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Dirt Drag Racing Report #03 - 09 April, 2009

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The first race of the season was on Sunday, April 19th. It was a great turnout as far as spectators. I was kind of surprised there weren't more racers. The weather was great in the morning but turned weird in the afternoon. It was like the clouds had decided to settle in low. It never did rain and we were finished, packed up and heading home by 6:30 pm.

There were 19 classes with 123 registered riders. There were only 2 classes that were single elimination. I'm not sure how we ended up with a ?? class. It's kind of 601-1100 but there were some conversations about different tire sizes and breaking them into two different classes. So even once racing started it was still listed as the ?? class. It looks like they are calling the Hog Gas Class the Pushrod Class this year.

Fowler and Fowler Racing had a fantastic day. In the Pro Gas Class, Dan made his fastest pass yet in the second round with a 430. He placed first in the Pro Gas, Joseph Fowler placed second in the ?? class, Danny Fowler placed first in the 351-500 class and Cameron Fowler placed second in the 50-60 Mini class. You could tell they were having a lot of fun too!!

Rannings Racing had our share of difficulty. The Honda CR500 just didn't want to run right all day. They changed fuel mixture and jets to try to correct it with no luck. The Top Fuel B bike won one round because Jason Plummer red lighted. But it was not hooking up to the track properly. In the Pushrod/Hog Gas Class, we were having a great day until the last round. Jacob's bike, #66 did not sound right and he decided not to take a chance. Thank goodness it was only a bolt that had sucked in and scored the piston instead of a major failure like last year!! The "Monster" bike, Jesse's #96 broke an oil line and it was a scramble to get it fixed in time for the next round!! Things got pretty hectic.

I have also included some pictures from the test and tune we went to down at Morgan's Corner, NC on March 28th. It is a new drag track next to the motorcross track. The distance is 300 feet with 400 feet of shut down. The lanes are wide enough for trucks to race too. He has a pro tree and was working on getting all the bugs out that first day. They had one this past weekend on the 25th but we didn't go to it. Their next event is on May 23rd. He may only do test and tune and not actual racing. He wasn't sure how things would go since he had never done this type of racing before.

It was a great opportunity for us to make sure our bikes were ready for the first race at Slade's. We had problems with both Harleys that needed repair back at the garage. There was a scary incident most of you have heard about by now. Two Extreme 4 wheelers were competing when something went wrong on David Keys bike. He ended up barrel rolling in the air, above the other competitor, Trell Allen who ducked, then landed with the bike on top of his legs. He was airlifted to Norfolk General for a couple of days. We were glad to see him at Slade's with a nice little neck brace on but heeling just fine.

The next race is May 19th and we hope to see you out there!!

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