Live from Martin

Mike Fuller · 07-30-2009, 08:34 PM

We arrived at the track about 8:20 after two and half hour drive from home. We are pitted next to Rock,Ginny and Zak Running. Weather forcast looks prety nice for the weekend. Pits were almost full when we arrived so late comers will be pitted in the spectator parking area.Brian is your wireless working down at the track? Jump in if you can. More tomorrow.

Beth Denysenko · 07-30-2009, 09:28 PM

Chiming in from Camp Moneymaker . . . we are WAAAAYYYYYY at the end of the track. Got here about an hour before Mike. Lots of room in the pro area, we waited to get parked about 15 minutes, no one came, so we just took off and found a spot by our fellow Ford racers Jimmy Ronzello and George Wright. Looking forward to class in the morning!

Dave Ribeiro · 07-31-2009, 07:21 AM

Beth & Mike,

Good Luck to everyone and I hope the weather holds up for you guys and the rest of racers ... Weather for most races this year has been awful, less hope the second half is much better.........LOL,

Jack Matyas · 07-31-2009, 07:44 AM

Mike & Beth -- looking forward to your reports -- not much happening here in D1 this weekend.........

Larry Hill · 07-31-2009, 08:59 AM

Hey Mike,
Good luck this weekend. Looking forward to seeing you and Janice at Bowling Green!

Patsy & Larry

Beth Denysenko · 07-31-2009, 09:06 AM

Well, air is pretty bad. Not hot, but very low barometer. Under 29 with a bit of a cross/head wind. Nothing like Stanton, but it's not fast at all.

57 stockers. Class next round. Not sure how many Superstockers, but I would say less than 40.

Bob Unkefer is doing the announcing today and he is so much fun to listen to! THANKS IHRA for bringing Bob in to announce for us! It's a pleasure!

Ed Carpenter · 07-31-2009, 07:53 PM

What happened to Brad Zaskowski?

Beth Denysenko · 07-31-2009, 09:06 PM

Brad broke a trans and with the help of some Ford, Mopar, and Chebbie friends got it repaired.

442OLDS · 08-01-2009, 06:34 PM

Just got home.First time ever that I have been held hostage at a dragstrip.They said that you couldn't leave between 6-10 pm,so I figured if I loaded up and headed out before 3pm,I should be fine.But no.Then it started to rain,still couldn't leave.Finally,there were enough rigs blocking the road that they had to let us leave.Surprised we didn't have to pay ransom money.

Beth Denysenko · 08-01-2009, 07:55 PM

Well, I singled for class, they didn't have enough plaques so had to get that today. Tony gave it everything we had to run against Lent, and continued where I left off in the rash of redlights for us . . .

This morning, I was the first one out for our team. Facing a stiff tailwind, Alex put a 13 flat on the window and I was very happy with that. And I thanked him with a -.009 redlight. But I ran only .01 over, so my crew chief was awesome, the driver was just a bit too jumpy. I had a -.005 in class, so I found my spot, I guess. Just need to back the car off. Tony ran Charlie Bob and had an uncharacteristicly slow RT. Dialed the car right also, but Charlie had a better package. Alex who had a .005 and a .000 during our two qualifying runs declided he couldn't let me sulk alone, so he slapped a -.007 RT on Brad Plourd. GRRRRR! Three up, three down. The Martin jinx continues for us. I am the only one out of all three of us who has gotten past second round here (quarterfinals last year).

I am disappointed in a few things here.
1. I appreciated letting the bracket cars and the junior dragsters in, it's a big deal for them I am sure. But I am bothered it's at the expense of our third qualifying run. We used to get a third hit Saturday morning and we lost that and I am really frustrated by that. Top Sportsman and Top Dragster were scheduled for three (they only ended up with two, but the intention was three). We all paid good money to race, $190 per car. I think we deserve three hits. I am going to let the powers that be know, I invite anyone else who feels the same to also write Scooter.
2. There is no rhyme or reason to the parking here. Maybe if we had gotten here earlier it may have been different, I guess, but we weren't that late (7 pm ish). It's a cluster.
3. I have to say however, they have some of the nicest, most wonderful staff at IHRA events and always have. Especially the tech guys (Jim, Bob, Hank, etc)! And our division starter, Bill, is truly tops! The people - it's one of the best parts of IHRA - and I would be remiss if I whined about some of the negatives and didn't mention a big positive.
4. They need to hire Bob Unkefer FULL TIME! We were in the stands for second round of Stock & SuperStock (grrrrrrr) and people around were commenting about how good his announcing was - he was a pleasure to listen to and was so informative and entertaining! Aaron Polburn, if you know what's good for growth and fan understanding, bring Bob on full time!

That's it for now . . . loading up in the a.m. and heading south. Scott Macy just went -.004 in the Moser Final. BUMMER! A stocker running at Top Sportsman car! Scott still made the drive worthwhile - way to go get getting to the final!

