5/22/2009 Atco 8.50, 10.0, 12.0 Index

[iceman]

Hey all,

As you know I was out of commission for this race, but I went and picked up the ladder and results sheets from this race. You can find them in the gallery here: http://gonedragracing.com/gallery/thumb ... ?album=256


12.0 Index
Wow this class looked tough judging from what I see on the eliminations results! Most of the winners in Round #1 were laying down 12.0X numbers which shows how good this group of racers is. Best in round 1 was a 12.008 w/ a .051 light, an impressive package from Nick Berti. Walt Haas was right on his toes with second best of the round, a 12.014. Round #2 looks like the racers were battling the cool night, with every single racer breaking out and running too fast for the Index. For the rest of the night it looks like the challenge continued, but going rounds and taking his second and back-to-back win was Walt Haas in his Malibu Hemi Wagon. Congrats on the repeat Walt!

10.0 Index
I'll say it time and time again, the 10.0 Index racers that make their way to Atco do not fool around. Most of these guys test a lot, and also race many other classes and other 10.0 programs, so they are on their games and on top of their tune-ups. Round 1 brought 20 racers to the beams, and we saw some impressive times like a 10.008 from Doug Frisch, a 10.019 (with no red light) from Carey Cable, and a perfect reaction time of .000 from Mike Romeo. Round #2 saw Ray Wallis Jr. in his bad purple mustang put up a 10.000 on the boards, but Mark Plucinski caught him at the tree and took the holeshot win. Mark went on to run subsequent 10.030 and 10.012 passes, and took home the win for the night after his opponent in the finals could not make the call.

8.50 Index
A small crowd at 8.50 tonight, but a good group of teams, most if not all who have all had their turn in the Winner's Circle at some point. All eyes were on teams like the Fonse Performance team, back in business with a fresh trans, as well as the Kid TJ Kasper who is the reigning track champ. Al Jr. got his ticket to round #2 after a disappointing breakout for Craig Buscio, who was only seven thousandths of a second over the 8.50 Index. Rockin' Rob Cherkas, Brian Ferrari, and Michael Conway set the tone for the night, all running 8.5X numbers. The Kid took a bye in round #1. In Round #2, Al Jr. put up an amazing .008 light but that would not do the trick against Rockin' Rob who is never far off of the 8.50 dial. In a tough matchup, TJ Kasper took the win against Brian Ferrari and the Green Machine. In the semi-finals, Mike Conway pulled off the upset and beat TJ Kasper, Mike's impressive 8.506 doing the trick for him. In the final round, Rockin' Rob broke out, but Mike Conway earned his win with an 8.516 pass and .035 light.

[REDGAR]

Nice turnout.

Thanks for doing that.

[iceman]

Nice turnout.

Thanks for doing that.

a little hospital trip may slow me down but not gonna put me out of the game!

[REDGAR]

I'd be interested to hear from some of the participants of this race with thoughts on the 1st round random pairing implemented for this year.

[iceman]

I'd be interested to hear from some of the participants of this race with thoughts on the 1st round random pairing implemented for this year.

Me too

[SVT_GT]

I'd be interested to hear from some of the participants of this race with thoughts on the 1st round random pairing implemented for this year.

It Blows!!!!!!

[small block notch]

I'd be interested to hear from some of the participants of this race with thoughts on the 1st round random pairing implemented for this year.

It Blows!!!!!!

x2!

[c&c-nova]

U guys are being to nice
I know it chased a few racers away.

[racerlee]

IT SUCKS THE BIG WAZOO!!!!!!

just qualify in two rounds like before

[Road Runner Kev]

Doesn't seem to be as much fun as it was!! I guess the car count being way down speaks for itself!

[iceman]

Dave Milcarek Pics:

http://www.davemilcarek.com/052209

[tensecvet]

thanks alot , much appreciated .