Track stories 2007

[RacingJake]

I hate crap like that..........some jerks are out there to make a quick $$$ base on lies. I'd post the guy's name or business on the other dragbike forum's as a warning.

PS. Hey Ray did you have any problem with the 0-rings??

 

[lecroy]

Are the cracks in the top half of the case or bottom?

 

[rapidray]

Are the cracks in the top half of the case or bottom?

Two of the mains are cracked where the case studs go into the upper case half.

 

[lecroy]

Two of the mains are cracked where the case studs go into the upper case half.

It seems it's always the top that gets damaged.

 

[lecroy]

Hey Bob, are you coming to that all bike/snowmobile race next weekend?

 

[RacingJake]

Got a few run in tonight and had a best of 6.11 at 112.81.

330's are now in the 3.9's range and had 3 runs in the 112 mph area. Only thing done to the bike was I put a new slick on and some race plugs.

It was still warm out and the humidity was going up but the bike is still going in the right direction.

 

[lecroy]

Sounds like if you ever put the bigger pistons in, or spray you have it.

Ryan is still at Indy. Team Grean had won some big all car race up at Stanton and I guess they offered to sponcer him in NHRA. They don't even have a bike class but they do now. So he put on a delay box and headed to Indy for a chance at the $5,000. Hope you got to take him out Ryan.

Kid was already 9 points up on him going into it. He ended up in first for the year, track champ 2 years running now. Green held second and dad took third. Not too bad.

We had a few alcohol and fuel cars running during the points race. I think we hit 38 deg. The track was so cold (plus the dew) they changed it up to the 1/8 mile. This changed everything. Kid went out at around 1:00 am next day. Some car oiled the center of the track and the bike got out of the grove, hit the oil and hit the limiter. Runs an auto, so we are not sure yet if we damaged the transmission. Made it to 2nd gear was all. Dad made it to the finals and the bike leaped off the line and then slipped. Ran dead on all day and night, even with the weather changes then lost 0.2. That was that...

 

[rosco15]

We'll with a little bit of skill and a truck load of luck.

2007 VP Racing Fuels Race of Champions super pro bike Champion.

"In Super Pro Bike Ryan Cueni rode his Suzuki down the track at 132.86 mph which beat Bob Boruta representing Mid-Michigan Motorplex who fouled at the light."
Ryan Cueni, Thompson Drag Raceway, Suzuki, 9.658, 132.86 def.
Bob Boruta, Mid-Michigan Motorplex, Polaris, foul
http://www.oreillyracewaypark.com/apcm/templates/racedivisions.asp?articleid=24143&zoneid=95

"And in Super Pro Bike Ryan Cueni rode his Suzuki down the track at 132.86 mph to take home the hardware."
http://www.nhra.com/2007/summit/div3/index.html


They ran the champions race on Friday. I'm not sure who I had in the first round. We had a good close race. Pegged the rear brake at the finish line for the win. in the second around I got Oreilly's champion. Got the double break out win. In the third round the ladder put me against Norwalks champion. Super close race, but pulled it out. In the final the mid-michigan champion red light to me on his snowmobile powered dragbike. I watched my win light the whole way down the track. Just couldn't believe I had won.

When I got back they took a bunch of pics in the winners circle. I'm hoping to make the upcoming edition of National Dragster. I got $700 for the win, 30 gal. of VP racing gas, a wally trophy, and I'm the alternate for the National Finals in Pomona, Calif. should the winner of the regular race not be able to go.

in the regular race I went down in the second round in a double break out loss.

I had my wife take this when I got home. Thats my oldest. Some friends are supposed to send me some pics at the track that day.

 

[rosco15]

Mark,

Congrats on your teams finish. That kid must be deadly. I think I'll stay away from him. What bike did team green bring? I did get a little video. I wonder if he's on there.

 

[Baatfam]

Ryan....good job man...winnin' a Wally is the best..:-D

 

[lecroy]

ALL RIGHT!!! The boy looks like a natural.

Does that 30 gallons change the plan?

Guessing Novacks would have been there too. I attached a couple of pictures so maybe you can spot them in the video you took.

We have our last 2 day bike and snowmobile race next weekend then our finals. Hope to have some nice warm weather. You guys should come up and freeze with the rest of us.

 

[lecroy]

This is team Green's Jeff Gordon busa. This is the one I posted that has that very distinct sound coming off the line..

 

[rosco15]

Neither of the Novacks were there. I did see the team green bike and got him on video making the night time trial on friday. He was running against one of the guys from Thompson so I was mostly training the camera on him.

As soon as I put him on the bike he laid down on the body, grabbed the bars, and started jamming his thumb on the shift button. It made both of us laugh.

 

[RacingJake]

I bet there's no snow around Ryan's house this winter cause when you Hot your Hot :lol:

Congrat's Ryan =D>

 

[rosco15]

Article with a pic
http://www.nhradiv3.com/apcm/templates/divnews.asp?articleid=24141&zoneid=18

http://rccracing.com/100_0579-2.JPG

http://rccracing.com/100_0580-2.JPG

 

[lecroy]

... hey, could it be she's running just a little lean..maybe... Nice pictures!

