"Live" from Topeka!

[Larry Hill]

A suggestion overheard in tech , a sign that reads "All weight must be added or removed before entering scales".

Larry

[Alan Roehrich]

Larry, watch out for that guy in the orange 69 Camaro. And get a picture of him at the scales and fuel check after that first pass!

[Ron Zenzen 5402]

I stand corrected.

[Larry Hill]

It is a gorgeous day here in Topeka. Blue skies and temp in 60's. I haven't figured DA yet. I will get it for you later. Super street starts out at 7:45, then stock, super gas, superstock, sc, then 1st round of class. It would have been nice to get a run in each lane before class, but that's the way it goes. We are supposed to run all 3 rounds of class by 12:30.

Nothing much happening right now except for warm-ups.

More later.

So where is Terry Edwards pitted???

Patsy

[Larry Hill]

Well we just made our 1st run. There were 91 stockers, I believe. There were 7 A/SA. Most everybody was out of it. West went 10.41 at 105. Duell only went 117. The DA was 2232'. We seem to be about a tenth slower than Norwalk a couple of weeks ago at the same DA. We only went 10.38. We should pick up a little the next run. They are running super stock now.

Well wish us luck. We're gonna need it.

Later.

Oh, Banks in a new Mustang in A/S went 10.98 sputtering all the way down the track and still ran 130 mph.

Patsy

[5919 SSKA]

Super Stock just ran...DA after the run was 2930ft, with a Temp of 78.9 and rising quickly! It's gonna be a hot one today.

They just called Stock Class to the lanes.

[Larry Hill]

Well let me begin by it wasn't a good day for Mopars! If you forget to turn on the 2 step, things usually don't go so well. Sure enough, the big red light comes on! Ronnie West and Gene Mosbek also red-lighted. I haven't actually added up, but I would say more than half the races 1st round of class were decided by a red-light. I guess we will see when DRC posts the results. A few winners 1st round: Duell, Henderson, Fletcher--beat Hagberg who had a 330 light, Findell, Williams, Cotten,Suiter, Scheitlin, Folk, Biondo, Pendarvis, Fuqua, Waldo, Grier,Gaynor, Knudsen, Picht.

More later.
Patsy

[Alkey Alex]

Does anyone remember St. Louis Round 4 at the Nationals last year?

****WINNER****
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT---ET-- Speed---Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3000 M.J. Quinn 5103 Danny Byrd
E4 0.022 11.782 110.46 0.006 10.998 119.15
J/SA Dial: 11.78 (+/-): 0.002 F/S Dial: 10.98 (+/-): 0.018
Prior rounds:
E3 (D Dunlap ) 0.115 12.052 0.262 (J Carnero ) 0.007 11.036 0.076
E2 (B Wenzel ) 0.004 11.780 -0.010 (G Greening ) 0.002 11.057 0.097
E1 (D Robinson) 0.012 11.808 -0.012 (B Koski ) 0.044 10.980 -0.120
Qualified: #39 11.800 -0.950 #33 11.114 -0.986

This was basically a dead heat with Quinn taking the win...M.J. Quinn's MOV: 0.0001 seconds.
M.J. Quinn's package: 0.024.
Danny Byrd's package: 0.024.

[5919 SSKA]

Boy is it ever warm here in Topeka for a MN boy...We just ran 1st Rd of Class. Jeff Town had me sucked up early. Should be a good GT/HA final between him and Don O'Malley.

Weather after my run was 89.8F with a DA 3615Ft.

Off to the A/C room in the hotel for a bit.

[countrypuppy4865]

Originally Posted by Alkey Alex

Does anyone remember St. Louis Round 4 at the Nationals last year?

****WINNER****
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT---ET-- Speed---Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3000 M.J. Quinn 5103 Danny Byrd
E4 0.022 11.782 110.46 0.006 10.998 119.15
J/SA Dial: 11.78 (+/-): 0.002 F/S Dial: 10.98 (+/-): 0.018
Prior rounds:
E3 (D Dunlap ) 0.115 12.052 0.262 (J Carnero ) 0.007 11.036 0.076
E2 (B Wenzel ) 0.004 11.780 -0.010 (G Greening ) 0.002 11.057 0.097
E1 (D Robinson) 0.012 11.808 -0.012 (B Koski ) 0.044 10.980 -0.120
Qualified: #39 11.800 -0.950 #33 11.114 -0.986

This was basically a dead heat with Quinn taking the win...M.J. Quinn's MOV: 0.0001 seconds.
M.J. Quinn's package: 0.024.
Danny Byrd's package: 0.024.

Why does NHRA always pick the left lane to win the "tie?" (0.0001)

Alex,
I lost to my dad 2 weeks ago in Houston at the division race and I was in the left lane.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
46 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. 4860 Jimmy Hidalgo
E3 0.026 10.663 117.45 ****WINNER**** 0.005 10.894 120.38
B/SA Dial: 10.65 (+/-): 0.013 D/SA Dial: 10.86 (+/-): 0.034
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Courts ) 0.055 10.696 0.036 (S Pizzolato ) 0.004 10.857 0.017
E1 (J Mikolajczy) 0.040 10.640 0.060 (M Allemand ) 0.042 10.864 0.044
Qualified: #25 10.612 -0.938 #18 10.871 -0.979
4:52 p.m. "Dads know best." "Country Dog" takes out "Country Puppy." Jimmy Hidalgo's MOV: 0.0001 seconds (approximately 0 inches). Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.'s package: 0.039. Jimmy Hidalgo's package: 0.039.