Northeast FAST DRAGS & Factory Stock drag race

[supergonzo]

Tommorrow looks like scattered showers for e-town, The track will be open and they can dry the track between showers if need be. You never know, if it is a total washout then there Will be a rain date, I just don't know when that will be yet.
I have gotten 30+ emails today from people who were planning upon going , but do not want to travel in the rain.
I am sure attendance will be affected, However:

Theres nothing I can do about the rain, we are still planning to hold the event, unless of course the track closes. You never know about these things, sometimes the day can turn out better than expected.

No rain now over NJ

[supergonzo]

This event looks like a washout, so we are going to call it a rain delay day. So I will annouce when we have a rain date. Thanks for all your support, I will let you know what the new dates are as soon as I get em'

[Chevy454]

I hate that for ya, Gonzo...I know how much planning it takes to put an event on.

Keep us posted on the makeup date. And keep an eye on that guy with the Gobi Beige Deuce...he's always starting trouble!

[supergonzo]

Yes it is extremely frustrating!!!!!!!1 Thanks to all who gave support, I'll let you know when I have another date.

I just hope I was able to contact everyone in time

[supergonzo]

Raceway Park is coming up with a rain date of POSSIBLY the last weekend in August. I will announce the date once I have it locked in.

I am actually a little peeved at Raceway Park, because they cancelled the event due to rain on their recorded announcement very early in the morning, and then as the weather got a little better there, they shortened and revised the message to indicate that they were holding drag racing events today.

This resulted in about 12 cars showing up for the event after it had already been posted that it was cancelled due to rain.
I know they are a business and want to get as much money in as possible over the weekend, but I am a little concerned about the perception of the racers who did show up, only to find there would be no trophies, no FAST DRAGS racing format, etc.etc.

[shor]

I just spoke to Andrew at Raceway Park.
They had to make a decision early this morning, and it was pouring here this morning.
The decision was made to call a rain date.
Some did show up, including Marlin, and are making passes as we speak....as many as they would like, I guess you could call it kind of like free practice??

If the track was all about money, after the weather cleared up this morning they could have just announced that today's event is on as scheduled.

The owners of the track, the Napp family,are some of the best enthusiasts and promoters you will ever meet. Year after year they put alot of money back into the track. One of the best 1/4 mile tracks, a seperate 1/8 mile track, the junior drag program, the motorcross track, slalom, airport, montor trucks, etc etc etc.

I am heading over in a little while to watch.
Hvchvy, I will report Marlins progress to you later on tonight....

[sYc]

Chris, was Grumpy able to make? I think I heard where he was going to stop by and help Marlin dial in the Gobi Beige Deuce for the upcoming match race.

[shor]

Is that who was under Marlins hood??

I got 2 complimentary passes in with the 02.
a 13.5 first, then a 12.7 @ 117.68

thats without burnout, street tires and fairly easy launch and easy 1-2 shift.
anyone remember what times larry c. was getting last year with slicks?

[supergonzo]

Yes, the Napps are good people, I am glad they allowed free passes to be made, I didn't want anyone to go home feeling too disappointed. So I feel better knowing they made up for some of the confusion involving the rain date.

I will let everyone know when I have firm rain date.

[Musclecarkid]

Just back from E-town. Although the Factory Stock and FAST Drags were cancelled I still had a great time in the pits. The old Funny Cars are all there and a few good venders selling vintage stuff for the Sunday F/C Reunion. BTW, there was a Gobi 70 Deuce making passes all day and I got a few pics on the starting line and in the staging lanes. If someone here can post them for me, I can email them to you. I hear it was real fast and something was spraying out from under the hood near the windshield area just before he made his last pass.