"Live" from Earlville

[Larry Hill]

Sam Hamod beat us 2nd round. He had a .029 package and Larry was dead late.

Track prep this round was lacking. Steve Hagberg spun in front of Larry. Then Larry left initially, got in some oil and went left. The reason he knows it was oil is because the left wheel on the wheelie bar had oil all over it, but the right one didn't. But if he hadn't spun Sam would have still killed us!

Hopefully next week's report will be from Shreveport, LA unless Hurricane Ike gets them.

We are going down to the Grosz's for dinner cooked in a milk can! Sounds really great. Start out with corn on the cob on the bottom then lots of other stuff. Cooked on a turkey fryer.

I will let you know how it was.

They only ran 2 rounds of everything tonight, then hopefully the weather will co-operate to finish up tomorrow.

We are all packed up and will hit the road first thing in the morning for our 9+ hour drive home.
Later.
Patsy & Larry

[Jack Matyas]

Pasty & Larry -- Too bad you got your "Pink Fish" into some oil -- no one likes losing that way .Better luck will find you next weekend .Meanwhile we're still trying to chase Hurricane Hanna out of town so we can have first round tomorrow morning -- have a safe drive home ............Jack & Debbie

PS--That milk can deal sounds neat .Gotta try it ! !

[Larry Hill]

Just got back in from a wonderful dinner down at the Grosz'. Sweet corn, onions, potatoes, carrots, brats, and sausage all cooked in a milk can. This is what racing is all about. Making new friends and having a great time. Must a been 40-50 people there. Most all of us had already been beaten. Some of the winners still there: Jamey and Dave Picht, Jamie Kilgore, Mike Koppein Losers (only for today!) : Brian Schultz, Chris Knudsen, Randy Sheperd, the Cooks ( I think 1 of them is still in). Of course Steve and Melinda Koppein were there. Lots of other people were there that I didn't get their names and everyone had a great time.

Well hopefully we will be down in Shreveport next weekend if Hurricane Ike doesn't scare us off and we will tell you all about the big dinner Bobby Brannon is putting on.

So til later.
Everyone have a safe race and a safe trip home.

Good luck to ya'll up in Hanna land. Hope you get your race in too.

Patsy

[Larry Hill]

It is 7:40 and we are on our way home after getting diesel for $3.99.

Just saw another racer at the pumps who was talking about the 2nd round last night. The starting line crew cleaned the starting line after 2 A/SA cars both spun. We love going to Earlville and had never had a problem with the line until this trip. We lost a time trial run because of getting in something and then it was a contributor to our loss 2nd round. 500 miles is a long way to come and hopefully the starting crew will do a better job next year ( and for the rest of this race). Whenever you guys get home, let us know if they took better care of it today.

Until the next race.
Be safe.

Patsy & Larry

[Bruce Noland]

Patsy & Larry,

I'm sorry to hear about the starting line problems.

Thank you for the great posts and look forward to more in the future.

Bruce

[442OLDS]

Great report Patsy.
As I told you at the track,I thought I was the only one that nearly took out the Christmas Tree Saturday morning, and then I read your report on my cell phone,and realized that it just wasn't me.I just got back from Byron today,and the car was working well,so I definately think it was track prep and not the car.
The track was in good shape for the first run on Friday.My mom ran 11.14 in one of the first few pairs of cars out.She then weighed,and went to fuel check,but nobody was there,so she went back to the pits.Sure enough,they didn't count the run.DQ!!!!
I ran my first qualifying run,and then went to fuel check.On the second run,I went a little faster,so I went to fuel check and they said that It wasn't necessary because it was okay last time.So if my mom's fuel was fine on the second pass,you would think that they would have counted the first pass????
One thing that I never saw before was that the first three pair to run were listed on the ladder,which was an interesting idea.Do any other divisions do this?I thought it seemed to work well.If you were picked to be one of the first three pair out,there was no hanging out at the rear of the lanes.
I'm sure the track was probably much better today.They seemed to be in way too much of a rush.At least I didn't drive as far as you,because that has to be pretty disappointing.

[Tom Moock]

442olds. if you are talking about stock on friday, I was first down track in the right lane and bob blackwell was giving out cups for fuel checks, if i recall, I`m old, on the track my 60` foots were 1.584, 1.567, 1.559,1.560 I know my car is slow, Tom

[Larry Hill]

Larry wanted me to come back on here and say he didn't blame the starting line for his loss. His bad light was the reason he lost ( and Sam's good driving and run).

Patsy

[Joe Demarais]

Larry and Patsy, I drove by your trailer with my golf cart and didn't put 2+2 together to figure out it was you folks. I read all your track updates, its almost like being there. I love your car color, you can't go past it without looking. Will have to stop by and jabber next year.