"Live From" NHRA - Sony/PCRichard Pennsylvania Dutch Classic

[Ken Miele]

Dave said it all, not a good day for record setting. I caught three cars at the top of the staging lanes doing what ever it takes to lower the records.

[Dave Casey]

They ran all of SS except the Hemi cars which are in lanes, then it started to spit rain, then some big drops started. By the time Iwalked back to my rig, it stpped raining and the sun came out. They maybe resuming running in a few minutes, I think the Hemi cars are still in the lanes 11:50 am

yup they are running them now

[Dave Casey]

Got all this info from the PA announcer.

Teuton, 8.56
Howes lifted early

Abar 8.50
Comella 8.61

Tom Gordon ? 8.94
Gus Mantas 8.69 , he oiled the track badly half hour cleanup

8.78 did not get names for this pair, one driver is from Houma.LA
920

Hess 8.47 156
Smyth did not announce his time

Pancake 860
Wolkowitz car David Barton driving ? 845

looks like the weather will hold for 2-3 more hours by what I saw on the map

stock back to the lanes, see ya

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

OK - so just when you thought you've heard it all lets talk about mushrooms .Did you know that near Maple Grove under some oak trees there are mushrooms growing ? Not just any mushrooms but Sheep Head mushrooms .Speaking with NHRA Certification Team member Bob Komnath he told me of the partial truckload he harvested yesterday nearby.And will cook them tomorrow ......yum they look good ! ! ! I can't wait ................

Bob asked me if I wanted some mushrooms, I didn't know he had that many.

[SSDA Hemi]

Record is official!! SS/DA record is 9.07 @ 147.05 and SS/CA - 8.897 @ 149.41. First " official" street Hemi To break the 8 second barrier.

The air was not conducive to set records but this Ray Barton Hemi didn't know that!!

A big thanks to David and Ray Barton who understand teamwork and gave me enough horsepower to make it happen. THANK YOU !! We made it happen when it counted!

[Ken Miele]

Nice job John on your SS/CA and SS/DA record. Racing is done for the day, strongs winds and rain have hit the track. It should blow over soon, and the rest of the weekend looks great.

I was trying to get a qualifying sheet from todays action, but the rains came and I did not have enough time. Tomorrows weather will be a lot better so I will make it a point to get a sheet posted. I did see there was 116 stockers on the second sheet, more should be in tomorrow.

I tool a few shots in tear down and it looks like all have past. Me or jack should have the numbers up later.

I did get three in car videos and have lots of pictures. Check back later I should have it all up.

[Dave Casey]

The track was trying to get everyone 3 TT's, it went smoothly until the front came thru shortly after stock ran their 3rd. It is raining with thunder and lightening now and they must be done for today.

There is a qualifying sheet, hopefully someone will post it ,116 stockers and I think there are 78 SS'ers

The AH cars ran again and I saw a couple mid 40's

The #1 qualifier in SS is Vic Santos,I think Jeff Lawrence is 2nd

The #1 qualifier in stock is George Yago, not sure who was 2nd

some of this may have changed as both categories have made another run .

Tomorrow will be completely different conditions, we have class eliminations, it should be fun

[Keith 944]

Hey Jack maybe I missed it but what did you break? I saw you go home and return I thought maybe you had fixed the car

[Jack Matyas]

Well thats a wrap for sure .As Dave said things were going just fine until the storm hit and that was the end . The NHRA was kind enough to offer a third run but it just didn't happen .At this moment I'm trying to put together a list of record setters and their numbers but until I can verify them I won't put them on this forum .

Shot some pics this afternoon ...........

[Jack Matyas]

The rain just started up heavy again but it should pass over before dark .Even more photos ..........