Videos from Denton

Here's some short videos of us at Denton.

Burnout:







Early shutoff run:








These were shot by David's brother Richard.

Enjoy!

Brad

Results from Northstar

Saturday was calling for rain but the clouds kept their moisture and gave us a very cool and enjoyable evening. We made 3 good hard runs with the best being a 4.14 @ 192.72 mph. Northstar is a great little eighth mile track with nice facilities and great fans. We had a great time, were treated well and best of all we seem to have turned a corner with our setup on the race car. The incremental times are getting down where they should be. David said he was driving a whole different race car than we had at Tulsa! So now the tear down and preparation for Norwalk OH begins. We have 3 weeks to get her ready for the trip up to Lake Erie and Randy and I are going to race our flathead dragster next Saturday at MOKAN in Missouri so I am going to be a busy boy!
Chris Graves was snapping photos at Northstar Saturday night and got some good shots. View them here: http://www.maxcacklephotos.com/
David Pace and the Dearmores had a lot of friends and family at this event and it was nice to meet all of them and for them to see what this is all about. David's brother got some video of the car running at night with nice big header flames. He is going to get the video emailed to us so hopefully I can post it here or at least post a link to it so it can be viewed by our blog readers! I am really excited about that!
Thanks to all who came out and watched and thanks to all our fans who come here to keep updated on our adventures in Top Fuel drag racing!!!!
Brad

Denton Texas

Well tomorrow morning we head Southwest to Denton. The rain forecast is calling for 50% chance of rain but like John told me today - that means there's a 50% chance it won't rain! I talked to Rich at Northstar Dragway today and he said they have very good track drying equipment and not to worry, so I won't. We really need to get some runs on the car to work on our tuneup so we are praying that the evening will be dry. So far this year it has rained every Saturday that we have been at the track with the car except for our first outing in May. That was in Texas so maybe the Lone Star state is good luck for us??? Let's hope so.
I'll post a full report Sunday night so stay tuned!

Brad

Brad Thompson update

The latest word on Brad Thompson is that he has broken ribs, sternum and a vertebrae in his neck that will most likely require surgery. Hang in there Brad, our thoughts and prayers are with you!

Brad

News- Brad has had his surgery and he recovering - doing fine but very sore. There were more cracked vertebrae than originally thought and he now has some titanium pins installed. He's going to be down for a while. Keep him in your prayers.

Brad

Brad Thompson crash.........

Last night at the race in Boise Idaho fellow Top Fuel racer Brad Thompson suffered a bad crash at the end of the final round run. Word is that he was awake but groggy as they got him from the car and that he complained of shoulder and arm pain but that he appeared to be OK. He was taken to the hospital for observations. Our thoughts and prayers go out to "Bad" Brad and his family.

Here is a link to a report from the race with a picture:

http://www.dragracingonline.com/livecoverage/x_7-boise-3.html

Brad

Fliers for match race at Northstar Dragway

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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