rain out..............

I got the car put together and shined up with a borrowed blower, washed the trailer and got a display ready of our newspaper articles and media coverage so far this year and............ due to the likely chance of Thunderstorms tomorrow they have postponed the car show until July 19th. The weekend after our next race at Tulsa. I still plan to attend and display the car. Rain seems to follow my race car...............The trailer needed washed anyway............ I guess Corey and I will unload the car, take it apart, degree the cam and put the rods and pistons in it tomorrow.

Brad

Display in Springdale........

I've just been asked to display the dragster at a car show in Springdale AR at United Bank this Saturday. I'll scramble to get the car put together enough for display and shine it up. This will be a good opportunity to create some new fans in my local area and promote the team and the sport. Maybe a sponsorship opportunity will also arise from the display. If you are in the area please come by and say Hi. United Bank, 2600 S Thompson in Springdale, AR Saturday June 28. Show starts at 10 am.

Brad

Radio show........................

Last Sunday Racing Sports Live, http://www.racingsportslive.com/ a call in drag racing radio show on 105.3 FM in the Dallas TX area, had our driver David Pace in the studio for a special 2 hour show on nostalgia drag racing. Joining him were fellow TF driver Troy Green and 2 Junior fuel drivers from Texas. The radio show can be downloaded and listened to on any computer from here: http://www.angelfire.com/tx/fuelcarfan/rsl/pages/shows.html While you are there be sure and check out other past shows they've done and check back often for future archived shows or listen live every Sunday at 10 am central time via the internet.

Thanks to show host Chris Graves for having us!!

Brad

Tulsa July 12th.........

Here's the flier for our next race in Tulsa July 12th. We will run in the open fuel class which is pretty much an anythong goes class. There will be some pro mods and blown alcohol dragsters, injected nitro dragsters but we may be the only true top fuel car there. This is more or less going to be a test session for us more than a race and also a chance for many of our friends and family to come see the car run close to home. We need to get more runs on the car to collect data and see if we can make the car run the numbers we know it can do once we get things working properly. Hopefully we are going in the right direction to be competetive at our Norwalk race in September. Tulsa will be a good test for us. Hope to see you there!

Brad

Bowling Green pictures

Indy pictures

Back from Bowling Green

Well, we made it back safely (car, driver, and crew) from the National Hot Rod reunion at Bowling Green Kentucky. We had a good time. We had our share of problems but we lived to fight another day. We are struggling with getting our car down the track. We have been thrown some curves and we are back on our heels at the moment. We ran a 6.65 on our first qualifying run Friday. That was good enough to get us in the show and it's a good thing because we were unable to run the 2nd and 3rd qualifying sessions. Why???? because while warming the car up in preparation for the 2nd run our brand new top - o - the line blower locked up. Nice............. None of us were expecting that for sure! Fellow top fuel racer and all around great guy Brendan Murray loaned us his spare blower which we were able to get on the car and use for eliminations on Sunday. We ran a very sad 6.82 to our competitor's 5.72 (which was low ET for the race) and had to load up and go home. We are left scratching our heads as we try to sort the clutch, fuel and ignition systems out to make a decent showing at Tulsa in just a few weeks. We will put our heads together, look at the budget and come up with a plan that we think will make the car respond in a positive way.
There will be a lot of pictures coming soon from both Indy and Bowling Green. I will post a bunch of them here as soon as Randy sends them to me.

Brad

Indy.............

We made it back from Indy in one piece. The car performed pretty well and the crew did great. We won first round but got beat in the semi finals by the eventual winner. We are having an ignition problem. The car loses about 4 cyls at 900 - 1000 ft into the run every time. We are going to put a bigger magneto on and head for Bowling Green Thursday morning. I am busy until then but I'll post pictures and more news from both events after we get home. The above photo was taken by Bob Snyder.

Brad

My biggest fan and my dearest friend.....

Well, the trailer is loaded. John and Allen will be here soon. David will be flying out in the morning. I am about to embark on a dream. As I ponder what is to come about I can't help but think of...and thank with all my heart... my biggest fan, my biggest sponsor, and my best friend - my wife Susan. Without her support, acceptance, and most of all patience I wouldn't be "climbing my Mt. Everest". That's what racing a top fuel car is to me.... It's my brass ring, my "Mt. Everest". It is definately not something a simple man can do by himself. Thanks Susan for all your support and faith in me. I love you more than ever................

Brad

All dressed up and ready to go!

Corey delivered the freshly painted body over the weekend and I got the engine put back together. Allen and John are coming up Wednesday. When they get here we'll set the valves, look everything over and start the car on alky to make sure everything is cool. Then she goes into the trailer for a 5 am departure for Indiana Thursday morning.

Here's the tentative schedule for top fuel at the Indy race:

Friday- Qualifying 3 pm

Saturday- Qualifying noon, 1st round eliminations 3:30 pm

Sunday- 2nd round eliminations 10 am, final round will be the last run of the day

The Goodguys site http://www.good-guys.com/news/hotNews.aspx should have racing updates over the weekend.

Brad