Live from Lebanon Valley,NY NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Jack Matyas]

Afternoon kids - Well yes i've been ignoring you but in my defense i've had issues plus the Internet here in the back woods really sucks.

Most of the classes had another Q run or time trial this AM and elims will start in another hour or so starting with Stock.Later ........

[BG56]

Both NHRA.TV and YouTube feeds are frozen/blank. Are they done for the day? Weather looks good.

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by BG56

Both NHRA.TV and YouTube feeds are frozen/blank. Are they done for the day? Weather looks good.

Believe they pulled the plug at 5:00 because the round track was scheduled to start then.

[Gmirza]

Around 3:30 there was a serious pit accident involving a SG car. The incident tied up the rescue personnel which ended the racing for the day. Top dragster and Top Sportsman didn’t get their last Q session completed. Good news was the driver was banged up but not seriously injured. Tomorrow looks a bit iffy, but hopefully the rain holds off long enough to get most of the event completed. Todays weather was about as good as it gets. Mid 70’s, low humidity and a light head wind. Very unusual for L.V. Many racers were headed to the speedway, a big dirt show was on the schedule and if you had a wrist band for the drags it was only $5. Great turnout with around 65 SS and 89 stockers.

[S/ST Monte Carlo]

[QUOTE=Gmirza;662984Great turnout with around 65 SS and 89 stockers.[/QUOTE]

While 49 SS and 89 stockers may be a good number, there were 57 SS and 100 stockers in 2021. This is over a 10% decline. It gets worse if we look at pre covid numbers, there were 61 SS and 111 in stock in 2019. That represents a 20% reduction from 2019 to 2022.

The forecast was not great but the impact of inflation (especially diesel prices), and parts availability has really taken its toll on our sport.

[A Levreault]

Originally Posted by S/ST Monte Carlo

While 49 SS and 89 stockers may be a good number, there were 57 SS and 100 stockers in 2021. This is over a 10% decline. It gets worse if we look at pre covid numbers, there were 61 SS and 111 in stock in 2019. That represents a 20% reduction from 2019 to 2022.

The forecast was not great but the impact of inflation (especially diesel prices), and parts availability has really taken its toll on our sport.

In 2019 the ASRA held the Dave LeBrun/Alan Peters memorial race the weekend prior to the Lucas race and racers were allowed to leave their rigs there for the divisional. That might have been a contributing factor for the high numbers that year. Don’t get me wrong. Inflation sucks. These prices are hurting everything.

[GTS340]

Always check your dial in before staging. Third round Mike Farrell against Billy Pires. They had Billy dialed 10.38 in his J/SA. Probably 12.38 would have been correct. I bet you Mike noticed it.

Paul Haszlauer

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by GTS340

Always check your dial in before staging. Third round Mike Farrell against Billy Pires. They had Billy dialed 10.38 in his J/SA. Probably 12.38 would have been correct. I bet you Mike noticed it.

Paul Haszlauer

Most Definitely The Driver Is Responsible For The Dial, just a shame that
the race went down that way.
Hard Lesson To Learn, but as we all know, you can’t take the dial in on the
scoreboard for granted.

[Pistol Pete]

Super Stock Winner: Bryan Worner
Runner Up: Marc LaBrecque


Congrats to both drivers.

[Pistol Pete]

Stock Winner: Mike Farrell
Runner Up: Bob Conway


Congrats to both drivers.