Yes, just get on the list. It's not like he's going to keep the entry fees if the race doesn't happen.

Dallas Marks band playing Friday night at GGG, though I hear they have some schlub drummer.
http://dallasmarksband.com/

Saturday at GGG, in addition to everything else, there will be a Pro Mod match race between Jerry Martino in the '63 Corvette sprayed mountain motor, and Andy Jensen in the '68 Camaro with the turbo'd SBC! At the last Pro Mod race August 23, Martino had the elapsed time, but Jensen had the reaction time and win light. Martino extended the challenge, Jensen accepted, and it will be best 2 out of 3!

whats the car count as of now for the dragster race?

I believe yesterday Greg posted somewhere that he needed either 23 or 26 more cars . He was going to decide by thurs. afternoon if the race was on.

And Deniker called "kitties" out to get off the fence and sign up.

Does anyone know if the TNT Thursday is going to be 1/4 mile?

It IS 1/4 mile Thursday night.

Thursday, October 9 – Test and tune (1/4 mile), open to all. Gates open at 5pm, racing from 6pm to 10pm. $25 to race, $10 for spectators. Pit vehicle reaction time race after racing ends, free entry.

Friday, October 10, presented by Victory Automotive Group, LLC (1/8th mile) – Gates open at 9am. 64 entry shootout for a 2015 American Race Cars dragster time trials at 11am, eliminations follow. Gruesome Ghouls race (No Box, Box, Bikes, Junior Dragsters) time trials (2) start at 3pm, eliminations follow. Dallas Marks Band playing at the pavillion Friday night!

Saturday, October 11, presented by ATI Performance Products (1/8th mile) – Gates open at 8am, Coffins of Cash time trials (2) start at 10am. Pro Mod match race between Jerry Martino and Andy Jensen! Costume contest for adults and kids! Racing stops at 8pm for trick or treating, resumes at 9pm.

Costume contest starts at 7:30 in front of the tower. While everyone is trick or treating at 8pm, the judges will deliberate and announce the winners around 8:45pm.
Classes are as follows:
Kids: Cutest/Prettiest, Funniest, Scariest, Most Creative/Original/Handmade
Adults: Funniest, Scariest, Most Creative/Original/Handmade
Pets: Best Costumed Pet
Everyone: Best Group, Judges Choice

There will also be prizes for Best Decorated Trailer, and Best Decorated pit vehicle!

Sunday, October 12, presented by ATI Performance Products (1/8th mile) – Gates open at 8am, Coffins of Cash time trial (1) starts at 9am.

FREE points series for 3 day event, presented by 93.3 The Wolf! Top 8 points finishers in Box, No Box, Bike/Sled, and Junior Dragsters run off for an Iron Man trophy in each class!

Grand champion run off between Box, No Box, Bike Iron Man winners plus the racer with the best 1st round losing package of the weekend for a 5 day trip to Las Vegas!

Points: 1 point per round win, points end with a loss (racers will not be awarded points for reentry round wins and rounds won after winning reentry). If there is a tie for the top 8, best average reaction time will be the tiebreaker.

Junior dragster entry: 3 race weekend pass $85 (Single day: Friday $30, Sat/Sun $35. Reentry $20 per race). Friday pays $200 to win, $75 runner up, $25 semis. Saturday and Sunday each pay $300 to win, $100 runner up, $25 semis.
Bikes/Sleds: 3 race weekend pass $80 (Single day: Friday $25, Sat/Sun $35. Reentry $20 per race) . Friday pays $200 to win, $100 runner up. Saturday and Sunday each pay $300 to win, $100 runner up.
No Box: 3 race weekend pass $125 (Single day: Friday $45, Sat/Sun $65. Reentry $25 per race). Friday pays $1000 to win, $350 runner up, $100 semis, $15 round money starting with a 3rd round win. Saturday and Sunday each pay $2000 to win, $500 runner up, $150 semis, $25 round money starting with a third round win.
Box: 3 race weekend pass $125 (Single day: Friday $45, Sat/Sun $65. Reentry $25 per race). Friday pays $1000 to win, $350 runner up, $100 semis, $15 round money starting with a 3rd round win. Saturday and Sunday each pay $2000 to win, $500 runner up, $150 semis, $25 round money starting with a third round win.
Double classing allowed, box must be out of car to run no box. Double entries allowed, will be called first to the lanes.
Spectators: $15 Friday, $15 Saturday, $10 Sunday, or weekend pass for all 3 days $30. Kids 10 and under free!

