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Title: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 06, 2009, 00:32:01 am Time for another face full of nitro fumes.... unfortunatly, after two beautiful weeks of clear skys, it's decideded to rain this weekend >:(!! Oh well... here's all the latest news. The best is seeing Larry Dixon move into Allen Johnson's new top fuel team. 8) 8) 8) Now, if we could just get the sun to come back out....
http://www.latimes.com/sports/motorracing/la-sp-nhra5-2009feb05,0,3933440.story Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Jason Foster on February 06, 2009, 03:02:24 am Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Dustin on February 06, 2009, 06:13:04 am Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Anyone else gonna be there this weekend? If there is the slightest chance of clearing tomorrow, I'll be there for a few hours with my grandson and Father in Law. Then Scott P. and I have tickets for Sat & Sunday. Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: ian c on February 06, 2009, 07:33:41 am looked at tickets last week ...
too rich for me :'( have a good time , take plenty of pics !! Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Gary Justus on February 06, 2009, 18:15:03 pm I got the "fan relief" tickets for $20. Eric and I went yesterday. I like Thursdays the best. Everybody's there, nobody's broken (yet) and it is ALL DAY racing. Saw Jim Dutcher, Roger Crawford and Johnny Leso. We all talked about the economy and the racing. Johnny's driving a 7 second fuel altered in the ANRA now. Roger says nobody's picking their stuff up and Jim said "take a time-out and finish the '55"... Oh, yeh....Winternationals. We left a little after 2:00 when it started to rain. The day was called at 3:17. The only biggy that we saw (actually had just left our seats) was a guy who plowed the tree! In all the years of going to Pomona, I've never seen that. There was one really cool injected alcohol dragster that had the driver's cockpit at the front axle. Wild! Kinda reminded me of a T.V. Tommy Ivo style car. It didn't do well on the pass we saw. That's all I've got to report.
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 06, 2009, 19:33:00 pm Looks like more rain again today :(
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nhra-winternationals6-2009feb06,0,7265558.story Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Harry/FDK on February 06, 2009, 21:38:40 pm Rain or not, wish i was there. The Fumes...
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 07, 2009, 00:37:53 am Day two rained out >:(
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: SCOTTP on February 07, 2009, 16:15:33 pm Rain or not, wish i was there. The Fumes... Dustin and I went yesterday(day 2)...there were no fumes ..only water. A lot of it was on us! We are going today (day 3). Hopefully we get fumes. SCOTTP Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Dustin on February 07, 2009, 18:24:58 pm Rain or not, wish i was there. The Fumes... Dustin and I went yesterday(day 2)...there were no fumes ..only water. A lot of it was on us! We are going today (day 3). Hopefully we get fumes. SCOTTP Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Harry/FDK on February 07, 2009, 18:59:46 pm Good Luck Guys. Burn, Burn, Burn !!!
Panama - InHalen. Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: SCOTTP on February 08, 2009, 03:14:38 am Rain or not, wish i was there. The Fumes... We got fumes....Not a bad day . Saw some fast times. Only one round due to more rain, but better than no rounds. Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Dustin on February 08, 2009, 07:07:03 am Rain or not, wish i was there. The Fumes... We got fumes....Not a bad day . Saw some fast times. Only one round due to more rain, but better than no rounds. A few highlights; Larry Dixon with new Alan Johnson team did not qualify! That's one for the Sarge! T/F Dragster #1 Antron Brown 3.704et, (mph not working in left lane) T/F Funny car #1: Robert hight 4.037et Pro Stock #1: Greg Anderson 6:58et 209.59mph A few low res pics from the phone: Imagine that UPS truck on Fuch's with a set of IDA's! Ashley Force got married and is now Ashley Force Hood... rider (sorry, couldn't resist), qualified 3rd, and a smoky burnout amidst a spot of blue sky. Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: ESH on February 08, 2009, 14:34:07 pm Day two rained out >:( If there's more rain please feel free to post shots like that one! :) Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Dustin on February 08, 2009, 18:46:22 pm hey sarge, sent you a PM...
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Harry/FDK on February 08, 2009, 20:10:39 pm Did you guys have a good Sunday ???
