Ted made our jaws drop with those numbers but I think Avon had the most fun winning a friendly money race against John Csordas' Skyhawk by about a fender after getting treed by a tenth and driving all over his lane to catch and pass John 
. John runs consistent high 8.80's but I'll let Avon post his number himself. Dave Fiscus is here but hasn't made a pass yet; he is working on little stuff on his car like installing a boost controller and doing some wiring. Jack Cotton is here but I didn't see him make a pass and I didn't get over to see how he is doing. Rich Rezes made one half track shakedown pass to see if the miss he had at Englishtown was fixed and developed another dead cylinder. Head needs to come off (again), this may happen tonight or maybe next year. So, barring a miracle by Rich there are four TSO cars here so far. Chris L. is supposed to be coming but haven't seen him yet and don't know of anyone else on the way. Oh, I asked Ted about his motor and he said that he cracked a GN1 head through a spark plug hole to both sides of the deck at Osceola on his maiden 8.58 (or whatever it was) so this time he is running TA heads. Still stock style, not stage II heads, but not GN1's.
Other notes: John Schmidt has the Opel here but not the Riviera; has run a couple of 7's at up to 185 mph plus some 8's. Big Al with the flamed rig and GN out of New York is here. I saw one shakedown pass but don't recall any more (he has run in the 7.40's a few years back). Jerry Lowell (the Razorback Racing car) ran some more 8.80's. Michael Armstrong ran a 9.90 and a 9.91 with his 109 block car (stock crank and rods, unported GN1's, and a TE63E!), and his dad Bob Armstrong ran an 8.8 on his first pass on a new stage II motor.
Temps were right at 60 F, it was overcast until about noon and then a little sun, and a gusting tailwind up to maybe 20 mph at times - everyone was getting great mph's. Tomorrow is supposed to be the same temp but no wind. Can't wait!
. John runs consistent high 8.80's but I'll let Avon post his number himself. Dave Fiscus is here but hasn't made a pass yet; he is working on little stuff on his car like installing a boost controller and doing some wiring. Jack Cotton is here but I didn't see him make a pass and I didn't get over to see how he is doing. Rich Rezes made one half track shakedown pass to see if the miss he had at Englishtown was fixed and developed another dead cylinder. Head needs to come off (again), this may happen tonight or maybe next year. So, barring a miracle by Rich there are four TSO cars here so far. Chris L. is supposed to be coming but haven't seen him yet and don't know of anyone else on the way. Oh, I asked Ted about his motor and he said that he cracked a GN1 head through a spark plug hole to both sides of the deck at Osceola on his maiden 8.58 (or whatever it was) so this time he is running TA heads. Still stock style, not stage II heads, but not GN1's.Other notes: John Schmidt has the Opel here but not the Riviera; has run a couple of 7's at up to 185 mph plus some 8's. Big Al with the flamed rig and GN out of New York is here. I saw one shakedown pass but don't recall any more (he has run in the 7.40's a few years back). Jerry Lowell (the Razorback Racing car) ran some more 8.80's. Michael Armstrong ran a 9.90 and a 9.91 with his 109 block car (stock crank and rods, unported GN1's, and a TE63E!), and his dad Bob Armstrong ran an 8.8 on his first pass on a new stage II motor.
Temps were right at 60 F, it was overcast until about noon and then a little sun, and a gusting tailwind up to maybe 20 mph at times - everyone was getting great mph's. Tomorrow is supposed to be the same temp but no wind. Can't wait!
