty bad headwind. http://moneymakerracing.net/smCIMG4730.JPG |
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More spottings, Brian Rowe(driving Richi De Cola's f/fia stocker),Lynwood daugherty, Nowiki croud, Norm La Pointe., Mike Mayhew , Bertozzi croud, . Be back with more later. COOL here and nice now.
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More ,Tim Worner ,Bob Lowery, Michael Beard , All the Folks ,as well as the Ross's.Cam Tingin, And a one of a kind = 67 rear / 68 doors / 69 front end Camaro in H/R. Still lined up and coming in. See y'all tomorrow.
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Danny Sr,
How late are they teching cars tomorrow night for Nitro Jam on Sat/ Sun . Can I get teched & pitted without much trouble tomorrow night with everything else going on ? See yah in the night- time .... What is the latest I should show up their ? thanks , Dave |
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Got up at 4am, got things around and took the wife in for gall bladder surgery. Everything went fine, but they'll keep her overnight. Her mom and aunt came down to stay with her while she issued my orders: "GO WIN!". Rolled in a little after 6pm. Saw Jeff Ross towing the Cuda on a rollback, with an enclosed trailer behind it. Gotta be a pain to unload, but ya gotta dowhat ya gotta do! Saw Steve Klacik's Stocker. Changed collectors on the Volare, as one blew out en route to a $10' Footbrake R/U the other week. Trying something different. Should be interesting. Finally got a bite, and filled out 3 tech cards, and ready to hit the hay. Thanks to Scott Macy for changing out my worn out idler arm and making my requested collector "adjustments". More as I have time tomorrow. Good line still coming in at 9PM. Air's decent (1100') desipte a bad Baro. They were out with the jet tonight, being proactive with the track. Exhausted. Night!
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They just called Hot Rod, so here we go!
Checked the air about 1/2 an hour ago, negative 9 feet! 29.55 barometer, but a definite head wind. They said maybe three time runs, which would be wonderful.....FINGERS CROSSED we all have our cars together well and no oil downs, and we should get three. |
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Beth,
Good Luck to you & Alex , see you tonight ..... You will Love the track, one of the Best in the Country at this time of year... |
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Thanks for the photos and reports, Beth. Looking at the photo of Jim Marshall, it does appear that there is a pretty stout head wind.
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Yes it is, Jim - I swear we have a wind chill here!!! http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF13.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF14.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF15.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF16.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF17.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF18.JPG |
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http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF19.JPG
http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF20.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF21.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF22.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF23.JPG http://moneymakerracing.net/TOC2010/TOCF24.JPG That's it for now. Calling us up now for round two..... |
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Thanks for the pics Beth. It does look chilly.
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Ok, so just as I was getting the car ready to go up, it started sprinkling a bit. So we are waiting......it's very chilly so it won't just dry up, even with the stiff wind.
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Just announced to go back to the trailers and put them away for a little while, as there is a line of weather coming. But once that passes we should be good. I have to give them kudos - they are announcing that they didn't want to try and squeeze a class in before the rain as the conditions will be quite different when we run the finals - thank you IHRA!
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Saw a pic of my buddy Mike Braswell's Chevy II. Tell him I said hi and good luck. Ed
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Lots of breakage 1st run. 1 h/r , 1 s/r , Jim marshall broke a rear and has borrowed Dennis Pope's f/fia camaro for the TOC race. One of the worner bros broke and is using dad Tim's car for the TOC.... Still down for rain but is slowing down a lot....It is cold for sure......later./Thanks for pic Beth .You all are parked about three rigs toward stands in row in front of us. We are beside Bob Lowery,..You may have not seen us cause i have my son's superstocker here and my car is not here yet.
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Just pulled the plug on today. Rain keeps popping up, and it's just too cold to get a safe racing surface. 9 am start tomorrow.
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Now what does this do for the other race.Maybe Time trails tomorrow for them and race on Sunday.
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They cancelled the rest of the program for today and tonite ? Its cool out here today, was looking to come down to VMP tonite, to take 3 guys I work with that have never been to a drag race. DRC doesnt show anything about whole thing.
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When they made the announcement they were going to cancel the evening's events, the initial plan was to start tomorrow at 9 am with NITRO JAM qualifying round one, followed by TOC round two/final qualifier, and then ??? But they also said they would be finalizing plans and issuing a printed schedule for tomorrow in the next hour or so. Haven't got it yet but when we do I or someone else here will post it.
Ironically, the sun is out and it's warmer now than it's been all day. That being said, they made the right decision. There may be more rain and it's too cold to get the track safe and sticky enough. |
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Thanks, Ed!!
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Welcome to Atco, er, VMP! The weather forecasters have done their standard issue for this event. Two days ago, said clear all three days. Yesterday, changed to 30% chance Fri night after 6pm, so of course it rained at Noon. Track was a little iffy for some this morning, even felt like I turned a tire a little on the bias plys. Some, like John Brimer, however, had no problem and went sky high. As posted previously, they had the jet out last night working on the track, and they did some massive prep this morning, with rosin the width of each lane, both well before and after the starting line. Starting line looked real black, like at Belle Rose this summer. But looked like it wasn't sticking to itself (See Beth's pics). Never seen that look at an IHRA event. Then the rain came, and tomorrow may be more challenging.
