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Welcome to our photo coverage of the NHRA Toyota Summernationals. held May 30th - June 2nd 2013 at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. We'll be starting our visit with Friday, May 31st. It was brutally hot, in the mid-90s with high humidity. When we arrived, Stock Eliminator was on the track, and they were having a tough time hooking in the heat.

Thanks to NHRA providing us with access to the photo area for Friday we got some great up-close shots of the fuel cars. On Saturday and Sunday we concentrated more on the Sportsman classes. We had a great time and we both had the pleasure of meeting many drivers, both Professional and Sportsman.

Kicking off with Round 2 of Stock Eliminator, Russell Linke from right next door in Old Bridge, NJ heats the tires on his '97 C/SA Camaro
Johnny Williams from Smithfield RI launches his '71 F/SA Oldsmobile 4-4-2. He wins here in Round 2.
Paul Cambria in the C/SA Camaro goes down to Williams here.
Jeanne Linke's day ended here with a Round 2 loss to Tom Dauber

John Shaul in the Mr. 413 Mopar goes .105 on the 'Tree and wins against Paula Cambria, who couldn't run the number
Gary Richard in the 2012 FS/DC Mustang lights the big red apple against Billy Pires in the G/SA Nova.

John Fedeli in the '76 K/SA Cutlass comes up on the wrong side of a double-breakout against Joe Lisa in the '68 D/SA Camaro

Don Pires Jr. in the H/SA Nova moves to Round 3 here
Likewise for John Warhime, who keeps the 'Tree clean and green

There's Warhime's win light down there as Ken DePascale goes ballistic red. This was a heads-up pairing; DePascale had to take a shot at the 'Tree as Warhime had the L/SA Index covered better.
David Barton was a victim of the track surface as he blew the tires away at the hit of the throttle.
I was out of earshot so I couldn't hear anything that was said. It's safe to say David was not happy.

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