Match race at Denton Aug 16

An update on our testing comin up soon at Northstar Dragway - car owner Bill Morando from Oklahoma City has agreed to bring his car to Northstar to run against us so it will be a "match race" to give both of us much needed testing while at the same time putting on a good show for the fans in Texas. Bill's car will have Daryl Modesto in the driver's seat and Troy Green will be doing the tuning of the car. We are looking forward to running the car in Texas again as the fans are always great in the Lone Star state! I have spoken to the track owner and he is just as excited as we are and he plans on promoting the match race heavily on his website and also handing out fliers etc. Hopefully we can pack the stands for him! Check out the track website- www.northstar-dragway.com for info and directions to the track.

Brad

Next test session confirmed

We are going to North Star Dragway in Denton, TX ( http://www.northstar-dragway.com/ ) on Saturday Aug 16th to mak some test runs. I talked with the track owner this morning and he is very excited to have us. I am currently trying to find a second car to come and run against us. Not too many of these cars down here in our neck of the woods but just maybe...... details to come as I find out more.......

Brad

Springdale United Bank Car Show

Yesterday was a good day at the show in Springdale. The fine folks at United Bank did a great job with the show and made sure we were well fed and watered. Thank you United Bank! We handed out quite a few fliers and met many great people. We fired the car at about 11:15 and the crowd seemed very excited after we shut the car off. I doubt any of the people there had ever heard a car running on nitromethane. It is always fun to see the smiles on people's faces after their first nitro experience. Did I mention that it was HOT!!!!! Imagine that - BUT IT DIDN'T RAIN!

Brad

More photos from Indy

Friend and photographer David Miller was gracious enough to send me these great photos that he took at our race in Indianapolis. Thanks David! Enjoy!

Brad

Show in Springdale

The show that got rained out a few weeks ago is this Saturday so we are going to try again! It is at United Bank located at 2600 S. Thompson in Springdale, AR. It starts at 10 am. Please come by and say hi. We are looking forward to making some new fans in our local area and introducing our car to them. After the show it's time to take the engine and clutch apart to get everything ready for our next race. The next race on our schedule is Sept 5,6 &7 at Norwalk, Ohio BUT we really need to do some testing with the car so we are in negotiations with an 1/8 mile track in Havana, IL to do a match race against Hendricks Racing's top fuel dragster. If things work out it will be two paid runs on Saturday August 23rd which we will use as testing for Norwalk. If that doesn't pan out we will try to schedule a test day somewhere else in August. Not being able to make the third pass at Tulsa really hurt us. We really needed the data that the third run would have given us to know if we are on the right track with our tune up this time around.

Brad

Heat,rain, and great people!

Tulsa Oklahoma Saturday was HOT!!!!!!!!!! We ran an 1/8 mile squirt for first round of qualifying, came back and checked the rod bearings and serviced the clutch. Everything looked good but we missed second round of qualifying. We ran the second time for first round of eliminations. We made about a 1000 ft pass and ran a 6.94 at a slow 172 mph. The car nosed over on the big end but it didn't miss-fire so our new magneto has solved that problem. We leaned the fuel system a bit and adjusted the clutch preparing for another run as the rain clouds gathered to the North. We got the car ready, got David in the car and towed to the line to make a third pass...........and the raindrops fell. Now that we got that part out of the way I want to talk about the best part of Saturday. Some of the most important and special people in my life were there to watch and support us. We were so busy with the car that I didn't get to spend as much time with them as I would have liked but they understood. They traveled hundreds of miles and endured blazing heat, humidity and pouring rain to watch us run the car. It meant a great deal to me and it was great to have everyone there - family, old friends and new friends - thank you all so much for your support!!!!
We have a show Saturday the 19th at the bank in Springdale and then we'll take the car apart and send some parts to DRE for some mods. We hope to test the car sometime in August (at Tulsa) and take some big steps toward going to our next race in Norwalk OH in September with a competitive race car.

Brad

2 days till Tulsa

The blower arrived yesterday and everything looks to be falling into place for Tulsa Saturday. The forecast is for 97 and sunny, no chance of rain. Bring your sunscreen. Hopefully the track won't be too greasy and we can get some good runs down the track with the car. See you there!!!!!
Brad

MSD, Tulsa a week out

As I write this Tulsa is a week away. It looks like I'll be working to get ready all week. I am almost done installing the MSD magneto on the front of the engine - which required moving the fuel pump. The blower should be back Wednesday or Thursday and David Pace will be coming Friday with the clutch - he has been working on it at his place in Texas. Tulsa is really going to be a test session for us more than a race. We've made some substantial changes and are taking a few steps back and kind of regrouping to see how the car reacts. Everyone on the team is anxious to see how it performs.

Brad