64 entry shootout canceled, high roller's gambler race added for Friday!
10-09-2014
Unfortunately, the 64 entry shootout for the 2015 Stage 1 dragster from American Race Cars did not fill, and has been canceled. In its stead, there will be a high rollers gamblers race! Times remain the same:
Gates open 9am Friday
High rollers gamblers race time trials (2) start at 11am, eliminations follow.
$150 entry, open to everyone who wants in (no reservations needed, no limit on cars)
Single entry only, no buybacks.


Gruesome Ghouls race time trials start at 3pm, run order is No Box, Box, Bike/Sleds, Junior Dragsters

Chuck do you know the run order for tommorrow? thanks

Eric, for Friday, No Box, Box, Bikes/Sleds, Junior Dragsters.

Also, for the high roller gamblers today, box and no box will be separated until they have to be combined.

Chuck would it be correct to assume that will be the run order Sat/Sun as well?

quote:

Originally posted by Mark Romeo:
Chuck would it be correct to assume that will be the run order Sat/Sun as well?

Sounds like I'm not the only one who needs his beauty sleep..

lol. Dude there's not enough hours in the day for you to sleep to be.....well, beautiful

Yes, that is the run order for the weekend:
No Box, Box, Bikes/Sleds, Junior Dragsters

Congrats Mark on the No Box win, Ron Hamill in Box, Tyler Pennington in Junior Dragsters, and Dale Duche in the Gamblers race!

Man, what a weekend. As usual, we had a blast. Chuch T on the mic, Lou G. on the drums, great turn out, great weather, great track, a 4.33 with a .98 60foot for me. awesome time. I just wish I hadn't got so hammered Friday night. I was wrecked the rest of the weekend.

we had a great time sat. at prp.
now if i just knew how to drive the stripe with a car coming at me at 33 mph faster than me i would be set.

quote:

Originally posted by Tony Fagnilli:
Man, what a weekend. As usual, we had a blast. Chuch T on the mic, Lou G. on the drums, great turn out, great weather, great track, a 4.33 with a .98 60foot for me. awesome time. I just wish I hadn't got so hammered Friday night. I was wrecked the rest of the weekend.

I'll stay here and put out the vibes.

quote:

Originally posted by Tony Fagnilli:
I just wish I hadn't got so hammered Friday night. I was wrecked the rest of the weekend.

And for that, we thank you.

3 great days of racing at the VP Race Fuels Ghosts, Goblins, and Gearheads weekend. I don't know if I ever saw that many .00x and .000x RT and MOV, even .0000 back to back, one MOV for Kara Jo over Bob McDonough, the other Steve Hughes' RT in the next pair.

Gruesome Ghouls Race Friday, October 10, 2014

VP Race Fuels Ghosts, Goblins, and Gearheads Friday night Gruesome Ghouls race, presented by Victory Auto Group

No Box:
W - Mark Romeo, '70 Nova, 6.59 dial in, .0076 reaction time, 6.6570 elapsed time, 95.32mph
R/U - Rich Miller Jr, S10, 6.28 dial in, .1120 reaction time, 6.3199 elapsed time, 108.23mph
Rich making it to his first final round on .00x lights, missed it here, might not have mattered with Mark's great light

Box:
W - Ron Hamill, '68 Camaro, 6.23 dial, .0353 RT, 6.2481 ET, 107.40mph
R/U - Steve Hughes, Corvette roadster, 5.16 dial, .0837 RT, 5.1762 ET, 131.08mph
Ron with the big advantage on the reaction time gets the win!

Junior Dragster:
W - Tyler Pennington, 9.87 dial, .1157 RT, 9.9231 ET, 64.31mph
R/U - Alissity Rosner, 7.90 dial, .1835 RT, 7.9279 ET, 81.52mph
Tyler adds on to his big check collection!

Gamblers race:
W - Dale Duche, dragster, 4.53 dial, .0357 RT, 4.5424 ET, 151.67mph
R/U - Matt Obertanec, '80 AMC Spirit, 6.94 dial, .0272 RT, 6.9359 ET, 98.51mph
Matt goes under by .004 trying to hold off that big MPH charge from Dale.



