Live from Epping,NH , the New England Nationals
 

Arrived last night at 7 ,#115 in stacking. Currently (10:30 am) we are waiting to be parked and they are up to #80. The gounds are wet. They were wet already and then it rained hard for an hour last night. The sun is out and it is beautiful now. I hope to give a daily report and hoping others can chime in.

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Dave , Thanks for doing what you can , when you can. Hopefully, DRC coverage in a timely manner.
Guys, help Dave out a bit. He's racing a stick shift car.

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Nice breeze and a spectacular day today. All racers got in and parked. There are some areas that are to wet to pit in, but things are drying out fast. The barometer is .2 lower than when we had our All Star Racing Assoc race here 3 weeks ago. I did hear that it was 1600 ft today. Expect it to be better tommorow.

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Some racers got stuck in the mud and had to get towed out. This delayed the parking process. Dave Mohn (Division 1 Director) actually came out to the stacking area to let everyone know what was going on. Kudos to him. There were hardly any lines at racer registration. Things went smooth.

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Chamber of commerce morning here , 50 degrees at 630 , up to 55 now. There is a chance of a shower today, but you wouldn't know it right now. Stock is scheduled to be out 1st at 915.

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Is the Preiser cobrajet ok? Looks like something happened to the front end on all access.

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He made a pass after that 10.70 something if memory serves me

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Tasca #1 in stock 8.25 other notable runs John Shaul 9.77 135 nice at least 5 6 more than 1 under

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Hey! That good looking guy all dressed in black with the shades really is Steve Wann!!!

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Steve is a long way from home and driving the orange Challenger, I see. For those that have not met Steve....go say hi. He is a great guy.

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He's awesome and super friendly ...... get his autograph!!!

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A great day of qualifying yesterday. Temp got as high as 73 with lots of sunshine. We hit the mineshaft number, so there were some fast runs made. I am happy racing the trusty Camaro with the backup motor in it. My a/s car is at home. The weather has ranged from 1000 to 2000 ft approx. The wind has been somewhat tail, and in the last session was certainly responsible for myself and a few other going slightly faster. Not alot of breakage thst i saw, Fred Thebault was swsping trans last night. The only car i saw abort a run was Scott Gove in the first ss session and he just went left on the 1,2 shift i believe. He came back in the 2nd and 3rd sessions to lay down fantastic runs and qualify 1st easily. I expect it to be a little faster for rd 1 today as the temp was 3 colder this morning (47) at 630 and the baro is is up slightly. Stock is out first at 915 for 1st round

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550 ft at 830 am

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Cool to see Steve driving Auger's beautiful challenger. The Duster he sold Auger is one of my favorites, fast too!

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Scott Gove 7.82 is amazing.......damn that's flying

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And in Rd.2 he ran 7.84@173.52. Last week at the D1 race at Maple Grove, in bad air, I watched him run three 7.88s and a 7.92 at 172+. His car is an absolute beast.

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I know everybody is really super touchy here, and we are busy and all that, but holy smokes no ladder sheets etc. Wow, hope next week isn't going to turn out like this...but either way I'll be there.

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It's a Nat'l event. All on DRC, as it happens.

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checking it now...and they are great for that!

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only see Pro classes? :confused:

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Look harder. I just looked at them.

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gotta ask PC Richard I guess? for 'em...but,
I'll go back to watching the "old" guys rowing the gears thru the 12 sec.+ leaf spring cars...most fun on any day at the races, anyway!

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says this, maybe I need new glasses:

JOLIET, Ill. - Eliminations ladder in Super Stock at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Burndown at Sundown:

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Try clicking this link. You have to scroll down.

http://www.dragracecentral.com/Serie...MIT&Filter=100

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The ladder is incorrect.

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Did you realize that this post is for "Epping, NH Nationals"? Not Division race in Joliet. That apparently confused you.

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Does anybody know what car/combo is the car that Mike Iacono driving , the blue 67 rs was a BBC and was d/sa & e/sa .I didn't think it fit into f/sa ...Anybody got any pics to post ???

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He is driving Kenny Richards car

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He is driving Kenny Richards' 86 camaro with a 305 quadrabog set up!

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Ok they never fixed the info on the Q sheet ....see ya next weekend....best o luck today.

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Congrats to Dave Ficacci and Tommy Auger for W and RU in Stock. Congrats also to the Worner twins in SS. Nice job!

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Time for a followup and a little info.

The only headsup run I saw was between Mike Cotton and Mike Iacono who was driving Ken Richards car. They were closely matched and Iacono got the win.

Scott Gove was running 2 cars and was rushing to get back up with the SS car when he got beat.

The wind blew every day and it caused some to miss the dial, especially on Saturday.

The starting line was a non issue , there were run after run of high flying wheels up action in Stock and Super Stock.

Nice to see the guys walking the pits promoting the upcoming PC Richards/Canadian Dragracing Hall of Fame National Open race in Cayuga. Should be a great event.

I did not stay for Sundays action, but at 6 am when I left it was about the same temp maybe a little cooler.

Congrats to the winners and runners up, it was a great event

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Just a heads up...the Epping National Meet will be moved to July 6-8 next year.