"Live" from The Rock!
 

It hardly seems that this should be the final race of the year but here we are. First off this weekend we start the LODRS race tomorrow with qualifying and eliminations to follow on Saturday. Sunday will be the National Open race. According to the schedule we get 3 qualifying runs tomorrow but it wouldn't be Rockingham without a little weather. Sometime in the early morning a cold front is supposed to come across bringing a little rain with it although it doesn't look like a washout by no means. The forecast is only calling for scattered showers overnight followed by much of the same for the first part of the day tomorrow. Temps will be much cooler after the front passes so it appears that it will be pretty fast this weekend.
I'll have more tomorrow and will post sheets as they come available. There appears to be alot of cars here but I haven't been out looking a whole lot yet but I assume there will be some of the D1 crowd here as well as maybe some D3 trying to get those last few valuable points in.

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will there be a link to live feed?

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Keith I'm not sure, I know Warren is in Las Vegas so I don't know if he will have someone here or not. As soon as I hear something I will let you know.

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Cool love the ROCK

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Unfortunately, I will not have anyone down there for the event. I have a couple of people that help me but both were unavailable. Sorry I could not get anyone in place to take care of it, because I really wanted to be part of that race - it has very important points implications in D2 and nationally as well. Good luck to everyone down there. I hope it's a great weekend for all involved.

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Good morning, at about the time this morning you would expect to hear cars warming up this morning it started to lightly rain. There hasn't been any heavy rain and a look at the radar shows it will be out of here quickly. Maybe 2 runs instead of 3 but the day will not be completely lost. Stay tuned.

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Thanks for the update James. If you get a chance any number for car counts?

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Hey Butch I really have no idea right now as most are still locked away but as soon as I get an idea I will post. It's finally starting to clear a little but the air is damp and cool. Track drying started about 15 minutes ago but with the cool temperatures it will be an uphill battle.

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Be careful. Stockers have been known to crash at that place......

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That place really looks like it needs some love...

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The track surface itself is really nice and smooth, the rest of the place let's just say Fred Sanford would be proud.

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The sun is peeking out and the wind has picked up a little so drying is coming along very well. Cars are starting to wake up and some are warming up now so hopefully we won't be too much longer.

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Concrete seats need a lot of upkeep if they are going to last 50+ years open to the weather. I think The Rock has been refinished at one point, but they look a little worn.

At least I never got hurt there, unlike the old Dunn-Benson, where I put my leg through a broken board in the stands once.

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Any update on when you start running?

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There still has been no announcement as of yet but I can't imagine it will be much longer.

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They just called Super Street and it's been announced that everyone will get 2 hits even if they have to give one tomorrow morning.

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I've been told there are 70 something in both Stock and SS.

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Currently no live timing from the Rock?? I hope when NHRA gets back on their feet they can hire a live timing czar whose sole function will be to flip the switch to the on position for live timing at the beginning of each race.
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Here's the SS sheet but there will be a revised one later.

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Stock after Q1

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Your #1 qualifier after rd1. Unfortunately in the same class as me, and I ran him during qualifying and it wasn’t pretty. Hopefully won’t get paired up with him tomorrow.

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He might better slow that thing down before tomorrow morning or he will get a gift on Monday!

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Thanks James for your reporting. Only 17 Stock out of division. Good turnout all the way around. Good luck to all tomorrow.

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Thanks for the reporting Mr Williamson 👊

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SS #1 is shown as a GT/N 2005 Cavalier with a 400 Chevy at -1.584 9.466. That's 0.789 quicker than the next car in the same class, and quicker than all other GT cars except for a GT/F, GT/FA & GT/GA.

I ran that car/engine combo through the Class Tool and the possible classes come up as GT/D through GT/L. Could any of the information on the sheet be wrong?

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No 400 came with a stick. I have seen that car in GTEA before.

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Not a problem Butch I will try to have more updates tomorrow and thanks. Mr Harper it's our goal here at Classracer to keep all Massholes up to date! Mike I'm sure that was one of the issues with the SS sheet, I went back a little later and they had not put up the revised sheet yet and then the grilling started as well as adult beverages so I didn't go back. I will get and updated sheet in the morning before we run.
We had a good evening, I cooked my "king" chicken and Richie Decola provided the side dishes. After that we topped it off with strawberry cheesecake and all was well! After dinner Jeff Warren and Steve Foley stopped by and Foley kept us laughing with some of his old bracket racing adventures with Rodney Finchum. If you don't know who Rodney is look up Fast and Finchum on Facebook and like and share!

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James,
Do you know of any update on jimmy spells? Hope he is home but haven’t been able to find out from anyone.
Thanks.

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Revised SS sheet

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As we mentioned yesterday there is quite a difference in weather much cooler and much better barometer. It will be fast!
I would like to mention as well the Rockingham staff as been great. They have kept the track in top shape and the restrooms are really clean and they have been on top of keeping our trash cans dumped. All the things we never mention unless ofcourse it's not done. Thank you it's very much appreciated!

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The sheets for Stock finally came out but as luck would have it I'm having trouble uploading them. I will try again shortly but they are running 1st round of Super Street now.

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Super Stock ladder

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Stock ladder

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Stock round 1 winners

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Stock round 2 winners with a check

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As you might notice I'm out after a breakout but we get another chance tomorrow. Two heads-up coming up in round 3!

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About to start 3rd round of Stock the right lane might be a little tough.

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One pair of Super Street went down and we had to pause for a few minutes as Jacob Rutledge couldn't find the prestage bulb because of the sun. We should be back in about 15 minutes.