07-30-2009, 08:34 PM	#1
Mike Fuller Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 950 Likes: 560 Liked 198 Times in 79 Posts	Live from Martin We arrived at the track about 8:20 after two and half hour drive from home. We are pitted next to Rock,Ginny and Zak Running. Weather forcast looks prety nice for the weekend. Pits were almost full when we arrived so late comers will be pitted in the spectator parking area.Brian is your wireless working down at the track? Jump in if you can. More tomorrow. __________________ Mike Fuller 396 STK 3961 SS

07-30-2009, 09:28 PM	#2
Beth Denysenko Live Reporter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 426 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live from Martin Chiming in from Camp Moneymaker . . . we are WAAAAYYYYYY at the end of the track. Got here about an hour before Mike. Lots of room in the pro area, we waited to get parked about 15 minutes, no one came, so we just took off and found a spot by our fellow Ford racers Jimmy Ronzello and George Wright. Looking forward to class in the morning! __________________ Beth Denysenko P/SA 330 www.moneymakerracing.net

07-31-2009, 07:21 AM	#3
Dave Ribeiro VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Williamsburg, Va.---USA Posts: 1,827 Likes: 1,612 Liked 56 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Live from Martin Beth & Mike, Good Luck to everyone and I hope the weather holds up for you guys and the rest of racers ... Weather for most races this year has been awful, less hope the second half is much better.........LOL, __________________ Dave Ribeiro 1033 STK

07-31-2009, 07:44 AM	#4
Jack Matyas Live Reporter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bethlehem , PA -Christmas City , USA Posts: 4,927 Likes: 406 Liked 2,050 Times in 398 Posts	Re: Live from Martin Mike & Beth -- looking forward to your reports -- not much happening here in D1 this weekend......... __________________ Jack Matyas 1547 FS/C 2015 Camaro COPO # 62- 2012 Camaro Convertible COPO

07-31-2009, 08:59 AM	#5
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07-31-2009, 09:06 AM	#6
Beth Denysenko Live Reporter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 426 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live from Martin Well, air is pretty bad. Not hot, but very low barometer. Under 29 with a bit of a cross/head wind. Nothing like Stanton, but it's not fast at all. 57 stockers. Class next round. Not sure how many Superstockers, but I would say less than 40. Bob Unkefer is doing the announcing today and he is so much fun to listen to! THANKS IHRA for bringing Bob in to announce for us! It's a pleasure! __________________ Beth Denysenko P/SA 330 www.moneymakerracing.net

07-31-2009, 07:53 PM	#7
Ed Carpenter Live Reporter Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dripping Springs, Tx Posts: 2,709 Likes: 186 Liked 520 Times in 132 Posts	Re: Live from Martin What happened to Brad Zaskowski? __________________ Ed Carpenter 2005 Chevy Cobalt A/SM Race Engine Development

07-31-2009, 09:06 PM	#8
Beth Denysenko Live Reporter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 426 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live from Martin Brad broke a trans and with the help of some Ford, Mopar, and Chebbie friends got it repaired. __________________ Beth Denysenko P/SA 330 www.moneymakerracing.net

08-01-2009, 06:34 PM	#9
442OLDS VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Elgin,IL Posts: 1,339 Likes: 5 Liked 282 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Live from Martin Just got home.First time ever that I have been held hostage at a dragstrip.They said that you couldn't leave between 6-10 pm,so I figured if I loaded up and headed out before 3pm,I should be fine.But no.Then it started to rain,still couldn't leave.Finally,there were enough rigs blocking the road that they had to let us leave.Surprised we didn't have to pay ransom money.

08-01-2009, 07:55 PM	#10
Beth Denysenko Live Reporter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 426 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live from Martin Well, I singled for class, they didn't have enough plaques so had to get that today. Tony gave it everything we had to run against Lent, and continued where I left off in the rash of redlights for us . . . This morning, I was the first one out for our team. Facing a stiff tailwind, Alex put a 13 flat on the window and I was very happy with that. And I thanked him with a -.009 redlight. But I ran only .01 over, so my crew chief was awesome, the driver was just a bit too jumpy. I had a -.005 in class, so I found my spot, I guess. Just need to back the car off. Tony ran Charlie Bob and had an uncharacteristicly slow RT. Dialed the car right also, but Charlie had a better package. Alex who had a .005 and a .000 during our two qualifying runs declided he couldn't let me sulk alone, so he slapped a -.007 RT on Brad Plourd. GRRRRR! Three up, three down. The Martin jinx continues for us. I am the only one out of all three of us who has gotten past second round here (quarterfinals last year). I am disappointed in a few things here. 1. I appreciated letting the bracket cars and the junior dragsters in, it's a big deal for them I am sure. But I am bothered it's at the expense of our third qualifying run. We used to get a third hit Saturday morning and we lost that and I am really frustrated by that. Top Sportsman and Top Dragster were scheduled for three (they only ended up with two, but the intention was three). We all paid good money to race, $190 per car. I think we deserve three hits. I am going to let the powers that be know, I invite anyone else who feels the same to also write Scooter. 2. There is no rhyme or reason to the parking here. Maybe if we had gotten here earlier it may have been different, I guess, but we weren't that late (7 pm ish). It's a cluster. 3. I have to say however, they have some of the nicest, most wonderful staff at IHRA events and always have. Especially the tech guys (Jim, Bob, Hank, etc)! And our division starter, Bill, is truly tops! The people - it's one of the best parts of IHRA - and I would be remiss if I whined about some of the negatives and didn't mention a big positive. 4. They need to hire Bob Unkefer FULL TIME! We were in the stands for second round of Stock & SuperStock (grrrrrrr) and people around were commenting about how good his announcing was - he was a pleasure to listen to and was so informative and entertaining! Aaron Polburn, if you know what's good for growth and fan understanding, bring Bob on full time! That's it for now . . . loading up in the a.m. and heading south. Scott Macy just went -.004 in the Moser Final. BUMMER! A stocker running at Top Sportsman car! Scott still made the drive worthwhile - way to go get getting to the final! __________________ Beth Denysenko P/SA 330 www.moneymakerracing.net Last edited by Beth Denysenko; 08-01-2009 at 07:57 PM.