"Live" from Atco,NJ-PC Richard National Open

[Sal Biondo]

Hey Jack -

Did you notice how Ken ran??

Sal

[JIM MARSHALL]

Congrats Gary
Glad you can't run G yet, lol.

Jim

[Gary Parker]

Thanks everyone. Thanks to Brian Tilburg for lots of horse power. Oh course we have to go through tech tomorrow. Later Gary

[Doug Blackley]

Originally Posted by Sal Biondo

Hey Jack -

Did you notice how Ken ran??

Sal

Sal, didn't see a full run but he broke the rear in the last round of test cycles. Hopefully he can get home for his spare.

[Jack Matyas]

Weekend local weather here at Atco -- Friday -- rain and 63 degrees
Saturday -- Windy and 62 degrees
Sunday -- if needed -- Partly cloudy and 63 degrees

Vic -- Yep , gettin' old is tough
Mr .Warehime -- Sorry you're sittin' this one out -- hope to see you soon.
AC -- Couple of B/SA wedges here but I was a little busy today to see much
Sal -- Kenny made some passes today -- saw him spin once and on another he broke the rear.....

Atco track fact -- Racetrack is a mear 93 feet above sea level .

With only four records broken today teardown will be tomorrow morning and shouldn't be a very long affair -- stay tuned ..........

For those of you that are interested there was a "new" CobraJet here today -- sorry I didn't get his name but after a couple of tries he made it down the track-- drove it easy out of the gate and went 9.88 in AA/SA.Kenny told me he got some shots of it to be posted soon .

[Doug Blackley]

The new CJ is Erich Bollmans.

[Ken Miele]

Its after midnight, final got the new rear in. It broke on the last test session pass. Fighting lots of gremlins today, the rear was the icing on the cake. I just wanted to make a few easy runs and get ready for race day......good thing I decided to run the car today.

I took some pictures, but my plan was to drive through the pits and give everyone some shots of the new cars or cars that have not been seen much. Well, things did not go as planned, maybe tomorrow.

The air was pretty good to day. My gauges were showing about 1100 feet. Barometer was 29.95 and the humidity was between 50 and 60%, temp was around 62.

I got a look at the only northeast CJ, this one was race ready, not like the one in Florida. Eric Bollman's CJ is one of the 50. I got to run him, it was a interesting run. I'm not going to get into all the numbers, but I can run with him today. I went a 9.89 to his 9.88. As for the future, I do not think I will have enough pony's for the new CJ. It will be tough to run with them, I will have my work cut out for me. They are cools cars, and I'm glad to see them racing.

The AA car to beat right now is David Barton's Hemi. He went 9.73, that was an impressive run, I don't think I could have went any better then a 9.79 if I stepped it up. Lots of people are worried about the CJ, I'm more concerned about Barton's Hemi. Another car here to watch in AA is Steve Sawka...sorry Steve if I spelled you name wrong.

I will try to get more pictures tomorrow. I hope I have a better day, but I'm still having fun even when breaking parts.

[Tom Moock]

Bollman`s Mustang went 137.65 mph.if his car number is 112, the record for AA/SA is 134.24, Tom

[Ed Carpenter]

Damn 9.74 in SS/H. Back to work. Who set it? Post a pic if possible.Congrats to whoever it was. ED