I met up with Nitro Twitter Group Greats Alan @SFCSKI, Bill @hardslider21, and Steve @sremerson at the track on Friday. We met up at the Terry McMillen Pits where we all were wearing our Green Terry McMillen T-Shirts. Jim and Cori had just gone shopping for the big Hospitality they were having on Saturday, and we felt like part of the crew helping unload the car of goodies. We chatted a while with Terry, Cori and Jim learning that Terry has another car he'll be running in Bristol, TN in a couple of weeks. Austin Lambright will be driving the second car. Terry hopes that they will secure sponsorship for the second car to run some of the races next year. This will help gather vital information and assist with tuning the cars. We wish them the best in the future.
We also got to tour the Clay Millican/Parts Plus Pits on Friday. We met Clay Millican and talked with him a while. He is so down to earth, and was very friendly making us feel special. We also took some pictures with Clay, and we'd like to thank Clay Millican and Parts Plus for their great hospitality the shown us. Clay let us know that he only was racing 12 events this year, but in 2012, he'll be racing the whole season. We were so pleased to hear that. What a great Team!
We, Alan, Bill, and I then proceeded to the Beer Gardens, where we spent most of the rest of the day at. Met some inteersting people at the gardens. We watched the first and second rounds of qualifying in which the second round was night qualifying. I love watching night qualifying with the flames shooting out of the headers of the Top Fuel and Funny Cars. What a show. This is Terry McMillen Flaming down the track during night qualifying.
We were back at the track early Saturday morning after a good breakfast at IHOP. We talked with Todd from Kallita Motorsports and found out that they will be adding another Funny Car next year. Alexis Dejoria will be driving the second funny car for them. This is going to be real exciting to have another Female Driver in contention for the Rookie of the Year in 2012 with Courtney Force. 2012 looks to becoming an historic year.
We continued to watch qualifying rounds three and four, with some great runs during the day. At the end of the qualifying rounds the Top Qualifyers were Del Worsham with a 3.785 ET in Top Fuel, Cruz Pedregon with a 4.048 in Funny Car, Jason Line with a 6.508 in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec with a 6.819 in Pro Stock Motorcycle. It was a fun packed day with friends from the Nitro Twitter Group, and they made the weekend very special.
Least but not last. We hung out with Nancy Benza in the Benza Pits, and had a great time talking with her. She is such a great person to talk to and we love the whole team. They put the NTG decal on Bob's Pro Stock Car by the right wheel well, and it looks awesome. We so appreciate the Benza's and the NTG supports them to the fullest.
Also took a picture with Vincent Nobile where he also has the NTG Decal on his car. He also is another great Pro Stock Driver and looks to be a very big contender. We thank you all for placing our decal on your cars, and hope for a great season for all.
Sunday's winner were TF- Spencer Massey, FC- Mike Neff, PS- Allen Johnson, and PSM - Matt Smith. We congratulate you all for a great weekend of racing and for your Wally's. See you in Joliet, IL.
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