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: richie on February 08, 2009, 21:40:50 pm Did you guys have a good Sunday ??? Its raining here again,they just stopped running half way through the first class,you can get updates here http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/2/8/live-kragen-oreilly-nhra-winternationals-updates/ cheers richie Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 09, 2009, 01:09:49 am Day two rained out >:( If there's more rain please feel free to post shots like that one! :) Thanks... I, um, boosted that off the NHRA website....sssssshhhh!!! Since it's rained most of the day, here's some oldies that I actually took myself from past trips.... Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 09, 2009, 01:18:14 am more.... :o
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 09, 2009, 01:19:58 am more ::)
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 09, 2009, 01:24:10 am that's it folks.... :(
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 09, 2009, 17:35:24 pm Monday Monday Monday!!! ::) More rain forcast for today amazingly enough... :(
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nhra-winternationals9-2009feb09,0,1624867.story Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: low oval on February 09, 2009, 18:40:32 pm those are some great photo's. I love going to the drags. especially when at the starting line where your insides shakes from the power of those bad boys!
jim Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: benssp on February 09, 2009, 18:51:14 pm I take it they're still running 1000ft passes? ;D
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Harry/FDK on February 09, 2009, 20:07:43 pm Thanks Sarge, love the shoebox pic.5.
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 09, 2009, 20:08:53 pm those are some great photo's. I love going to the drags. especially when at the starting line where your insides shakes from the power of those bad boys! jim Thanks, Jim! I take it they're still running 1000ft passes? ;D Just the fuel classes. To their credit, the NHRA did televise the first round of eliminations yesterday afternoon. No one made a pass without "pedaling" in the fuel classes. The air was cold and the track even colder... makes for the rear tires wanting to drive over themselves into tire shake. Thanks Sarge, love the shoebox pic.5. Thanks, Harry 8) Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: ESH on February 10, 2009, 21:26:09 pm ... Thanks... I, um, boosted that off the NHRA website....sssssshhhh!!! Since it's rained most of the day, here's some oldies that I actually took myself from past trips ... Thanks, I'm liking the Nickelson & Lemond car quite a bit. 8) Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Sarge on February 10, 2009, 22:26:24 pm Too bad... The Sarge got whupped by Bernstein. No more "Mr Invincable" now that Allen Johnson moved on. 8) 8) 8)
http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/2/10/live-kragen-oreilly-nhra-winternationals-updates/ Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Dustin on February 11, 2009, 05:30:09 am Well, they finally wrapped up the Winternationals! It only took 6 mostly wet days!!
My employer "forced" me to take the day off so me and the grandson headed to Ponoma to catch the rest of the racing action. Got to see some S/S racing which is always fun. Not a whole lot to report other than Greg Anderson posting a 6.53 @211.9. I won't announce any winners for those are waiting to see the broadcast. The driver's were very approachable due to the circumstances so we got lots of autographs on the X-small event T-shirt, including Cory Mac's. One of these days I'll bring a real camera, in the mean time, here's a few shots of the S/S action from the spyphone... Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Dustin on February 11, 2009, 05:34:51 am And a couple from the pits. I need that Nova scooter for the grandson ;D
Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: ESH on February 11, 2009, 10:22:41 am Well, they finally wrapped up the Winternationals! It only took 6 mostly wet days!! Just like a UK meet then. :o :D Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: team97 on February 11, 2009, 20:02:35 pm Well, they finally wrapped up the Winternationals! It only took 6 mostly wet days!! My employer "forced" me to take the day off so me and the grandson headed to Ponoma to catch the rest of the racing action. Got to see some S/S racing which is always fun. Not a whole lot to report other than Greg Anderson posting a 6.53 @211.9. I won't announce any winners for those are waiting to see the broadcast. The driver's were very approachable due to the circumstances so we got lots of autographs on the X-small event T-shirt, including Cory Mac's. One of these days I'll bring a real camera, in the mean time, here's a few shots of the S/S action from the spyphone... Hey Dustin, I headed out for the day also. What a great day for racing! A few thousand people and plenty of NITRO. Title: Re: Winternationals Post by: Dustin on February 12, 2009, 18:23:15 pm Hey Dustin, I headed out for the day also. What a great day for racing! A few thousand people and plenty of NITRO. It was a way different atmosphere, almost like a drag day, except with nitro fumes ;D My grandson pointed out a guy sitting below us several rows wearing a Bugorama shirt, was that you? Hot VW hat and Air Cooled jacket? |