Live from Englishtown , NJ - NHRA Supernationals

[Ken Miele]

Good morning everyone, first round is done for Stock, Super Stock will be out later for first round.

Temp71
Humid 30%
Bar 30.00
DA 1162
Wind Cross 10mph

The weather was much better this morning for most. Picking up anywhere from 7 to 12 hundreds. The wind was a little screwy, most of the time it was only a cross but other times it went head cross. I was lucky, could not run the number. It does not matter much anyway, I have Dave Thomas next round. I think I can pickup a little, but realistically I have no shot.

Here are a few shots of the staging lanes, it looked like a NYC traffic jam at times.

I hope to have Micheal Iacono for the in car cam today.

Larry, not sure I will be making the trip. If I go I will do a in car with you.

[Chuck Beach]

Originally Posted by Chris1529

do the new cars have remote start too?

And remote drivers?

[Troy Henderson]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Troy go back and look at live from Maple Grove there is a vidoe of Dons run. Notice how at 6000 the 750 hp engine just hangs for a moment before it starts to move again, but only in first gear. Throttle by wire "You just can't beat it"

I don't like throttle by wire either but it’s probably just showing clutch slip until it gets some driveshaft speed and locks it up. I'd really like to see his racepak graphs.

[Mike Fuller]

Nice light Ken!

Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1121 Lenny Williams 1656 Ken Miele
E1 -0.005 10.843 119.70 ****WINNER**** 0.000 9.844 133.42
F/SA Dial: 10.85 (+/-): -0.007 AA/SA Dial: 9.79 (+/-): 0.054
Qualified: #9 10.898 -0.952 #52 9.871 -0.729

[Bunkster]

I noticed Bud Rowe got a freebie first round: He didn't even have to take a shot at the tree.

Was Mr. Rowe's opponent a no-show?

[Dennis P Chapman]

Originally Posted by Bunkster

I noticed Bud Rowe got a freebie first round: He didn't even have to take a shot at the tree.

Was Mr. Rowe's opponent a no-show?

He had Ed F he went red.

[WitchyWoman]

Go greg, go!!!!!

[Jack Matyas]

Wow - You won't believe it but I've been trying since 6am to connect onto the Internet and just got on now - thanks Verizon Wireless ! ! !

Plenty to talk about but I'm afraid I'll lose the Internet again .

I must say that round wins came in weird ways for me but never like today - I was to run Bob Moran heads - up this morning but last night he had a pit scooter / golf cart accident and when the smoke cleared he had a broken leg .Bob got a trip to the hospital and a temporary cast and by 2am was on his way home and will have surgery there tomorrow to fix and repair the break .Hope everything goes well and we hear from Bob or a member of his family .

I can't tell you much about the first round as I was one of the last to run and didn't get to see much ........but was it ever fast as there were plenty of breakouts I've been told .And did the track have teeth - Holy Cow Batman - big wheelstands .

And how about our feerless leader Mr. Ken with that triple zero light ? He's won this event before so ...........well , I won't jinx him .

SuperStock is out on the track as I type and I'll try and get some news for you ............

[Larry Hill]

Troy if the clutch is slipping why does the tach not move? Is it an example of acceleration curve not matching the one set in the computer, and then the computer adjusting the air intake to make it match? I always thought the clutch slipped or the tires spun with the tach always moving forward!

[Frank Castros]

When was the last time Peter Biondo, Anthony Bertozzi and Dan Fletcher all went out in the first round of Super Stock?