Aj, Mark, and I are pleased to announce that the 6th Annual Steel City Practice Tree Shootout, presented by Pittsburgh Raceway Park, will be Saturday, March 2. As it has been the last 4 years, the practice tree race will be at the New Alexandria Fire Hall, 8370 Route 22, New Alexandria PA 15670. Coming from the west, it's on the left side of Route 22 about 1/4 mile past the Sheetz at 22/981. Coming from the east on 22, it's on the right about 1/2 mile past PRP.

Saturday, March 2, doors open 11:30am, $5 cover charge to all, which gets you lunch, 12:30 little race ($5 entry) starts, big race ($20 entry) starts after little race is completed. Double entries allowed in both. No reentry or buybacks in little race. Big race will have reentry for first round losers (win reentry round to get back into round 2). Last year, little race paid $225 to win, $100 runner up, $25 semis, $10 quarters. Big race was on schedule to pay $1000 to win, $300 runner up, before the remaining racers agreed to a split.

Sponsors so far:
Presenting sponsor Pittsburgh Raceway Park www.pittsburghracewaypark.com

Bowman Performance, Export PA - http://bowmanperformance.com/ donating Advanced Auto gift cards!

Lunch menu so far:
Fried chicken from Wal Mart
BBQ chicken confit, courtesy of Jeff Hann
Macaroni and cheese, courtesy of Kara Jo Bowman
Baked beans, courtesy of Kathy Randolph
water, iced tea, and lemonade

Sponsors wanted! Food dishes wanted. PM/Email us if you can help us out, and to let us know you're attending!

steelcitydragrace at yahoo.com

Updated lunch menu!

Lunch menu so far:
Fried chicken from Wal Mart
BBQ chicken confit, courtesy of Jeff Hann
Macaroni and cheese, courtesy of Kara Jo Bowman
Baked beans, courtesy of Kathy Randolph
Veggie pizza, courtesy of Kimmy Whalen
Pasta salad, courtesy of the Coughanours
Buffalo chicken dip and reuben dip, courtesy of Carrie Penn
water, iced tea, and lemonade

Sponsors wanted! Food dishes wanted. PM/Email us if you can help us out, and to let us know you're attending!

steelcitydragrace at yahoo.com

Don't forget about the 6th Annual Steel City Practice Tree shootout, presented by Pittsburgh Raceway Park! Saturday, March 2, at the New Alexandria Fire Hall, 8370 Route 22, New Alexandria PA 15670, 11:30am doors open, racing starts at 12:30. $5 cover charge to all, which gets you lunch, 12:30 little race ($5 entry) starts, big race ($20 entry) starts after little race is completed. Double entries allowed in both. No reentry or buybacks in little race. Big race will have reentry for first round losers (win reentry round to get back into round 2). Last year, little race paid $225 to win, $100 runner up, $25 semis, $10 quarters. Big race was on schedule to pay $1000 to win, $300 runner up, before the remaining racers agreed to a split.

Menu:
Fried chicken from Wal Mart or Giant Eagle
BBQ chicken confit, courtesy of Jeff Hann
Macaroni and cheese, courtesy of Kara Jo Bowman
BBQ baked beans, courtesy of Kathy Randolph
Veggie pizza, courtesy of Kimmy Whalen
Buffalo chicken dip and reuben dip, courtesy of Carrie Penn
Pasta salad, courtesy of the Coughanhours
Hot sausage, courtesy of Carmen Tedesco
Water, iced tea, lemonade, punch

Presenting sponsor, Pittsburgh Raceway Park, www.pittsburghracewaypark.com

* ASAP Performance, Allison Park, PA - 412-492-7454 - donation to big race purse
* Bowman Performance in Export, http://bowmanperformance.com/ donating Advanced Auto gift cards
* Cadamore Racing, donating ported SBC Victor Jr intake
* Ionadi Auto Sales in Penn Hills, http://ionadiauto.com/ , donating $200 to the big race purse
* M&M Parts & Leather, 6041 Route 30 Greensburg, http://www.mmleatheronline.com/ - gift card
* NAPA Auto Parts of South Greensburg, 724-834-3520

Rules:

