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April 2008 Welcome to our newly updated website. We have no excuse to the lack of updates last year, but promise this year we will stay on top of it. Yeah, I know you've heard that before, but this year it will happen.... Thanks to all that have given comments on our Guest Book. We look forward to reading them. We will begin our season very early with our first race in Las Vegas May 3rd. Yes, it's a long way to go to test out a fresh engine, but who can blame us for wanting to get out of the snow. We will let you know how things go. Check out this years Schedule. See you at the track!
July 17, 2007 Well race fans, we finally got one on the books. The year started out a bit wet as you all know, the weather was not in our favor. With the Fox Hunt ending early due to sprinkles and the Calgary Father’s Day Funny Car Nationals being cancelled all together due to rain, we weren’t sure what kind of points series we were going to end up with... but, Mother Nature sure turned around this weekend with temperatures above the 30 mark in Mission. As most of you know, the IBAA runs on a 7.50 index meaning we can’t run faster than that. The Canadian National Open at Mission Raceway was changed to be 7.20 index due to the low altitude the difficulty of slowing down the motors on our cars. We qualified #1 with a 7.22 @ 193 m.p.h. Although we have qualified in first position in the past this one felt really good given the change of index. We went into the first round with our usual butterflies as we haven’t had much luck getting past first round over the last season or two, but luck was on our side Sunday and we took the win against Rod Elliott with a 7.24 @ 171 m.p.h. Our second pass was against Joey Steckler, and again being a little nervous as Joey took us out last year by blowing past us at the top end. Not this year, Joey made a technical error on shifting and gave us the win. The final round was against Tim Boychuk and although we have run Tim before, it has never been in the final. Both drivers were excited about the end result and what a drag race it was. Darrell managed to leave first and cross the finish line with a 7.29 against Tim’s 7.27. We were all very excited and happy to finally win a race. As this was National Event of NHRA we received the prestigious award of a “Wally” and our winning picture will be seen in an upcoming issue of “National Dragster”. We also received coverage from local magazines and “Horsepower Heaven.com” along with a TV interview for Lucas Oil Products. We have a couple of weeks off to recoup from the long haul to Mission and back and then it’s off to Medicine Hat for another “Canadian National Open” hopefully we can bring home some more hardware to add to the collection. Hope to see you there.
June 4, 2007 Well race fans, it's that time of year again. The smell of alcohol and burning rubber is in the air and that makes race season officially open. This coming weekend we hit the track for the first race of the season... The Fox Hunt is back in Edmonton June 9th and we are ready to go. We spent the last couple of weekends at the track testing and everything is running fine. We hope to see you at the track this summer and don't forget to stop by the pit. The Schedule page is updated so check out the date we will be at a track near you.
February 23, 2007 Although the winter months seem long, now that March is right around the corner, we can’t help but get excited about starting another year at some of the best tracks in Western Canada. We are attending our first car show of the year this weekend in Calgary at the “World of Wheels”. We haven’t been at this show for several years and it’s going to be fun to see some different cars or even some of the ones that appear at “Powerama” each year. Even during the winter months we are busy with racing. Each winter the entire chassis is stripped and then everything put back together from the ground up. So far we have been through a chassis re-certification along with seat belts, clutch can, clutch, and driving suit. e are in the final stages of putting our big motors together and after that getting the car back into race condition. We should be legal and rarin’ to go by the end of April. Also this winter we have been busy renovating our Motorhome (affectionately known as "The Bus") to upgrade some of the features and give us the comforts of home, given the fact it is our home away from home most every weekend during the summer. The IBAA is almost finished putting this years schedule together and we should have it posted within the next month. There are some tentative races that we are waiting for confirmation on and then it's a go. We are looking forward to seeing you at the races and don’t forget to post your comments on the guest page, we always enjoy hearing from you.
September 21, 2006 Due to last weekends cancellation, we are racing in Edmonton this weekend. It is our last chance for the points. Come see us Saturday for 2 rounds of qualifying and Sunday for eliminations.
September 15, 2006 SCHEDULE CHANGE!!!! Due to the cold wet weather conditions this weekend in Medicine Hat, we will not be racing this weekend. We are trying to arrange to reschedule the race for next weekend here in Edmonton.
September 9, 2006
We have almost finished our season, Saskatoon we great as usual. Our annual trip east was very good, met by great track staff and high temperatures and a record crowd, we made our first qualifying pass with a bit of break to the rear end gears, but we managed to put everything back together to qualify in 4th place with a 7.57 however, we just can't seem to shake the first round demons and we were knocked out first round of eliminations. Drayton Valley - September long weekend and 29 degree temperatures... the track was a little tricky, not much rubber down on the new asphalt so the burnouts were not much to see and the crews had their work cut out for them trying to tune the cars to get down the track without spinning the tires. We qualified 4th again, but again in eliminations... well, I won't say it... Next weekend we're in Medicine Hat. One last try to beat the demon and get to the finals. We'll get the results posted as quick as possible after the weekend.
