March 22

Pro .......... Gary Simpers, Jr. won over Dave ("the shredder") Sciarretta / Johanna VanReenan, semi's

Street ........ Mark Ketterer won over Ken Berry / Bill Colburn, semi's

Super ....... Joe Dipasquale won over John Shaeffer, Jr. / Chris Wilson, semi's

Bike ........ Div. I champion, Chuck White won over [Charles Walton(?)]

Pro Bogey ......... Kevin Mendenhall and Dave Raser --- tie

Street Bogey ........ Mark Ketterer

Super Bogey ........ Rob Derr

We were done by 4:30 p.m. / full payout, too.

Sorry for the delay write-up ........ but, dad couldn't wait to see what went wrong with the rear in the wagon. So, we just got done taking the cover off ...... and discovered the big mess > carrier pieces everywhere ... pin busted up ... pieces locked between the ring and pinion ................... nothing a breaker bar couldn't handle ...

Congrats to all the late rounders, on this first day of racing > Gary .. picking up where he left off //// Mark .. winning the bogey and Street //// that "Darn Pontiac" Sciarretta for his r.u. in Pro (and for bringing the banana bread, I ordered) //// and Jack .. saw when you got back in the ballgame, you had that bye run, and went 5 rds.in Pro ......... congrats!!!!

Dave

Dave Da racer , thanks for the report...

WOW..!

looks like the black painted cars had a feild day ~ !
Sorry to here your wagon is broke, I know ya got a spare~~>

Was a fun day of racing for sure Dave. Sorry that your car broke. I can't believe I actually made it as far as I did. Luck was on my side today. And congrats to Mark. Was nice pitting with you all today.

good job mark!

Dave-time for a spool in the wagon now!(or maybe a 12 bolt

Hey Dave S.
Good job on opening day.
Jay R.

Dave,
Bummer the car broke. I think it would have been a close finish if not for tha.

Dave, good seein' ya even though it was just walking by! We'll have to catch up soon! What great racing for the first day of the season. Everyone is on kill already!!!!

Thanks Dave just trying to get use to the new trans and get everything working right and I guess we did and boy was it a good feeling to go 5 rounds. Sorry to hear about the wagon. Also congrats to everyone that won also

Thanks guys, it was nice to get a win early in the year. The kids really wanted to get in a picture.

Now if I could only remember how I did it.....

quote:

Everyone is on kill already!!!!

... yeah ............. even heard a jr dragster race, where both were double "o" and 1 up on their dials! Mark ...... I waived a little late , when you went by on your scooter ..................... I was talking to Bill Ranck, about a noise that I heard in the wagon ... when I hit the brakes at the stripe, on my Pro buyback run. Told him, I just might find out what that noise was .. soon ............... and soon, my question was answered ...

Mark ....... your car always looks sharp ... and your racing still looked sharp .... for the little that you race, anymore!

Jack ........... I gotta tell ya again ....... I really like the new look of your ride, also.

In the future results, I'll try to keep track (if I can) of the names of racers who go late rounds (4th, 5th,) ........ to give credit to the good day they had, also. .............. like, this past Sunday ..... names like Brock Moshier .. Don Long, Jr. ..

Dave

" everybody is on kill already",for sure. i lost 1st round of Pro against Ed Talbert's .006 and then i lost 4th round of Street against a .006. i want to thank Dave and Don for their help between the 3rd and 4th round trying to fix my car. Congratulations to all the finalists.

Yeah Dave, I was pleased with my racing! I am back for points too! I stuck that racing needle in my arm again!!!! I have to say the year off was refreshing, and I am really enjoying myself at the track again. I would recommend that anyone who is frustrated and burnt-out just step away for a little while. It really helps.

ASPEN POWER!!!! Way to go Mark!!!

April 19

Pro ........ *Carlos Dejesus wins over Pete Kivett / *Mike Barber and Art Hand, semi's

Street ........ Pete Morris wins over *Frank Maffiore / Don Daleissio, semi's

Super ....... Dale Crouch wins over Paul Yerger / Chris Wilson, semi's

Pro Bogie ....... John Pinno

Street Bogie ....... Frank Maffiore

Super Bogie ....... Chris Krajewski

* ....... Pro final > all Capitol defectors' "dinner crew" final!

* ...... M. Barber just had a good showing at the Grove, the night before!

* ...... F. Maffiore is having a great start to his 2009 season, at no less than 3 different tracks so far!

> ....... I know of a few more new points sign-ups from other tracks, this year.

> ....... Full payout in Pro, and done by approx. 4:30 p.m.

Congrats to all the late rounders!

******** a special congratulations ********* .... to Mike VanDenHeuval (National Street Champ) .... who travelled to Maple Grove this weekend, and won Street .. both Saturday and Sunday!!!!!!! ..... whooohooo!!

Dave

I hear maple grove didn't cut checks to racers, because they didn't have paper tto write checks ? Preparations were lacking in other areas, reruns were abundant, Doesn't sound like everybody's doin' their job.

Wait a minute here. Lets back up and look at what happened this weekend at Maple Grove. The staff did a heck of a job getting things completed. Oil downs were abundant on Saturday and there was a ton of down time. None of this was the fault of Maple Grove. The reruns were due to glare from the sunlight onto the fibre optics which was promptly corrected for Sunday. The car count was very high on Saturday and with the amount of down time, we were still given both of our time runs and the event was finished. Any issues that showed up on Saturday were definitely corrected promptly for Sunday. As for the check issues, they are all going to be mailed out to anyone who was to get one. I don't believe it had anything to do with not having paper to print them. The check printer was not working properly.

For as many people who were waiting to get into Maple Grove saturday, you did not have to wait that long. The guys at the ticket booth did a good job getting everyone through.

"Team Vertigo's" got everyone's check! ... right? .......... payback time! ....... ............ 'cause I saw he was there yesterday (via live timing), bustin' some rounds.

"He probably told Lex to give them all to him, and he would distribute the checks to everybody." > ......... (just laugh a little, Mike ..... it's probably better, not to respond ... )


Hey Mark Ketterer ........... what the heck is goin' on with that new "top end shizell". Checkin' out the live timing results ... either you had car trouble (or was it the stupid headwind yesterday), or it's time to iksnay on that stuff! I got somethin' you might want to try, if you want to keep on doin' that stuff.

Gettin' back to "Cecil" ............ gotta tell ya's .... Art Hand made one of his few trips to the County, yesterday ........ and man!, he was just knockin' 'em down, left and right. I know for sure ......... I was his 1st round victim. Way to go, Art! ... (and everybody was talking about your great looking Falcon, also.

Hey Sean, and or Mark .......... you guys bringin' that "Aspen Power" to the County, this comin' Sunday. Maybe Goatman can make another rare appearance ........ (if so, don't forget the banana bread).

Dave

Sean, I agree on the Saturday problems... you can't really blame the track if racers are dumping crap on the track. They spent alot of time on alot of clean-ups. I got a phone call at 8:00 AM Saturday telling me that cars were lined up on the road along the staging lanes waiting to get in. I rolled on at 9:00 and there was no line at all. They did a good job getting everyone in.

Dave Raser, keep quiet on the 'top end shizell'. The car is fine, just needs a good driver some days. Not sure where I am going this weekend, was thinking Numidia, we'll see.

I got home in time to watch the live timing on Sunday. That video/audio feed is very cool.

Hey Dave,

This half of "Aspen Power" will definitely be at Numidia on Sunday. Weather permitting!!! Any chance you can get that Vandenheuval guy to come back to Cecil County?? LOL. He was unstoppable this weekend!