* Race 1, first round only, will have 1 time trial hit. There will be no time trial hits in round 2 through final round
* There will be no "time trial" hits in Race 2. There will be desktop/pocket trees available to practice on.
* Rollout will be able to be set for each racer by adjusting the delay.
* All rounds with the exception of the final will be best of 3. Final round is best of 5.
* How to enter: "Tech cards" will be sold at the door. Buy your "tech card" for each race you want to enter. Write your name CLEARLY on the ticket you hand in. If you are double entering, write #1 after your name on the first entry, #2 on the second.
* Pairings will be randomly drawn.
* Bye runs will be randomly drawn at the beginning of each round.
* Racing is off of the handheld button only.
* Racing is off of the bottom bulb only.
* The tree is full sized, with LED bulbs.
* Tree will be in time trial mode, or, as if both racers have the exact same dial in.
* The christmas tree decides all winners, ie, if 2 racers in competition have identical reaction times, the winner is the one whose lane is flashing on the tree.
* Double entries WILL be allowed in BOTH races!
* IF - IF!!!! - there is time and interest, we will have a top bulb race AFTER the 2 bottom bulb races. Entry and payout TBD, rules above apply

We are planning on having scoreboards!

We will be raffling a ported SBC Victor Jr intake manifold, courtesy of Cadamore Racing, to benefit the Thinking Of Nikki Foundation. Tickets are $5 apiece, or 3 for $10. All proceeds will benefit the Thinking Of Nikki Foundation. Please visit www.thinkingofnikki.com or look for Thinking Of Nikki on Facebook.

Here are the details on the raffle of the Edelbrock SBC Victor Jr intake (#2975) donated by Cadamore Racing:

This intake, thanks to John Cadamore's porting, picked up nicely (flow numbers below). We will be raffling this off at the 6th Annual Steel City Practice Tree shootout on March 2, but all are welcome to get in the raffle, even if they cannot attend the tree race. Tickets are $5 for 1, or $10 for 3. You can enter via PayPal on www.thinkingofnikki.com - Karen will let me know who has entered, and I will email them a pic of their ticket entry. All proceeds will benefit the Thinking of Nikki Foundation - please visit the site to see why it is so very near and dear to our hearts. Thank you to John Cadamore and Cadamore Racing for their generosity.


-----Dart plat head-----stock Vic Jr----------ported Vic jr.
.100-----63------------------58--------------------60---------+2cfm
.200----143-----------------137--------------------141--------+4cfm
.300----200-----------------190--------------------200--------+10cfm
.400----245-----------------219--------------------242--------+23cfm
.450----263-----------------232--------------------259--------+27cfm
.500----277-----------------244--------------------270--------+26cfm
.550----290-----------------254--------------------286--------+32cfm
.600----302-----------------259--------------------295--------+36cfm
.650----303-----------------261--------------------298--------+37cfm
.700----307-----------------263--------------------303--------+40cfm

Here are pics of the intake we are raffling off. Thanks again to John Cadamore and Cadamore Racing!

6 days away from the 6th Annual Steel City Practice Tree shootout, presented by Pittsburgh Raceway Park! Saturday, March 2, at the New Alexandria Fire Hall, 8370 Route 22, New Alexandria PA 15670, 11:30am doors open, racing starts at 12:30. $5 cover charge to all, which gets you lunch, 12:30 little race ($5 entry) starts, big race ($20 entry) starts after little race is completed. Double entries allowed in both. No reentry or buybacks in little race. Big race will have reentry for first round losers (win reentry round to get back into round 2). Last year, little race paid $225 to win, $100 runner up, $25 semis, $10 quarters. Big race was on schedule to pay $1000 to win, $300 runner up, before the remaining racers agreed to a split.

Menu:
Fried chicken from Wal Mart or Giant Eagle
BBQ chicken confit, courtesy of Jeff Hann
Macaroni and cheese, courtesy of Kara Jo Bowman
BBQ baked beans, courtesy of Kathy Randolph
Veggie pizza, courtesy of Kimmy Whalen
Buffalo chicken dip and reuben dip, courtesy of Carrie Penn
Pasta salad, courtesy of the Coughanhours
Hot sausage, courtesy of Carmen Tedesco
Haluski, courtesy of Amy Romeo
Pepperoni dip, and chocoloate chip cookies, courtesy of Amber Evans
Cookies, courtesy of Amanda Hoover
Peanut butter and peanut butter nutella no bake cookies, courtesy of Jennifer Wilson
Water, iced tea, lemonade, punch

