Bowling Green Race Report:
This Weekend, it was
off to Bowling Green, KY to race at the 1st Chrysler Classic event of
the
year. The morning
started out with an Earthquake in Southern Indiana right before I left.
It lasted 20 seconds or so and at a 5.2, it really
shook
my house; exciting way to start the morning! After a quick home
inspection, I left at 5 a.m. from Evansville, lucky me... Bowling
Green is only 80 miles from my house so I arrived early and got a great pit spot. The weather was great and the
Drag'n Wag'n went 9.75 at 137mph. The Barracuda went 10.23 at 130mph.
Friday night, I entered the Wag'n in the No
Box
Bracket Race. By the third round, I was down to only 7 cars... then
the rains came, so we split the money. Saturday came and so did more
rain. I got 3 runs in the Cuda, but only one in the Wag'n, and because of more rain, the class Run Offs were
cancelled. Sunday, the weather was perfect. We got two time runs
in Max Wedge & two in the Cuda. I got my Butt handed to me in the 1st round driving
the Cuda, I spun
the tires bad and ran a 10th off my Dial-In. I ran against defendi
ng
Points Champion Fred Rader in the Wag'n. Fred got me on the tree, I
ran 9.8 on my 9.75 index, not a good way to
start
the season. But good news... "00"
Joe Ewing met Mr. Rader in the finals and took the win. Joe won this event last
year and came back to win it again, Congrats to Joe!
Even though I lost in the first Rounds, I have to tell you, I had a great
time with my Racing Buddies! The Chrysler Classic Crew did a great job, despite the
weather. I'll be back to Beech Bend in two weeks for NMCA... I'll do
better.
Thanks,
Doug Duell