Live from Englishtown - NHRA Supernationals

[Rich Biebel]

Curfew is 7:30 and on any normal Sunday is strictly enforced.......

With all the past trouble with noise complaints at E-Town over the years.......I doubt very seriously that they will go beyond the normal curfew time.....

Looks like a Monday completion......

Good Luck to the "Schurman-ator".........in S/G........

[Jack Matyas]

7:30 -Doesn't look good for tonight -- got close a few times - under 5 minutes to start and it would start to spritz again -- looking more and more like Monday morning at 10 am - oh well ......they are trying hard but Mother Nature won't help out ..........

[hemidup]

ESPN told the veiwers to tune back in tomorrow (Monday) at 1:30 am. They said it would be a hit or miss and I'm not going to stay up that late to find out.

[Joe DeMarzo]

Great job Ed Fernandez...my man, I was pulling for you. Eddie had a continegent of fans Saturday night cheering him on. They were Eddie's Army. Jack good job on the reporting. Godd luck to the remaining racers especially my partner in the calcuta Steve Calabro.

[Mack Reeves]

Hey Jack... Thanks for the great reports and photos...... Like being there except its way too hot in Florida!!!! FYI... the "loud" car is home ....

[Jack Matyas]

Well they finally bagged it at 9pm -- Monday morning 10:15 starting with the six Stockers that didn't finish round four .........till then ....and yes ,I'm calling off sick tomorrow ...........

[W J]

Jack, your boss must be a great person, and very understanding, as well...... WJ

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by W J

Jack, your boss must be a great person, and very understanding, as well...... WJ

Yeah --- a real sweetheart of a guy ! ! !

[Jack Matyas]

This morning - just so-so ....overcast and very warm (65) even at this early hour (6:30) but showing some promise as the TV weather folks are saying it will burn off later this AM .Everyone here i'm sure has their fingers crossed

Pictured below are the "Leftover Six" Stocker teams who got to spend more than 5 hours underneath the Raceway Park tower yesterday afternoon and evening and do nothing - well almost nothing -- think about their dials with ever changing weather - start and warm-up their engines four times - think more about how good their opponents light will be - check the air in their tires about a zillion times - well you get it -- and after all that were still denied a shot at moving on to round five -- here's my take on how they looked during the downtime ----
1) Peter Biondo and his lady looked confident the whole time - period.
2) Bubba - Showed very little emotion the entire time - maybe he had lawns to mow today .

3) Tex Miller -- He had a concerned look on him most of the time - not sure what was going on in his head .Monday morning sales meeting at work ???
4) Steve Calabro - smoked a million cigs but was "loose" for sure
5) Dave Ficcaci - Good thing we had cell service - spent most of his time texting
6) Dusty Lowell -- Don't know him well enough to get a good read ..........

[Jack Matyas]

We're half an hour from the start and still overcast but no wet stuff .Even for a Monday I'm surprised there are fans -- they have been filing in for some time now - don't get me wrong -hundreds not thousands but they stayed .Guess a lot of managers got the call this morning - you know - the one that says I'm not 'gonna make it in ! !

Just went out on the track a few minutes ago -NHRA Safety Safari along with Director Langs' team did an excellent job prepping / drying and are ready to go with time to spare .

Stay tuned ..........