Live from Maple Grove-NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[danny waters sr]

Wow ,that sure worked out to not have any heads up in the 2nd round. Lots of possibilities that did not happen. Back to the" COMBO" race for now.

[Ty Webb]

I think that there were 7 possibilities for heads-ups for Stock Rd. two. The only one that came out was the D/SA battle of Wendy Caliendo and Matt Welker. The possible 3rd, rd. H/U battle of M/SA's didn't pan out either. There's still a possible 3rd. rd. F/SA battle along with a G/SA that could prove to be interesting.

Line'm up!

[Jack Matyas]

For those who were first round runner-ups a meeting was held at the Shady Maple -- and for those who stuck around for the rest of todays activities -- you missed a great meal ! ! !

[Doug Blackley]

There's a "shady" looking crowd....lol.

[Jack Matyas]

Stuck around tonight to see some great racing and the annual fireworks display put on by Maple Grove -- a very nice show with plenty of ou's and ah's - this was a treat for the many families who attended today's program .And I 'gotta tell you -- I have new respect for photogs -- taking fireworks shots is no easy deal ...........

[B Aceves]

Originally Posted by Doug Blackley

It's a normal Divisional race.

MY Bad, the Pic of Jack standing next to the sign for a combo race threw me off
Heads up races are whats its all about I was just Jealous I guess...

[Larry Hill]

Jack, thanks for the outstanding reports on "Live From". Now I have to get back to work.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Stuck around tonight to see some great racing and the annual fireworks display put on by Maple Grove -- a very nice show with plenty of ou's and ah's - this was a treat for the many families who attended today's program .And I 'gotta tell you -- I have new respect for photogs -- taking fireworks shots is no easy deal ...........

I thought they were pictures Ken Milies 428 coming apart at the finish line for a moment.......Just Kidding. Ken knows I wouldnt wish that on anyone.
The pictures are first class. Your pretty good with that camera. Thanks for the reports and pictures. I miss being there this year.

[Jack Matyas]

Good morning -- Because of a brief shower both the NHRA team and Maple Grove guys had to spend some extra time drying the track this AM and had all available equipment in use -its good now and we'll start off soon with S/Street then S/Gas followed by Stock .After a hard scraping this morning the track will have teeth for sure -- its killer .

Big quote of the weekend by Roy Hill -- he said that Rick Hendricks shop is only a mile from his and swears that the "new" Camaros are coming .........we'll see .

BTW -- Today is the race day everyone has been waiting for -- sunny - blue skies -- temps in the low seventies ..........if you're not here you missed something very nice indeed .

[BlueOval Ralph]

On this subject
Big quote of the weekend by Roy Hill -- he said that Rick Hendricks shop is only a mile from his and swears that the "new" Camaros are coming .........we'll see .

Roy dosen't know if he rear end is punched or bored on this subject. I Checked with some very high up people at GM last week their story is the plant has no interest on this subject with them getting the new Camaro Convert out of the plant and now with the new Buicks coming on line. You guys keep forgeting that GM needs volume cars to make $$$$ not a 50 car build. You also forget that they gave up on Drag Racing the they filed for Bankrupacy last summer. Haven't you seen the NHRA Fords that they drive.

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Good morning -- Because of a brief shower both the NHRA team and Maple Grove guys had to spend some extra time drying the track this AM and had all available equipment in use -its good now and we'll start off soon with S/Street then S/Gas followed by Stock .After a hard scraping this morning the track will have teeth for sure -- its killer .

Big quote of the weekend by Roy Hill -- he said that Rick Hendricks shop is only a mile from his and swears that the "new" Camaros are coming .........we'll see .

BTW -- Today is the race day everyone has been waiting for -- sunny - blue skies -- temps in the low seventies ..........if you're not here you missed something very nice indeed .