Live from Atco , NJ - NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[MikeFicacci]

I am new to this but it definitely seemed like there was a huge difference with the roll-outs of the lanes. Anyone else think so?

[Mickey Whaley]

yea. mike i can see it right on the screen

[Jack Matyas]

OK - I'm over it - after losing to Kenny Kopecky I went back into reporter mode and i did my regular deal .Kenny beat me fair and square by the way as I just lost total concentration and he did his job well . After finishing my wife took me to Tullia's for a fine birthday dinner ( mine is Monday BTW ) and after a hard day racing it was welcomed .

Talk about some great racing - would you believe a double G/SA heads-up in round three - it was Pires v Quatarone and Infantino v Richard with Pires and Richard winning but having to face each other in the next round and the winner of that match would get a bye into the next round - whew - following ? ? Now it really gets wierd - Kenny Kopecky racing Pires in the semis dialed an 11.73 on his 11.70 index and no one noticed - and almost got away with it ( he just made a mistake and wasn't trying to pull something ) but in the end he ran out by a few hun .

In the final it was all Pires - David Barton tried hard with his mighty Hemi Coronet but Billys' .009 and .01 over hard on the brakes was too much to handle - congrats to both drivers - it wasn't an easy day to drive or dial .

Wish I had as much info on SuperStock but being busy going a few rounds today just didn't leave much time for it .And as usual Kenny told me he'd help out but we all know Kenny - and you can't fire the boss .

Anyway - I did get to do the S/S final between Jeff Tripp in his Monte Carlo and James Antonette in his familiar Grand Am - James left first and went red handing the win to Jeff who followed with another red - congrats to them also .

[Ken Kopecky]

Jack - you had to tell the world that I found a new way to lose. I dialed an 11.73 instead of a 10.73 and didn't realize it until after the burnout and it was too late at that point. After running 11.0s all day, I just took the last 2 numbers off and put the 73 on the window. So I don't know the difference between a 1 and a 0. Talk about peddling it. I did all I could to scrub off 1 second and let me tell you, it's not easy.

Ken Kopecky
14545 E/SA

[greg fulk]

Jack the 55 Chevy has been running IHRA stock for a year or so....They went 13.22 best in P/SA last year. I would say they had something to do with NHRA dropping back from 1960 to 1955. (like IHRA)

[Bobby Fazio]

Originally Posted by MikeFicacci

I am new to this but it definitely seemed like there was a huge difference with the roll-outs of the lanes. Anyone else think so?

Yes the right lane was extremely tight. I went from .020 left lane to .002 and -.005 in right lane. My MPH was faster to the 1/8th and 1/4 on both runs in the right lane but my ET was 2 hundredths quicker in the left lane. You tell me..

Also, there were about 10 consecutive right lane red lights in R2 of stock.

[Angelo DiTocco]

Originally Posted by SStock1373

Yes the right lane was extremely tight. I went from .020 left lane to .002 and -.005 in right lane. My MPH was faster to the 1/8th and 1/4 on both runs in the right lane but my ET was 2 hundredths quicker in the left lane. You tell me..

Also, there were about 10 consecutive right lane red lights in R2 of stock.

Funny thing . . . I found the opposite to be the case. . . . I though the left was tighter.... my RT's were about hundreth slower in the right lane. . . so who knows!

[Tom Goldman]

A lot of the SG racers found the same thing, the right lane was .02 quicker in Reaction time.
My R/T's are usually very consistant,and I was always .02 slower in the Left lane.
We video every run ,and frame by frame showed the car was hitting the tree at the same time in both lanes.
Since our cars typically go straight up before going foward, it had to be a difference in beam height .
I've always found the lanes to be really close at Atco ,so this was a little suprising.
I noticed a really high number of redlights and also really poor reaction times during the first round of S/SS elims.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by boster58

Guess it just the Jersey shore syndrome


Bo Kenney

Like they say -"Bo knows" - thanks Bo - looks like my late loss was my wifes' fault not mine ............I told her I didn't want to go to Atlantic City ............

[Ken Miele]

Here is the heads-ups between Jack and Kenny.