The temp here around 9am was about 69 degrees, at noon was 82 and around 3pm was around 85. Not terrible, but definitely getting hot. The track is also a little tricky too when the temps start climbing; seems very "greasy". I did catch up with Jeff(Modern) today and talked a bit.
I was able to watch most of the AH cars go down the track today. Some new cars to the group showed up to the shootout. Larry Woo layed down an impressive run; if I remember correctly an 8.67. He has a nice car and sounds very good. Mark Howes' dart is immaculate and leaves very well. His dad had problems of some sort today but I think they have it fixed. They brought all three of their Hemi cars down from Canada. Gary Moore is there from Texas with a stick Cuda. This is the first time I've seen this car. Henson made a good clean pass, an 8.62 if I remember correctly. Charlie made a nice pass first round but spun terribly in the second round. Pancake broke and is out of the race. It should be a good race to watch tommorow.
I'll try to update tomorrow, but I have to say, it just ain't the same without the WCH team and Bucky not being there. There were some upset people sitting next to me in the stands when all the Hemi cars ran and they found out the WCH team and "The King" as they said, weren't there. Made me laugh! They are right though. It's kinda like watching prostock and no WJ. You know, he's been there forever and still used as a measuring stick. Oh well, maybe next year. And from what I'm hearing there will be some new cars out next year, maybe at the end of this year. Good luck to everyone. Gotta get up early to try to get my junk ready to run class tomorrow.