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Started out sunny...

The week started and ended with a prayer to the "sun" gods, we wanted to test the new clutch set-up and of course break-in our new tire. So when today rolled around, we were excited to see the sun as we opened our sleepy eyes. We loaded the truck and headed off to the track. Not many cars or bikes out when we got there, in fact, no one really showed up till about noon or a bit after. So we settled in for a nice "anxious" wait... and hoped that they would do some track prep.

As the morning inched along, a few more bikes showed up. Including one of my favorite racers, Katie Sullivan. Recently, she's been a topic of discussion on dragbike.com/mdra. Some months back she purchased a look alike Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Her and Charlie (her father), attended Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School in Florida awhile ago. Their goal today was to obtain three passes under 7.90 in order for Katie to get her Pro Stock Motorcycle License. Honestly, I can't think of any other female that I would love to see get picked up in Pro Stock [except me, of course ;)]. Overall, they are working hard to try and get everything complete so Katie can play with the big boys and girls at Gator Nationals just a few weeks away. So I was very anxious to see her make some passes. Unfortunately, the conditions were marginal (at best) for what she needed. Plus they are still working out some bugs with a new motor as well as Katie getting used to the bike. Overall, I think she did great and can't wait to see her rock NHRA.

Katie wasn't the only one facing challenges today... so were we. It just wasn't coming all together. Our 60' times were off, our E.T. was off, our MPH was off, overall, the day was off. We didn't have traction problems, although the track is down to concrete in both lanes.

Time to bring in the fat tire cars...only they were slim today. But this one caught our attention, what a beautiful race car!

We LOVE it when Joe comes out, he's such a great person! After we were done fiddling around, we let Joe take his shot at the track with no promises of a good return for his time. He was happy to just not be pushing, towing or riding Rob's tow scooter. :) LOL!!!

Unfortunately, Joe didn't get much out of her either. Big Rob was out playin with his Fields Performance monster today too and he did pretty good! Ran a few 8 second passes and learned a little more!

We did see a guy go down after popping his oil pan. He came down from a wheelie and it got slick from there on out. He rode it out as best he could, before he couldn't control it anymore. He walked away from the accident, but he was experiencing some signs of head injury (concussion, etc.), so they were gonna take him to the hospital just to be safe! Good thinking! We wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you back at the track soon!

By the end of the day the sun had disappeared and it was cold. Now its time to head home, rest a bit and head off to watch the AMA Arenacross Series at Arco! ;)

Practice, Practice, Practice...

We made some fine tuning adjustments and headed out for a day of testing. We headed 20 minutes from our house to Sacramento Raceway on January 31st for a day of fun! These are the days we love, when the air is crisp (which equals horsepower) and the sun is shining (which means a warmer track). We hit our personal best MPH at 155.61 and a half track MPH of 125.20. The half track 125 mph pass gave us a 9.28 ET and with those numbers we know there is more to tap into. Now back to the garage for some additional tuning...

Overall, we had a great day and got in about 9 passes! If the weather works with us, we'll head back out this coming weekend for some more testing! ;)