Live from Rising Sun, Maryland - NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Jack Matyas]

Hi gang - Well here we are again only this time its really,really nice at the track with temps in the low eighty range , low humidity and most of all - blue skies .Test n tune has just begun on the newly repaired Cecil County surface and that should make the fast car people happy .

Other news ------- would you believe there has been a Bob Bender sighting ????? That and he has brought along the 'fat girl'.Yeah , I know - to those who don't know thats not what we call Penny his wife but its his nickname for that huge white whale - his '70 Kingswood wagon that he races- all almost 2 1/2 tons of it .Welcome back Bob ! ! ! And Penny too .........

Believe it or not Ken is here this weekend for the second race in a row and has agreed to help out once again .........Hmmmmm - he must be planning on giving himself a huge Christmas bonus .

Photos on their way from the test n tune asap ..............later .

[Lew Silverman]

Good Luck to everyone at Cecil County this weekend! Weather looks to be great!!

[Jack Matyas]

Great afternoon for car watching and caught a few nice streeters along the way .......

[Ken Miele]

Lew, the weather is nice, warm but pleasant. The test and tune started about 2. Some cars were having issues with the starting line. I grab some shots early in the afternoon as people were getting teched and ready to test.

I'm headed back to the starting line to get some more photos, be back later.

[Ken Miele]

More....

[Dave Muller]

Thanks, nice pictures!

And it's good to see that Charlie Bubka is still getting out there.

[Ken Miele]

Test and tune is done for today. There were a few interesting cars testing today. Vic Cagnazzi was is his COPO, running in FS/E. I saw a few run in the high 9.80's. JC Beattie in his ATI COPO Super Stocker went 8.20.

A red record holding Camaro went a 10.12 in B along with an orange one that went 10.14. The red car had parts flying everywhere. Three converters, headers, and who know what else was changed. Just watching these guys work was wearing me out. It looks the battle for B at Indy will be brutal.

Racing starts at 9am tomorrow.

[Ken Miele]

Almost forgot my in car camera video. Here is Jeff Bardekoff driving Fred Palumbo's gorgeous 1964 Dodge 330 built and painted by Eric Bardekoff.

[Jack Matyas]

Good morning boys and girls -Today is starting out just like yesterday - picture perfect without a doubt .And the next few will be more of the same .Yippee............

As Ken wrote last evening parts were flying everywhere yesterday as many racers are using this event as a tune-up for Bowling Green / Indy and this morning we'll find out more of whats in store for the next few weeks .As the evening came to a close the track really came around even though the air wasn't terrific (2400' @7:30 by my weather station)and the traction was at its best .

This morning we are to start at 9:30 with everyone getting two shots at the 1/4 mile and I'm told the possibility of a third 'freebie' is on the table .I've also been told that racing on Saturday evening will not - repeat will not be done in the dark - all should be secure by 7:30 .I'll follow up on this news so everyone can make dinner plans ..............

Back in a bit ...............

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Is this event streaming live anywhere?