This wknd, 10th and 11th....usually a huge turnout w/all the heaviest hitters in the East and Canada running on Sunday. Only 10 minutes from New England Dragway....Hopefully w/co-operating weather...Towing my Brother's 30 footer up for a good pit spot early Fri. morning...somewhere that he won't need to hire a tractor to get towed out of the mud late Sun afternoon if the big rains come Fri. afternoon/nite.....WJ

 

Hope the rain holds off. Its always a great time! I hope to be there Saturday afternoon.

 

I'll be there Saturday and Sunday most likely.

 

I'll be there saturday/sunday.

 

if its not raining tonight i will be there. plan on going all 3 days.
what should i look for? i will be with the x team guys including Sully. big john, romeo, etc.
hope to see you there

 

Brad: just got back....muddy up there and it hadn't even started raining yet...we left at 5:45 am and were there at 7am. Traffic nasty coming back down 495. We have a white 30' U.S. Cargo enclosed w/tandem axle rig---well worn--no lettering on trailer--Ma. plate. Trailer is parked facing downhill, right opposite where you turn onto return road after making a pass...Also, not too far from the portable bathroom that's also right where you enter the return road...His truck is a late model 2500 GMC blk diesel/allison x-cab. You'll see Gary's F7 green Super Stock/Imp. Stock Arctic, Bob Witmer's Mod Arctic's, and 2 of Shawn Wood's vintage Merc Sno-Twisters right in that area....Brad, tomorrow I'll be over at NED for our CMDR event, but I'll look for you at Fremont on Sunday. Make sure you go and introduce yourself to my Bro, Gary....OK? Hope the weather doesn't f..k everyone's wknd up....Best wishes. WJ

 

BTW, Keep an eye on the Lanny Benoit/Walter Joy open-mod 1000 Ski-doo....It has been consistently pulling 1.0 sixty foot times.... and trap speeds well over 130mph....err that's in 500'. WJ

 

Thats moving out!

 

sounds good. i will keep an eye out

 

Braaaaaaaaaap!

 

Todd from Amherst st. Collision is up there with a few people Brad. Not sure who, I was at his shop earlier, guess they were already up there tonight.

Didnt even know about it, or else I would of shot up there!

 

pics someone has got to post some up!!! Come on somebody there had to get some

 

yeah def would like to see pics, I wasn't able to make it.

 

didnt take any pics. my buddys wone 2nd in 2 classes and 3rd in another class.

 

A friend of mine went and said that someone doing stunts tried to do a back flip and the sled landed on him, he had to be med flighted out. Hope he's ok that takes alot of *****! Hope to make it next year!

 

I have some Sun. pics....will try to get them up within next couple of days...They are of the Benoit/Walter Joy 1000 open-mod Doo, my brother Gary's 700 Improved, 700 SS Cat, Sylvain LaFlamme's 800 Improved Doo, Bob Witmer's 1000 SS Cat and others. Shawn Wood also won 2 Vintage Sled classes w/his 2 Mercury Sno-Twisters. Big crowds. Late in the day Sunday, Witmer and LaFlamme were tied for best light/reaction time of the wknd....all these guys mentioned had 1st's and/or 2nds in their respective classes. Results should be up on the Northeast Grassdrags site and also some others. Some great car racing over at NED this past weekend (both days) as well.... WJ

 

Yeah I watched that happen. Didn't look so good.

 

Daryl, the kid that crashed doing the back flip is possibly paralyzed. Here is something his cousin wrote on one of the sites. Hopefully the kid can make a recovery.

"Thank you all for your concern. The update on Darryl is that they attempted surgery and every time they laid him on his stomach, he had difficulty breathing. So unfortunately, they were unable to do surgery at all. They have to wait until his lungs stabilize. In the meantime, he has been intubated to assist his breathing.
So far, it seems that he has some sensation in his neck and arms. But from the the chest down, it's looking like he's paralyzed. But we won't know the extent of the injury until they can get him into surgery and see the damage.
I will keep you posted as I receive more information. "

3rd sled to go off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSTwcqNji30

And pictures from the grass drags. Not mine but someone elses.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodfin/

 

ouch for sure.

not good

 

it looked killer, until the landing

hope he comes thru alright.