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Hello everyone, we are here live from Atco Dragway in Atco, NJ. Yes, its only Wednesday, but if you don't get here early you most likely will not be parked on the black top. It just started raining as I'm typing, or should I say pouring. I found two cars out before the rains came. In the first photo you can see Mr. Bender, Mr. Bednaz and Mr. Oaks having a pleasant conversation about who knows what.

There is a test and tune tomorrow. The weather calls for a 30% chance of thunderstorms for the next few days and it will be in the mid 80's warm and humid. Sunday looks great with temps I the low 80's and pleasant.

I will be testing a few cars tomorrow, but I should have time to get some photos.

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Hey all, testing today has gone well for most racers. The track is in good shape, but its hot and humid. The DA is about 2600, and there is a tail wind. I don't have any numbers from today's testing as I am testing myself.

I see a few B/SA and A/SA cars testing, I will try to get some numbers. A few shots from this morning.

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A few more shots from today. I could not get any action shots and was not able to get any numbers from cars testing today. I was to busy testing, I hope to do a better job tomorrow.

It was very warm and humid today, and tomorrow will be the same, with a slight chance of showers. Start time will be 9:30 with Stock out first.

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Ken, when the rest of us are thousands of miles away, any news you can produce is always real good!
Thanks for what you do.

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Thanks Brian....

Good morning everyone, its already 75, going up to the mid 80's. It wouldn't be so bad but the humidity is very high. Start time 9:30 with Stock out first. We had some have rain early this morning but its clear now.

Here are some weather numbers as of 8:20...
Temp 75
Humid 75%
Bar 29.90
DA 2050
Wind light

I found a few cars getting ready, more later...

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Div. Live Timing ????

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got it now!

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Care to share

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Thank you, would be nice like Div 3 live feed.

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Qualifying is pretty much done for the day, they do have some clean up runs for cars that got here late. For anyone looking for qualifying sheet, you can go to live timing and see the complete stats of today's racing.
http://www.nhra.com/results/2017/luc...alifying-order

It was warm today, upper 80's with sunshine all day. It was also very humid. The track was in good shape for most everyone even with the sun beating down on the track all day. Here are some shots of Super Stock in action today. I will have Stock later or tomorrow, it was tough getting back in the lanes to shoot Stock.

One note on Don Belles's 08 Super Stock Cobra Jet. Its the first photo. Its a 5.4 with a 4 liter blower, a Super Stock only combo. He went a 8.15 today and 171 mph. I am told this car can easily got into the 7's, It might happen tomorrow.

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Next batch....

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Good morning all, weather as of now is wet. We had rain early this morning, but it has stop. Weather forecast is for it to clear out today, with temps in the upper 70's. It should be a lot more pleasant to race than yesterday's upper 80's with high humidity.

Start time was scheduled for 9:30, but as it is still cloudy out it will take time to get the track dry. I'm guessing about noon for a start time. I few shots from Stock's action yesterday.

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The weather finally broke and its getting quicker as the day goes on. Stock ran its final qualifier around 10, with some cars picking up as much 6 hundreds. Super Stock is still waiting on the last qualifier. They should be running soon. Stock will have first round later today, not sure if the rest of the classes will get their first round today. It all depends on the how the day goes, we did get a late start.

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great reports thank you

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Thanks slingshot.

Stock and Super Stock got their first round this afternoon. The weather changed rapidly today, getting quicker as the day went on. Breakouts were the order of the day for first round. Stock is supposed be out first for round 2 tomorrow and the weather forecast calls for another great day, with temps in the upper 70's and no chance of rain.

Here are some action shots from Super Stock qualifying, along with a self serving Class Racer t-shirt.

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Good morning all, what a great day for racing. With the current temperature at 65 going up to the 70's and low humidity, you couldn't ask for a nicer day. Alcohol ran their finals yesterday so things should move pretty fast today. Junior Dragsters are out first, then Stock for round 2, we should start at 9.

Some more photos from yesterday...

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A few more....

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I just received some action shots from John DiBartolomeo Drag Racing Edge Magazine https://dragracingedge.com, enjoy.

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Some stockers from Saturday afternoon.

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Some Super Stockers from Saturday afternoon.

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Late Saturday afternoon Super Stocks in the first round of eliminations.

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Doug thanks so much for the great photos. We are going into 5th round in most classes. Things are moving fast and we should be done by 5 if not sooner.

I will give the the quarter finals as soon as they run. I have more photos of today's action, but since the internet is so slow I will post later tonight when I get home.

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5th round Stock...

Shane Oaks over Steve Szupka

Joe Santangelo over James Perrone

Heads up.. G/SA Anthony Fetch's 10.88 over John Gray's 11.08. John was out of the grove with a huge wheelstand.

Steve Ficacci gets the bye

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5th round Super Stock

Heads up GT/LA Greg Porter's 10.14 over Brittany Bolts 10.43

Joe Hertline over Norm Hall

Bill Kennedy gets the bye

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6th round Stock...

Shane Oaks over Steve Ficacci
Joe Santangelo over Anthony Fetch

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6th round Super Stock....

Bill Kennedy over Joe Hertline
Greg Ported gets the bye

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Super Stock final
Greg Porter over Bill Kennedy


Stock final
Joe Santangelo over Shane Oakes

Comp Final
Frank Aragona over Doug Doll

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Wheelstanding photos from today's action...

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I have a few more batches of photos from today's action.

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Next....

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Last batch, I have photos of the finals and winners, I will post tomorrow.

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Stock and Super Stock finals and winners.