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Msg ID: 2821785 Your Weekend Round Up    
Author:3-Wide
6/10/2024 11:33:42 AM

Let us know if you attended/watched, and what you thought.  Racing?  Air Show? Other?

I had family plans on Saturday, so didn't get out anywhere this weekend. 

Watched a bunch of stuff from the "Replay Section"on FLO that I hadn't gotten a chance to see yet, including events from a few weeks ago like STSS at Kutztown, Tony Hulmann Classic at Terre Haute, IRA Sprints at Angel Park, USAC Midgets from Sweeet Springs, NARC Sprints from Stockton.   (I like the replay section because I can watch it at the pace I like, fast forwarding through downtime/etc., and as long as I don't know who won (which I usually don't), it still has the surprise factor that I would get if I had tried watching it when it was on live originally.) 

Also watched Indycar (practice/qualifying and the race) from Road America on Peacock.

Watched xFinity and Cup from Sonoma (DVR'd/fast forward)

Watched last week's NHRA event from New England....  Have this weekend's event locked in on the good ol' DVR.

For the most part, enjoyed what I watched.  If you watch races/series from other parts of the country for a few weeks in a row, you get to know the drivers/teams that run those series/tracks, which is pretty cool...  You develop that vibe on who are the top runners...., who to root for...who has hard luck... and maybe even who not to root for, which is all part of it too, right?

Have to remind myself that it was only a few decades ago that you were lucky if there was any racing on TV other than Nascar....  Heck, back in the 70's, us racefans were excited if there was even a commercial that featured racing!  Now, with streaming, cable, network, YouTube, and with the help of the DVR, there's more out there than you could ever watch.



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Msg ID: 2821804 Your Weekend Round Up    
Author:D.Wolfe-358
6/10/2024 3:13:07 PM

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I went to NES on Saturday Night as a fan in the stands for Jeep Night. $23.00 for General Admission, classes were the Modifieds, Crate Sportsman , 4-cyclinders and Rookies.

Likes - Good field of 25 Modifieds on hand, Decent finish after late race cautions in the Sportman feature. Good battle for several laps in the modified feature between Ryan Gowdown and Brand Grasso. Grasso would eventually drove away for the feature win. No dust compared to earlier this season. I never once put on the goggles to watch any of the events. 

Dis-Likes : A four hour show with over 55 minutes of Intermission. Also several times we had to wait for cars to come out on the track. 10 minutes of empty track between the end of the 4-cyclinder heat race and the next feature! Last week had two more classes and the show ran a little better. 

Notes - Dillon Steuer making an apperance in Modified Feature. James Blewett winning both Rookie events. 

Going back this month - Probably.

What did I watch - NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals from Bristol TN. Good racing plenty of closes finishes going right down to the line. I won't give any more details for those who still have to watch the event. Just a comment. Tony Stewart is really learning how tough Top Fuel is if you watched the program. Also I watched maybe watched a total of 10 minutes of Nascar Cup Racing. Good to see Kyle Larsen win on the road course. 



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Msg ID: 2821814 Reading, WWII Weekend    
Author:Opperman4x
6/10/2024 4:57:35 PM

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Friday and Saturday we went to the Mid Atlantic Air Museum's WWII Weekend.  Huge crowd on Saturday, probably the biggest crowd I've seen in my 29 years at the show.  Long lines for food and porta potties.  $42 a head to get in.  A little light on aircraft this year and on Friday 3 planes Corsair, Mustang and B-25 had mechanical problems.  Corsair and B-25 were stiil broke on Saturday.  Plenty of reenactors and restored WWII vehicles, or replicas as were the German tanks.  Thom Richards put on an amazing routine with the Mustang doing high speed low passes over the runway.  Lowest passes I ever saw at Reading.  After that he jumped in his Curtiss P-40 and did the routine all over again.


Will I go back?  Already counting down the days to the 2025 show!



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Msg ID: 2821955 Reading, WWII Weekend    
Author:crew51m...
6/11/2024 3:38:12 PM

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Dissapointed the Corsair didnt fly but had a great time anyway.



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Msg ID: 2822090 Reading, WWII Weekend    
Author:Opperman4x
6/12/2024 7:40:05 AM

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The Corsair started his routine on Friday but broke and had to cut it short.  I heard it was a wiring problem and they did have it repaired for Saturday.



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Msg ID: 2822113 Reading, WWII Weekend    
Author:crew51m...
6/12/2024 12:32:13 PM

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She didnt go up at all. Me and the wife are planning to take a trip to Georgia one of the stops is where the plane is kept, I am going to yell at the guy for the 2 times she didnt go up. LOL. 



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Msg ID: 2822169 Reading, WWII Weekend    
Author:Opperman4x
6/12/2024 3:19:58 PM

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Shot this Friday afternoon before he shut her down and landed.



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Msg ID: 2821827 Your Weekend Round Up    
Author:B Foder
6/10/2024 9:14:46 PM

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Friday night watched Oshweken Speedway on Gforce tv,a U tube channel.  Dylan Westbrook came from 18th to win the 360 main.

Saturday went to the WWII air and reenactment show.Bus lines were extremely long worse than being at a theme park.The best food bargain was the the museum's hog dog stand $7.50 for 2 dogs and a drink.

Sunday went to Orange County for Nostalgia Night.  Checked out the vintage cars, talk to some people who went to, or raced at Wiessglass.  Talked with Buzzie Reutimann about some of the tracks in Fl. if still running or might be closing.  Also Wayne's Grand son's progress in sprint car racing.  Finally watched the races, they got to get the dust problem under control.



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