Our first five.......................

We had a great day at Texas Motorplex! They postponed the race until Sunday due to Saturday's forecast and Sunday was sunny with a bit of wind. We warmed the car up and took her out for an eighth mile check out pass. Everything went well and David shut it off shortly after the eighth mile marker and we brought it back and checked everything over real close. All looked well so we headed to the line for a full,hard pass. The car launched hard and was on a good run. When David pulled the chutes the scoreboard flashed 5.99 seconds at 232 mph!!! Let me tell you the feeling was incredible. This a huge milestone for my team and we did it with a soft tune up and no damaged engine parts.
Thanks to my wonderful wife,my whole crew, and DRE Racing for all their help and support!
I'll post more pictures as they come.
Brad

First fire up of 2009

Saturday we fired the car up after having everything apart all winter long. It was a tense situation for me. Even though I carefully assembled everything and double checked - triple checked every step - until it was running with good oil pressure and no leaks there was a weight of worry on my shoulders. That's all behind me now. She fired right up and sounded good. Tears running down my cheeks from the fumes and feeling the noise rumble in my guts again was great!
I've got a few days worth of work between now and April 18th to get the trailer and all our support supplies ready. Please come to Texas Motorplex at Ennis Texas on the 18th. We'll be there along with several other front engine dragsters and a funny car doing spring testing. Gates open at 8am Hope you can make it!

Brad