LIVE from Pittsburgh, IHRA Nitro Jam and Pro-Am

[Michael Beard]

Heads up in E-Town! Much of Friday at Pittsburgh Raceway Park in New Alexandria, PA was full of drizzle, with one line of strong storms coming through about 6pm, which reportedly contained a couple of funnel clouds forming within a few miles of the track, although it never got bad at the track itself. Hopefully it will weaken and pass youse guys in the overnight hours. Pittsburgh's main pits are elevated, cut out of a hillside, so it tends to drain well. We had a few showers last year and the crew stayed on top of things, and we raced with no problem.

Tomorrow has the IHRA Nitro Jam show on tap, which counts as a Pro-Am points claim, and a Tournament of Champions Qualifier race with national event contingency. There's a Pro nitro show running tomorrow night, on a shortened 1000' course (for TD and TS as well, everything else is 1/4 mile). Not sure what all they have lined up for the show, but with a $40 Sat crew ticket, it's sure to be a barn burner! (please keep all barns at a minimum safe distance to avoid burning, or additional New Jersey burning license fee) ;-)

Lots of hitters at ETown, but I believe there will be a mass of talent at PRP as well, including SS Champs Cantusci, and the Volkmans, plus Philbilly the Stock World Champ, and Box World Champ JP Schuster I hear will be wheeling a Stocker.

[Michael Beard]

Late start today due to weepers after last nights rain. Starting Q2 now. Decent field, 45 Stock, 32 SS. Racing two Ducks, gonna be a busy day!

[Michael Beard]

Big crowd. They have a new set of larger grandstands, and they're filled to capacity. Gotten in two rounds of sportsman eliminations, into the Pro show currently. Gave it up .004 first round of Super Stock, but hanging in Stock, with a tough match with Philbilly coming up next.

[Zac Ross]

Congrats Michael on winning the TOC race in stock eliminator, and to Aaron Allison on your runner-up. Great driving by both drivers.

[HR9121]

Nice job Michael congrats on your win.

[Larry Hill]

Winning and reporting, thats gitting it done!

[Jeremy1374]

Great job Mike

[Myron Piatek]

Congrats on your Sat. Win! See ya in Memphis!

Div. 3 - just wait till he moves to Ohio and is in closer proximity to Terry Knott's car.

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Late start today due to weepers after last nights rain. Starting Q2 now. Decent field, 45 Stock, 32 SS. Racing two Ducks, gonna be a busy day!

Congrats on your win...which car were you in.


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[Chris1529]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Late start today due to weepers after last nights rain. Starting Q2 now. Decent field, 45 Stock, 32 SS. Racing two Ducks, gonna be a busy day!

It was really busy for some since they changed the run order and ran super stock last. There weren't as many Hot Rods as usual, so Super Stock was still running eliminations and they were calling the next round of Hot Rod, and Stock for pairings. I know they did it because of the scales, but some folks were still making their elimination run in SS and the announcer was yelling for them for the next round of stock saying they were missing from the pairings.
Pittsburgh has spent alot of money on renovations, but I sure hope they put in a regular set of scales soon.