Presenting sponsor, Pittsburgh Raceway Park, www.pittsburghracewaypark.com

* ASAP Performance, Allison Park, PA - http://asapbyed.com/ - 412-492-7454 - donation to big race purse
* Bowman Performance in Export, http://bowmanperformance.com/ donating Advanced Auto gift cards
* Cadamore Raqcing, donating ported SBC Victor Jr intake
* Ionadi Auto Sales in Penn Hills, http://ionadiauto.com/ , donating $200 to the big race purse
* M&M Parts & Leather, 6041 Route 30 Greensburg, http://www.mmleatheronline.com/ - gift card
* NAPA Auto Parts of South Greensburg, 724-834-3520

Rules:

* Race 1, first round only, will have 1 time trial hit. There will be no time trial hits in round 2 through final round
* There will be no "time trial" hits in Race 2. There will be desktop/pocket trees available to practice on.
* Rollout will be able to be set for each racer by adjusting the delay.
* All rounds with the exception of the final will be best of 3. Final round is best of 5.
* How to enter: "Tech cards" will be sold at the door. Buy your "tech card" for each race you want to enter. Write your name CLEARLY on the ticket you hand in. If you are double entering, write #1 after your name on the first entry, #2 on the second.
* Pairings will be randomly drawn.
* Bye runs will be randomly drawn at the beginning of each round.
* Racing is off of the handheld button only.
* Racing is off of the bottom bulb only.
* The tree is full sized, with LED bulbs.
* Tree will be in time trial mode, or, as if both racers have the exact same dial in.
* The christmas tree decides all winners, ie, if 2 racers in competition have identical reaction times, the winner is the one whose lane is flashing on the tree.
* Double entries WILL be allowed in BOTH races!
* IF - IF!!!! - there is time and interest, we will have a top bulb race AFTER the 2 bottom bulb races. Entry and payout TBD, rules above apply

We are planning on having scoreboards!

We will be raffling a ported SBC Victor Jr intake manifold, courtesy of Cadamore Racing, to benefit the Thinking Of Nikki Foundation. Tickets are $5 apiece, or 3 for $10. All proceeds will benefit the Thinking Of Nikki Foundation. Please visit www.thinkingofnikki.com or look for Thinking Of Nikki on Facebook.

In terms of time, we're hoping to have the day wrapped up by 5pm. In the past, it's been about 5:30-6pm, so we think this is pretty attainable. Below is our current confirmed entry list. If you plan on making it, but your name is not below, please email us at steelcitydragrace at yahoo.com to confirm. Thank you!

AJ Casini
Amanda Hoover
Amber Evans
Amy Romeo
Barry Barnett
Beth Lucci Romeo
Bill Turk
Bob Singer
Brandon Prest
Brianna Casini
C.j. Yaeger
Chad Coughanour
Chuck Turocy
Dale Turner
Don Liberatore
Earl Hall
Evan Sansenbaugher
Glenda Hake
Greg Miller
Gruber Racing
J.p. Schuster
James Young
Jason McClure
Jason Weaver
Jeffrey Hann
Jeremy Sampson
Jim Senkewitz
John Cadamore
John Sahli
Jordan Haase
Joshua Barnett
JT Harrold
Kara J. Bowman
Kathy, Bob, Bobby Randolph
Kimmy Whalen
Mark Brewer
Mark Romeo
Mark Vasbinder
Matt Cadamore
Matt Obertanec
Matt Palyas
Mike Balaska
Mike Egan
Nick Bowman
Phil Hurst
Richard Penn
Rick Pearson
Scotty Campbell
Zach Caswell

1 day away! Weather is looking a bit cold, but it will be warm inside the fire hall, with great food, great competition, and great friendship! We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, and thanks once again to all of our sponsors and those making food for their generosity!

Menu addition - meat and cheese tray, courtesy of Bryan Miller

Have fun,everyone!! Please send food if there are leftovers!! Good luck to all! Ted

Thank you Ted!

Yeah, leftovers = Grinch Who Stole Christmas:
And the one speck of food
That he left in the house
Was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse.

I have to pick up the hot sausage Carmen is cooking tomorrow morning... it's a long ride from Ionadi Auto Sales to the firehall... I may be having a reeeeealllly good breakfast!!

John, thanks for all you do to support us, and most especially, what you and everyone do to support Karen, Ashley, and Bob, as we remember our Nikki

Thanks Chuck, and thanks for reminding me about the hot sausage. Now I'm HUNGRY.

Results???

That's great! Wish we had something like that to beat the winter blues!