"Live From" NHRA 4-Wide National

[thomas sheehan]

my cheap camera sux when taking start line pics from the bleachers....
sorry..... but here's what I got.

class 1 of stock again...



boburka over garlits



lee over howell



shaw and strickland



totaro n kincaid

[thomas sheehan]

richard over kenney



Bryan Phillips over linke..... thanks for the help (jared)..... long day!

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

Well I am sure most of you know who won class, although many did lift there were more than I thought went fast enough to triggering a review. I had no chance against Dave. I had some issues with the run against Jordan in the first round of class, even though I won the car was still off. Against Dave I was back to my normal race mode to see if the car was okay, everything is fine.

I am not here to bash any new car or driver, it is what it is. The car is cool and I am happy he has his first class win with his new car. Dave's a great guy and I couldn't be happier for him.

I was very happy two see Iacono win class. I heard that him and Dempsey are on good terms again, always nice to see that at the races.

The track for super stock's first round was still not as good as some drivers would like. Brian Oakes spun bad for the loss. For me the track has been great but I did here some are still having issues.

The A/SA was a tough one, its so hard not to make the wrong move. The final between Jim Boburka and Gary Richard was a tough one. The old cars can't afford to get power and obviously the new ones don't want to get power. I know many are upset with lifting, but I think the race between Jim and Gary ended well with Jim taking the win. Both Drivers are class acts and is why I love this sport. The people make this sport and I am sure most would agree, its why we race.

Joe Lisa was dq’d for an aluminum driveshaft. There was teardown, not engines though. Carbs, throttle bodies, driveshafts and head numbers. All class winners went to teardown.
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Here are to more in car camera runs. I tried to get Jason Line but I was so busy with my car I could not get to him before he ran. Chuck Veach and Monty Bogan are the featured drivers today. I hope to get Jason Line and Pete Biondo tomorrow.

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Hey Kenny,can I get my 15 seconds at Englishtown (well hopefully low 13 secs.)if the car is ready?I'll show you how I twist my head around like Linda Blair in the Exorsist.

[Jared Jordan]

The unknown red firebird with Linke, above, is Bryan Phillips. Bryan is formerly of Division 7 and a real nice guy. Car is fast too.

[thomas sheehan]

jason line and mark beaver



the mcfarlands battle it out for the A/S title...



jorge carnero and bob conway jr (L/SA)



skipper over hudlow...



lynch over zimmerman

[thomas sheehan]

iacono over bertozzi



richardson over ???



pie dent over brenda grubbs



tex over fletcher

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by Jared Jordan

The unknown red firebird with Linke, above, is Bryan Phillips. Bryan is formerly of Division 7 and a real nice guy. Car is fast too.

The new paint job looks great also. Good luck, Bryan!


-Toby

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

The pits are finally starting to fill up so I was able to get pictures. Some thoughts on the aluminum center section.

While I was in tech I did here some talk about it, they did check Bill Hawks car, not sure if they checked anyone else, but I am sure they did. As far as tech is concerned we can't use them. I know one one racer who just stayed home.

Michael Iacono is driving Eric Merryfield DP, he is running C/SA along with Dempsey Pendarvis in his DP running C/SA should be interesting there is no love lost between them so I hear.

Thanks Ken, now I know what my car would look like with as a fwd conversion in S/S trim (thanks to Croker's car)...looks pretty cool to me, and almost the same paint job too!

Thanks also for the news reporting, and all of the photos....

Go Team "Lynch Mob" !

Originally Posted by Mike Fuller

Nice Run for Keith

2032 Jack Zimmerman 5035 Keith Lynch
C1 0.096 10.273 118.37 ****WINNER**** 0.055 9.976 120.05
B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -0.977 B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -1.274
Qualified: #25 10.415 126.10 #1 10.029 132.10

[CycloneFE]

I am enjoying all of the reporting, and photo work, still and video. I hope all of you have a good time, but looking at the weather for you today, all I can say is stay safe and be careful. I tried to find a thread that talked about how we might handle ourselves in case of bad weather but could not find.

Take care none the less and hopefully you will get some racing done.