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Another exciting racing
weekend here with AHDRA at the Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Missouri. The weather was a cool start (in the
50’s!) on Friday, but warmed up to the 70’s on a beautiful and sunny
Saturday.
Chip managed to capture
the number 1 qualifying spot in the first round of ET Class with a .016
reaction time, but it only held until the 2nd round. There were 61 entries in this field
vying for the number one spot.
In the first round of our
11.50 index SEP class, we once again thumped too fast and did not qualify
with an 11.323. We slowed the bike
down and got in the field in our second round with a conservative 11.612
and knew we could do better.
The third round of
qualifying in the SEP class brought impressive and exciting runs by
many! Robert McConnell ran a near
perfect 11.506 for the number one spot early in the round. Then, Dean Druschel
ran a perfect 11.500 with 103 mph to bump Robert McConnell to the number
2 qualifying position. Our very
own Chip rose to the occasion and impressed us all with yet another
11.500!!! He was going 110 mph
through the traps, making his run the #1 qualifier and Dean’s #2, and
Robert’s #3.
Race day Sunday was
another beautiful and sunny day with temps in the 80’s for the afternoon. We didn’t make the afternoon show in
either field, but it was fun to participate in the #1 Qualifiers
Ceremony. We spent the day
cheering on our friends and enjoying the races!
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