NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Yea, it was a really great day! Drag Racing is still one of those sports where you get within close proximity to the pit action, and the drivers and crew are quite accomodating.

We had a crew guy from Del Worsham's team run us down and ask if Benjamin wanted to meet Del. Of course! So, under the ropes we went, past the crew tearing into the funny car, up into the big rig trailer - squeezed past a few crew guys downloading the run and up into the 'office'. Del was impressed with Benjamin running Jr's, and inquired if he liked racing, [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

We had another crew guy from another TF team come over and ask Benjamin if he wanted to pick out a blown up piston. Of course! Amazing what damage gets done on Nitro!

The best time to be at the track is on Saturday afternoon, after the last round of qualifying. The pressure is off the teams, they aren't packing up (like Sunday), and the crowds have really thinned out. I know that going around the pits with your son (who's wearing a shirt with the mfg'r of his Jr Dragster on it) obviously gets special attention from the teams. They really gravitate towards the kids. So, between the whole Jr Dragster 'feeder' series, and the attention from the professionals, the future of Drag Racing looks brighter than it did ~20 years ago.

Also, saw Jerry McNeish run his '67 Z - car was really hauling the mail! My buddy Stan Germanski (original owner of a CS Deuce) was running his '68 SS Camaro in F/SA, he's got the record - at the moment. Love watching the Stockers run, bring on the Dutch Classic!