August 9, 2006 The last two months have just flown by, and unfortunately that means the summer is well on it’s way past too. There has been tons of stuff going on and we have been traveling more this year than the past two or three. Although the races have passed and we hope that you were there to enjoy them, we will give you a little run down of what happened. The Funny Car Nationals at Castrol Raceway were supposed to be on June 10th, but the one-day event was postponed until the Sunday due to the Stanley Cup finals. We made a couple of qualifying passes, but once again were rained out by good ol’ Mother Nature. Calgary’s Father’s Day Funny Car Nationals was much better for weather, however, we had some difficulty getting down the track. We did our best to put on a show for the fans and the track personnel were extremely helpful. As this was a points race for us, we ran an elimination style of event and we were knocked out in the semi’s due to a computer malfunction on our run. We decided a re-run was needed to determine the winner and on our second pass the car just didn’t want to go in the right direction. After a sharp left and then an immediate right, and little bit of bouncing then straight down the track it went. Much too late to win of course, but there was no damage done except a few holes in the header pipes from dragging. For once, the weather cooperated and we had a fantastic weekend out at Castrol Raceway for the Rocky Mountain Nationals. It is so cool to see all the Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Cars attend as well as being able to participate amongst them. We did however, get bit by the big RED bulb on the semi-final pass and if that doesn’t make you a little peeved, the other guy broke out and ran a 7.49. I don’t think any of us remembered the last time we had a red light and it had to be then. Our luck just keeps getting better and better. Let’s hope the rest of the season picks up. After a few weekends off to catch up on the household necessities (you know, yard work), we were off to Mission Raceway. This has got to be one of the best facilities to race at in Western Canada. The track is as smooth as glass and the staff are terrific. We had no trouble what so ever with the car. We ran consistently in the low 7.50’s and were confident that we could make it to the finals. WRONG, just when you think you got the other guy beat, he blows by you like your standing still and beats you by 6 one hundreds of a second. But, that’s racing. From Mission we took the rest of the week off and made our way down to Seattle for the NHRA Nationals on July 21, 22, & 23. We went there to make some exhibition passes for Lucas Oil and the car ran perfectly. Our first pass was an extra long burn-out that the fans just went nuts over and then the actual pass was a 7.43. It was so straight, we couldn’t have asked for anything better. Our second pass was a bit slower due to the burst panel just splitting enough to let the boost our of the blower. It must have gone at the top end because we still ran a 7.56. We had great response from all the fans that came by and they wished there were more of our kind of body style there to put on a show. Maybe next year we can get something together. On July 29th we did a display to help collect money for the Edmonton Stollery Children's Hospital. We enjoy helping out fund raisers such as this, as it helps everyone and creates an awareness of all the needs of the children in our communities. So that’s it in a nut shell, we are getting prepared for the upcoming race at Castrol Raceway for the CMDRA Bike drags on August 12 & 13. We have our fingers crossed for good weather and great attendance. Hope to see you there.
June 1, 2006
RAIN, RAIN, RAIN.... That’s about all we can say for the weekend in Seattle. For any of you that have travelled to Seattle you know that it isn’t that bad of a drive, however, to drive that far and sit for three days... yes, three days in the rain is a bit unnerving. We felt bad for the staff and the Goodguys as this has been their third rainout this year already. We did manage to get some great exposure on the Nova and a couple of magazines will be putting pictures in their upcoming issues. Since we only did a warm up in Seattle, we are ready for the next race here in Edmonton for the Funny Car Shootout at Castrol Raceway on June 10th. Our fingers are crossed for good weather and a chance to get down the track one more time. Hope to see you there. Go to our Guestbook and give us your comments. We enjoy hearing from you.
May 16, 2006We are well underway in getting prepped for racing. With Powerama come and gone, we have had huge comments about the new body. or all you Corvette lovers, we haven’t retired the old body, just put it off to the side for a bit. Change is good sometimes, but we can always go back. We are also able to interchange in case something happens to one of them... knock wood. We had our first display of the year in Didsbury Alberta for their 14th Annual Car Show. They had a terrific turn out of cars with at least 240 entries. This was an excellent venue being on the golf course area with grass and trees. The people there are great and make us feel welcome whenever we attend. May 15th, Castrol Raceway , how excited do you think we were when the Nova went down the track for the first time? We had visions of it going slow because it’s quite a bit heavier and wider than the Corvette is. The burnout was nothing to write home about, but the run was fantastic. A 7.54 right out of the box, fairly straight and no carnage. We have a few adjustments to make on the oil pressure and we are good to go. Great job on the tune-up by our crew Bob and Jeremy, they have things figured out already.
Our first race is May 27 in Seattle for the Goodguys event. We are looking forward to that. We heard from the group that went last year, they had a blast. We will be back in Edmonton for the Funny Car Showdown at Castrol Raceway on June 10th. Hope to see you there. From then on we will be fairly busy over the summer hitting all the familiar tracks as well as some new ones. Check out our schedule and be sure to come out on the events where we are in your area. Happy racing to all and keep the shiny side up. SPONSORS MAKE OUR WHEELS GO ‘ROUND
Hey race fans!!! We are getting into race mode and are putting the final touches on the car to get ready for Powerama at the end of April. We have to apologize for the lack of updates over the course of the winter, but we really didn’t have much to report. We want to thank all our sponsors for coming on again this year to support our fantastic sport and let us promote you and your companies to all of our fans at every track we attend. We encourage all of you to come out and see for yourselves just how much fun we have and how easy it is to get hooked on “Drag Racing”. We have put together a tentative schedule for the upcoming season. We will indicate any races that are confirmed or still in a tentative status by color coding the event and date. We are looking forward to another great year of racing and plan on hitting some extra tracks this year along with some special events to help promote new tracks that are in the building stages. The “NOVA BODY” which has been in hiding and somewhat of a question mark as to when it will be done, is in it’s final stages of paint at the body shop. So, it should (keep your fingers crossed) be ready for the unveiling at Powerama complete with all our sponsors decals. This has been a long time coming and we are looking forward to putting it on the chassis for the first time and running it down the track. Stay tuned for more details on what is happening and don’t forget to save your pennies for the Fourth Annual “Rocky Mountain Nationals”. We are putting our order in now for SUN, SUN, SUN.
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Hot,
hot, hot... what more can we say. This has been the best
season for racing as far as the summer goes. We started out on a bit of a
cool, wet weekend, but every weekend since has been awesome. We couldn't
ask for better weather.
