Live from Englishtown-NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[danielct301]

Looks like Jeanne Linke really stepped it up in that second round!
LOL!!!.

[Chuck Porter]

1 1116 J/SA Jeanne Linke, Old Bridge NJ, '85 Camaro 10.859 12.75 -1.891

How much for that car? !!!!!! LOL
Chuck

[Jack Matyas]

Well , we got both passes in today but no one had much to show for it as the #1 seed turned out to be "only" -1.164 under with Steve Szupka in J/SA being the lucky pilot .#2 was a surprising David Barton in his A/SA Hemi.#3 had Henry Kunz in his old faithful 69 Nova G/SA .#4 turned out to be me in E/SA and I thought it would be better .#5 was Barry Parker in B/SA who finally outdid his brother who was #6 in H/SA.At #7 it was Dave Casey in his G/S Camaro who abandoned his friends in New England to come here .#8 was the big body terror of Frank Bialas in C/SA .At # 9 it was Bill Beldons' stick shift Nova and James Perrone in his 69 Nova H/SA made #10 being -1.036 under .

With only 80 cars on the property this is the smallest car count in Stock I've ever witnessed here at E-town and I'm not sure if the economy is the blame or the weather .Speaking of the weather , the temps have dropped a bunch in the last hour or so-- the storm is coming -- no doubt about it .

The Second annual PC Richard / Pontiac BAR-B-Q was a big hit tonight -- great "free" food and drinks along with "free" t-shirts and plenty of "free" door prizes-- all in attendance had a great time I'm sure .Did I mention there were "free" things -- thanks to Gary Richard and our friends at Pontiac .And lets not forget the fine folks at Raceway Park who hosted at the Top End Bar and Lounge--a great place to hold a bar-b-q.
'Till tomorrow..............
PS-- FYI-- Jeanne Linke was .891 under at #41 in J/SA

[chris ok]

congrats to barry parker on #5, 2nd run looked good, I think 10.47, and our friends with the C/SA GTX and the 350 pontiac Firebird I think N/SA. really good group of people running stock, everyone we spoke with. from Chris and Mary.
good luck all this weekend.
Its 3am, I can't sleep and its pouring out here in NY.chris

[Jack Matyas]

Nothing but dark clouds this morning but they are still planning to start time trials at 10 am with Stock going out first followed by S/S and then Comp with the Super classes after that if its not raining..we'll see ! ! ! Back later........

[Bruce Noland]

Thanks Jack,

The rain may be a minor problem this weekend when compared to the predicted wind gusts. Be careful when towing home after the race.

[racerhead]

Jack,

80 cars at Englishtown plus 50 at Epping equals 130 stockers competing in division one at the same time...not bad.

Thanks for the great reports.

Bruce Deveau

[Jack Matyas]

Stock -- S/S and Comp all got their last pop in this morning .Picked up some fresh cars in all categories and the Ficacci Family took over the top spot in Stock with their G/S 70 Camaro .Other results not printed yet .All the "leakers" are on the track now with the Super cars to follow if it doesn't rain first -- and it looks like it may start any minute .Looking out at the track the flags are straight accross and flapping a bunch -- I think we might be in for "the big one" .

From a performance standpoint its all trash here as the humidity is in the high seventies and the barometer dropped two tenths...........its all downhill from here .

I can't believe it but they just called us to the lanes for first round.................later .Opps ,we have to go after the super classes and another round of leakers......never happen today ..wind is picking up ...flags ripping even more .We'll see............
PS-- the photo is this morning as the stockers went thru Englishtown's famous "hole in the wall".Stick with me on this photo thing --I'm learning but it may take awhile .