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Dirt Drag Racing Report 7 - 07 July 18, 2007

Top Fuel Roostin

July 15th was another fantastic day at the track!! The boycott was called off on Tuesday with Joe and the crew promising better track maintenance equipment. And then the track was great all day. I have included a picture of the new tractor and the rig they used behind it. The only real problem we had for the day was some fools trail riding in the shut down at the end of the track. It must have happened four times during racing. Not a safe situation at all!!

One of the other issues that drove some riders away was the single loss elimination in a class that had more than 10 registered to race. The 250 and 500 Dirt are usually the largest classes with well over 20 bikes. On Sunday, several riders didn't show and some moved to different classes to hopefully get double elimination. In the 500 class, that move almost bit them in the behind. There were only 6 riders!! The first round when Jacob made his pass, I swear he rode just like his brother Jesse. He went undefeated for the day on the V6. That is the first race he has placed in the 250 or 500 class since the V5 was stolen one year ago!! This was the second raceday that he has competed in the Hog Gas Class against his Dad. They finished with the same results as last race, Bill in first and Jacob in second. The only difference was that Jacob won one round against his Dad. The other big boost for our team was the presence of some family members in our pit area. My sister and 3 of my nephews were there to cheer us on!

The pictures that I have included show some of the wild rides for the day, great wheelies and long flung roosts!! There may be a delay in the race results getting posted to my sight. I was too busy celebrating and packing up after racing finished so I missed the crew at the tower to get the results!! I didn't get to count of how many female riders we had this time but there was definitely a good showing.

I have a picture of the tower crew included. On the far left is Donnie Cooper and he did a wonderful job for the first time as the man behind the microphone. The next race is August 12th with a rain date of August 19th.

We recently enjoyed a week's vacation at home in Upstate New York. Besides all the family fun including my parent's 50th anniversary, family fireworks and the 4th of July parade, we went to Action Park Speedway in Greene, NY for some speedway bike racing. We grew up going to Speedway in Owego every Sunday night. The bikes we saw at Greene were tame compared to the Harleys in the old days!! It was neat to see a second generation racer compete, Jesse Diem is the son of Warren Diem from the 70's!! Their turnout was pretty low since there were so many weddings and graduation parties on July 7th. Plus the following weekend there was a big event scheduled. In the D2 Main, there was a girl out there that won, Deanna Holden!! I have some pictures added to this report and will have some more next month, after I get that roll of film developed. They had a new event with several kids from Sidney, NY competing on BMX bicycles in 2 lap heats. That was pretty strange to watch; and quiet!!

SPEEDWAY

Pro Gas Speedway in the pits Speedway Sideways!!

89-90 4 wheel New Track Rig

Jap 600 Jacob rides Jesse Style

Here are the results from the Action Park Speedway night:

D1 Main
1st - Cassey Donholt #97
2nd - Sr. Steve #X
3rd - Adam Mittl #29
4th - Mike Buman #5
5th - Jesse Diem #4

D2 Main 1st - Deanna Holden
2nd - Steffan Laisseg #98
3rd - Ray Barondick #581
4th - Jason Spatley #5X

PeeWee
1st - Zach Ostrander #28
2nd - Justin Ostrander #77
3rd - Kyle Doig #7
4th - Spencer Pottaro #19
5th - Roger Roberts #10

Quad Pro
David Rice #21

Quad Am
Michele Pheonix #3

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