ATI Performance Products Saturday October 11, 2014


Results from the VP Race Fuels Ghosts, Goblins, and Gearheads Coffins of Cash Saturday race presented by ATI Performance Products:

No Box:
W - Steve Obertanec, '72 Gremlin, 6.59 dial in, .0246 reaction time, 6.4527 elapsed time, 107.60
R/U - Mark Romeo, '70 Nova, 6.57 dial in, -.0117 reaction time, 16.9614 elapsed time, 26.90mph
Almost heads up, Mark has to settle for the runner up tonight, lifts after lighting the red eye


Box:
W - Scotty Campbell, dragster, 4.91 dial, .0101 RT, 4.9245 ET, 134.21mph
R/U - Matt Rietscha, altered, 5.13 dial, .0199 RT, 5.1490 ET, 131.93mph
Scotty takes the win by .015


Junior Dragster:
W - Zachary Silvia, 8.04 dial, .0967 RT, 8.0411 ET, 81.65mph
R/U - Frank Pennington, 7.95 dial, .1546 RT, 7.9732 ET, 80.03mph
Zachary, up from WV, goes right on with a 1!


Bikes/Sleds:
W - Joe Devola, 2011 GSXR 750, 6.89 dial, .0703 RT, 6.9339 ET, 99.69mph
R/U - Steve Bertges, GSXR dragbike, 5.23 dial, .1940 RT, 5.2266 ET, 129.16mph
Joe on the street GSXR, Steve on the drag GSXR, win light goes to Joe!


ATI Performance Products Sunday, October 12, 2014

Results from the VP Race Fuels Ghosts, Goblins, and Gearheads Coffins of Cash Sunday race presented by ATI Performance Products:

No Box:
W - Steve Obertanec, '72 Gremlin, 6.65 dial in, .0061 reaction time, 6.6675 elapsed time, 102.13
R/U - Dave Poorman Jr, '63 Nova, 5.65 dial in, -.0116 reaction time, 5.6497 elapsed time, 120.94mph
Steve collects the Sunday big check too!


Box:
W - Tim Moore, '05 Cavalier, 5.70 dial, .0204 RT, 5.7159 ET, 118.42mph
R/U - Patrick Nuzzo, '93 Mustang, 5.95 dial, .0392 RT, 5.9743 ET, 115.27mph
All door car final, Tim, down from NY, gets the win over Patrick, the local.


Junior Dragster:
W - Frank Pennington, 8.14 dial, .0071 RT, 8.3730 ET, 66.85mph
R/U - Tyler Pennington, 9.95 dial, .1453 RT, 10.0957 ET, 63.02mph
Sibling rivalry in the final, Frank uses the great light to join brother Tyler in the big check club!


Bikes/Sleds:
W - Joe Devola, 2011 GSXR 750, 6.89 dial, .1200 RT, 6.9106 ET, 106.61mph
R/U - Billy Mszyco, Honda CBR 1000RR, 6.84 dial, .1524 RT, 6.8132 ET, 108.83mph
Joe joins Steve Obertanec in the Coffins of Cash sweep!


Iron Man run off winners:
No Box:
W - Jennifer Whalen, '85 Mustang, 8.44 dial, .0102 RT, 8.4466 ET, 79.42mph
R/U - Steve Obertanec, '72 Gremlin, 6.66 dial, .0158 RT, 6.6793 ET, 96.01mph
Jennifer with a .016 package for the win!


Box:
W - Kara Jo Bowman, dragster, 4.84 dial, .0074 RT, 4.8549 ET, 135.50mph
R/U - Dale Duche, dragster, 4.54 dial, .0349 RT, 4.5482 ET, 151.01mph
Kara Jo with the great light holds off Dale's dead on pass!


Bikes/Sleds:
W - Joe Devola, 2011 GSXR 750, 6.87 dial, .0565 RT, 7.4143 ET, 74.23mph
R/U - Karl Jones, dragbike, 5.48 dial, -.0301 RT, 5.9386 ET, 82.33mph
Both lift off the gas after the red light


The Box, No Box, and Bike Iron Man winners, plus the best losing package from the weekend's first rounds ran off for a 5 day, 4 night trip to Las Vegas, courtesy of 93.3 The Wolf:
W - Joe Devola, 2011 GSXR 750, 6.89 dial, .0583 RT, 7.6274 ET, 65.73mph
R/U - Scotty Campbell, dragster, 4.93 dial, -.0060 RT, 4.9383 ET, 137.53mph
3 weeks ago at bracket finals, Joe lost the clutch on the bike. He and his friends worked to get another clutch in it, and it works well. In the vacation semifinals, he had a .023 package to make it into the finals and then get the win. What an awesome weekend of racing in all classes!