November FAST Drags & Factory Stock Drag Race!!

[supergonzo]

BTW The NHRA has changed the rules for rollbars, to 11.49 or faster. This is good news for Factory Stock and FAST Racing

[supergonzo]

If you can possibly believe this!!! The weather forecast for tommorrow in NJ could be iffy. I want everyone who is considering coming to this event to call Raceway Park at 1-732-446-7800, as early as possible tommorrow. They have to make a decision on the weather tommorrow morning (same situation as last time).

If the rain stops in the morning or by the morning, raceway park WILL be open, if tommorrow morning it is still raining in the area, RACEWAY PARK and ONLY RACEWAY PARK will make the decision as to cancel the day or not. PLEASE call early tommorrow morning before coming.

As of NOW we are going, if Raceway Park once again, cancels the event,I will not be able to get the word out to everyone, so PLEASE call first. This also applies to all the emails I am now getting asking about a rain date. There is NO rain date this year. we will be called/part of the US Muscle Drags next year, and there are 4 firm dates as of next year.

[supergonzo]

BTW never mind what I previously said about 50 degrees and low humidity....it was a typo!!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

If it rains again, we'll see ya next year!

[supergonzo]

This years event despite the weather, turned out to be a success!! Most parts of the Northeast were under some form of snow or ice precipation early in the morning, but the skies cleared later in the day, although it was still cold and very windy. 36 degrees, and 20-30 mph side wind gusts!
Raceway Park did their best to try to accomidate all of the racers wishes, and did a good job prepping the track for the event. Inspite of the fact that it was covered in ice early in the morning.

Again inspite of all this......... NEW F.A.S.T class ET amd MPH records were set here this day. This proves again Raceway Park even under less then optimal weather conditions can come through.

The Buick versus Hemi Mopar rivalry is alive and well! Greg Gessler and Dave Dudek once again duked it out with some amazing displays of driving ability and control. These guys are absolute PRO's. The staff at Raceway Park, who in the control rooms were watching the F.A.S.T & F/S classes closely, were commenting that THIS display of driving abilties were among the most impressive they have seen. And this track regularily sees the very top drivers in all of drag racing.

All competitors recieved trophies, and will get a FREE video of the event as soon as we edit it, in the next month. I would like to thank the F.A.S.T competitors who drove countless hours to compete. Among the long distance drivers were.. Tom Cannon with his awesome Challenger, Pat Wendling's incredible 69' Firebird RAIV, and Dave Dudek Jr & Sr. that drove from Michigan get a special Thank You for coming out to support the event.

I also want to thank the 17 Factory Stock attendees that braved the weather, some driving with NO Trailers from CT, where there was 4" of snow.

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Again Thanks guys for coming out. We will have videos ready as soon as we can. Dave Dudek and Greg Gessler will be featured in Raceway Park news, and we are talking about having at least 2 events next year here, and possibly more. The event schedule for next year is being worked out now. I will try to get a US Muscle Drags 2-day event scheduled. This may have a decent chance, since Raceway Park considers this event to be a success. A bigger success than they had thought possible, under the threatning weather predictions.

I will have Race Results, updated pictures and videos uploaded on the site as I get them. Also thanks to Mike Kamm for also coming out and helping with the video taping of the event. With his and others also taping the event, we have several video camera angles and should have some good material to post soon.

[supergonzo]

Updated pictures of this event Here:

www.USMUSCLEDRAGS.COM

[Chevy454]

Andrew @ E-town has been tellin' me for years about the air they get out there...and you said the DA was like -1500?!? That is rediculous!! If the DA gets near +1000 the locals get all giddy about "zero air"...I've GOT to get out that way. Looks like ya done good, Gonzo...

BTW: gone any et/mph on any of the FS cars?

[supergonzo]

I have some of the results, will post more as I get official time sheets from Raceway Park

#1 Qualifier Steve Polimeni 70' Chevelle LS6

In order of Factory Stock ET's so far:

1. William Gonzo......69' Pontiac Judge 400 RAIV 12.96@107
2. Steve Polimeni.....70' Chevy Chevelle LS6 454 13.19@106
3. George Buttner.....68' Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet 13.38@103
4. Ken Veit ..........70' Chevy Chevelle LS6 454 13.52@99 *
5. Dan Korb...........71' Pontiac GTO 400 &nb sp; 13.79@100
6. Glen Amarumma 71' Pontiac Trans Am 455HO 13.93@96

There are about 10 others, but I can't remember them right now.