Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Raceway

Jack Matyas · 05-11-2016, 12:27 PM

Hi Gang - Seems like I barely got my clothes washed and here we are again .No , I'm not there yet but will be .Today I'm told there are some private teams testing along with parking .As soon as I can verify the testing results i'll post 'em .

Tomorrow will be test and tune and ClassRacer will be covering for sure .Myself and hopefully the boss ( aka - yo ken ) shall bring you all the news from what will be the biggest National Open ever held .If you bump into Gary Richard over the weekend let him know how much it means to us - his support is the best ! !

I'll be back .........

Jack Matyas · 05-11-2016, 01:14 PM

Just confirmed with one of my peeps that there is a 'private' track rental going on as I type - be back soon with who's involved ...........

Ken Miele · 05-11-2016, 08:22 PM

Jack is correct, there was track rental today. A few Stockers and Super Stockers along with some no time cars and bikes rented the track today.

Todd Hoven ran some mid 10.50's in D/SA. Jim Boudreau ran some 9.80's in B/SA. Jonathan Allegrucci was testing his Drag V10 and ran some mid 8.80's I have a few videos to edit and I will upload later.

Here are some shots of the cars testing today. As you can see from the first photo, Atco has a new burnout pad.

Jim Hanig · 05-11-2016, 08:29 PM

What kind of air do you have Ken. thanks

Ken Miele · 05-11-2016, 08:56 PM

Jim, a few of the teams that I talked to said it was about a 1000ft, temps were in the upper 60's.

Here are the videos I took today, the first one is a little shaky, still trying to figure out this new camera. Check out the last photo, any of you know why Todd Hoven has a keyed lock on the front fender of his Firebird.

Tim H · 05-11-2016, 09:04 PM

I'll take a guess that the key lock on fender is for an "old school" alarm system.

05-11-2016, 12:27 PM	#1
Jack Matyas Live Reporter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bethlehem , PA -Christmas City , USA Posts: 4,930 Likes: 406 Liked 2,050 Times in 398 Posts	Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Raceway Hi Gang - Seems like I barely got my clothes washed and here we are again .No , I'm not there yet but will be .Today I'm told there are some private teams testing along with parking .As soon as I can verify the testing results i'll post 'em . Tomorrow will be test and tune and ClassRacer will be covering for sure .Myself and hopefully the boss ( aka - yo ken ) shall bring you all the news from what will be the biggest National Open ever held .If you bump into Gary Richard over the weekend let him know how much it means to us - his support is the best ! ! I'll be back ......... __________________ Jack Matyas 1547 FS/C 2015 Camaro COPO # 62- 2012 Camaro Convertible COPO

05-11-2016, 01:14 PM	#2
Jack Matyas Live Reporter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bethlehem , PA -Christmas City , USA Posts: 4,930 Likes: 406 Liked 2,050 Times in 398 Posts	Re: Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Racew Just confirmed with one of my peeps that there is a 'private' track rental going on as I type - be back soon with who's involved ........... __________________ Jack Matyas 1547 FS/C 2015 Camaro COPO # 62- 2012 Camaro Convertible COPO

05-11-2016, 08:22 PM	#3
Ken Miele Live Reporter Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,861 Likes: 456 Liked 16,554 Times in 1,522 Posts	Re: Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Racew Jack is correct, there was track rental today. A few Stockers and Super Stockers along with some no time cars and bikes rented the track today. Todd Hoven ran some mid 10.50's in D/SA. Jim Boudreau ran some 9.80's in B/SA. Jonathan Allegrucci was testing his Drag V10 and ran some mid 8.80's I have a few videos to edit and I will upload later. Here are some shots of the cars testing today. As you can see from the first photo, Atco has a new burnout pad. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Ken Miele; 05-11-2016 at 08:24 PM.

05-11-2016, 08:29 PM	#4
Jim Hanig Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pukwana SD Posts: 860 Likes: 554 Liked 99 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Racew What kind of air do you have Ken. thanks

05-11-2016, 08:56 PM	#5
Ken Miele Live Reporter Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,861 Likes: 456 Liked 16,554 Times in 1,522 Posts	Re: Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Racew Jim, a few of the teams that I talked to said it was about a 1000ft, temps were in the upper 60's. Here are the videos I took today, the first one is a little shaky, still trying to figure out this new camera. Check out the last photo, any of you know why Todd Hoven has a keyed lock on the front fender of his Firebird. Attached Thumbnails

05-11-2016, 09:04 PM	#6
Tim H VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,041 Likes: 1,071 Liked 481 Times in 158 Posts	Re: Live from the NHRA PC Richard National Open @ Atco Racew I'll take a guess that the key lock on fender is for an "old school" alarm system.