I tried a 5" long collector, 3" to 2-1/2", and it was fine the front half of the track, but didn't make power from 400' on. Gonna try no collector tomorrow for kicks tomorrow. May kill some bottom end, which might not be a bad thing... The right call was made, as it would've been 3 hrs to dry n prep, and by that time it'd get cold and dewy. It's a shame that the rain hit when it did. Behind the 8 ball now! But we'll do our best. |
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It seems to me this happens almost every year. Maybe the NHRA and IHRA should try to get these final races finished not later than September from now on?????? Same deal for the "Dutch"?
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Hurricane season with storms coming up the coast. Only been doing that for several hundred years.
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OK i get it! Yall want perfect weather for every race. Take what u get and race! you could be siting at home like me gezzz!!
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First test of GoToMyPC on my new laptop... finally getting a chance to tinker with it. See if I can get some pics posted for y'all without bugging Admin or waiting til I get home.
Settled in... http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-0803.jpg VMP Playground http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-0804.jpg Summit All-Stars Meeting http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-0817.jpg http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-0817.jpg Morning track prep: full rosin treament and spray http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-0821.jpg Through the tunnel http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-0826.jpg |
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Summit goody bag for the All Stars
http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-0839.jpg Staging lanes, Stock TOC Time Trial #1 (Anthony Platania, Steve Klacik in front, Lisa Bolton behind Klacik) http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1036.jpg Jacob Pitt, Div. 4 Champ (H/SA Volare) and Jeff Ross, Buckeye S/SS organizer (D/PS Cuda) http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1038.jpg Windy? Check. http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1038.jpg Following out behind the A/SA Camaro of John Brimer, winner of the Dallas TOC Qualifier http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1042.jpg The brain trust: Super Stock rookies Eddie Bolton (R) and Dale Wilson (L) study the Stockers... http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1042.jpg |
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Josh Peake, starter for the IHRA Pro-Am races and Team Finals events. "Don't take a picture of me!"
http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1043.jpg Ok, not a Class car, but interesting tidbit: Chris Hall from Utah was drawn as the lottery winner for the At-Large group of Summit Super Series competitors. Chris and his dad made the 2,600 mile tow without incident. I think he said 35 hrs. http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1237.jpg Rain, squeegee, repeat. http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1338.jpg Can you hear me now? (Myron Piatek) http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1339.jpg Father (Charles, the crew chief) and Son (Charles, the driver) campaign this 318-powered Mirada http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1342.jpg Pics during the rain... Another look at Jeff Ross's 'Cuda http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1351.jpg |
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Bolton was ready for when the plug was pulled for the day.
http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1434.jpg Steve Klacik's "other" Mustang http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1452.jpg Norm LaPointe, all the way from Edmonton, Alberta! http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1453.jpg Larry Hayden not only has a neat CF/SA turbo Shadow, but also an incredible profession, working on the highest end Naval vessels, including both turbine and turbocharged diesel engines that dwarf the one in his Stocker. http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1708.jpg |
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Here's a few more pictures from VMP on Friday!
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It's sunny, chilly and breezy - and no rain in the forecast for the next two days! Getting ready to warm up the car and run round 1 of the Nitro Jam event in 45 min.
A couple of observations regarding IHRA leadership: I have been to multiple NHRA and IHRA nationals. I have seen Tom Compton and his entourage about four times. Total. I have already seen IHRA upper management all over the place here, this weekend alone. Very hands on and I like that. Number two, and probably most frustrating. Last weekend at the NHRA Indy Fall Classic, not ONCE - and that includes time spent with Tony in the WINNER'S CIRCLE - not once did I see our division director Jay Hullinger. He couldn't even take two minutes away from his throne in the ivory tower to come down and be in a picture with his class winners. We did however have our photo taken with the track manager, a very nice young man. And Ritch Bowers (who really SHOULD be our director as he acts more like one than Jay) was everywhere doing Jay's job. Thank goodness for Ritch. Here at VMP, I have seen our division director, Jon O'Neal literally everywhere. He is working his rear end off, and at the end of the day he took an hour out of his schedule as things were winding down to sit down and talk to Alex and myself about what we could do and IHRA could do to work on getting more tracks and more racers. He really wants to grow, as do we want IHRA to grow, and he took the time to seek out some suggestions from racers. Wow - now how's that for truly racer friendly!! So if you see Jon and you have a good (and FEASIBLE!) suggestion, talk to him - he is interested! Ok, time to warm up! :D |
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Do you really need to run down NHRA to say good things about IHRA? Cant IHRA stand on its own as Good racing body ? I just dont get it they both do stupid things and they both do great things The NHRA bashing on here sure does get old...... |
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