I took some video of a few replicas last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/v/jUhJy7pbLaM

 

[rosco15]

We had another stick shift race along with the regular program. it was a good event. Went 497 red in the final. I guess if your not red lighting your not racing.

I picked up some VP gas to try it out. The only thing the distributor had was the motorsport 109. It's oxygenated. I also put an AF meter on the bike. I think the fuel leaned me out a tad and I went down one on the jetting. Ran 5.92 @115 and 9.42 @137. I might be a tad leaner than I should be. I'm like 12.8-13.6 right now. I'm going to have to do a little research on that.

 

[RacingJake]

That's what I've been using this year. I got my timing at 38 degrees and the motor likes it.

115 mph is really good.

 

[lecroy]

We have a pretty good turnout for last weekends race. We rented the track on Friday before people started showing up for test. My neck is feeling much better so I took my flag bike up. It was having problems ever since I blew up my ignition. I shot gunned it this time and turned the boost off for the first pass. Everything looked real good. No signs of any stutter so I added some boost. The kid was up their watching as I put in one more turn into the waste gate. I told him, "watch this!" The run started out pretty normal, then the motor started to make a strange sound. I started to back it down and looked behind me and saw nothing but smoke. The kid said they thought the bike had exploded and was on fire. Looked like it started to go at about 1000' out. The EMTs headed for the body wagon. No one could see anything. Then the smoke cleared as my bike made the turn. Some relief I guess. Kid was worried I wouldn't be around to pit for him. LOL. It really was a surprise as I think it was only 18PSI or so. Bike was running around 160MPH when it happened so it could have been much worse. Back tire stayed dry. Blankets are a good thing.

Oil was everywhere. I was dripping in the stuff, like the head came off. There was a steady stream of oil coming from the exhaust. The motor was still running and I nursed her back. Hoping just the turbo gave out (but knowing all that oil didn't come from just the turbo) I pulled off the exhaust. Turbo was nice and tight. I think I am done riding for the year now. Will pull her apart tonight and see how bad things are. Doubt it's a gasket but you never know.

The rest of the night was not much better. We tried running the new nitrous bike. When it came out of the water box I noticed that the chain was very sloppy. Maybe 2" of play?! Back to the trailer. Place was packed so we waited in line for maybe an hour and a half to make the next attempt with the other bike. The bike would not shift. We went home, got some sleep and headed back for the big race. Things went smoother the second day. We had all four bikes make past the first round. A lot of very good racers came so it was a lot of fun. We slowly picked them off. Then the kids bike wouldn't shift. That put him out. Dad was the last one in. We made it to the finals with a bike from Il. Dad stepped up with a .506 or something and then the other guys bike wouldn't shift. That was the end of the first day.

Day two the kids bike shifted fine in the right, but would not shift in the left lane. It was a free for all and we keep bringing him up first in line to make sure he would run the right. We were doing pretty good and we got down to where they started the ladder. We just lucked out and people kept giving the kid the right. Dad and son made it into the finals. They decided to split but we ran them for fun. Dad gave him the right (no reason to do more damage to the bike) and the kid, who has beat him every race this year, fell asleep. .6 something light to dads mid 5. $2400 payout was not too bad. In stead of Subway we ate at a nice place and had some good food.

There was only one accident over all three days. I heard that a guy on a Busa hit the front breaks and came off. I guess he was fine and won the race. It was the quarters and he wanted to enter another bike to enter the finals but they don't allow that. So The guy who won the street E/T class lucked out with a bye.

I guess we had some ladies riding around nude on a golf cart but I was home sleeping and missed out on all the fun.

 

[Baatfam]

Dang....sounds like ya done it up good....let us know what went...

We're about done for the year ourselves...

But we went down to Bunker Hill Saturday since I qualified for their ROC and I wanted a shot at another Wally.....plus I could race in the regular Saturday race that evening...all for $35.00\\/

Well...did you ever have a day were it seemed like you forgot everything you knew about ridding one of these things....
First our starter quit on the cart....borrowed one...
First time run...hit the rev limiter in 2nd...never noticed the light blarin' at me...doh!
Second run was clean....5.66 with a .019 RT:-D
First round of the ROC....got out of the groove and while trying to stay out of the center, I hit the rev limiter again....lost about a .1 on the run, but still won by .001 since I treed the guy good....
OK...round two...guess I didn't get the shifter all the way down in 1st...left in 2nd....and lost.
Backed off it quick and the clutch smelled OK....so I went for a time run before the evening race to check it out.
She lost .03 off the 60' and .08 off the 1/8 mile time. So the clutch did take some damage....
I had new clutch plates, but.....I missed the Wally, it wasn't a points race, it wasn't a final, not much money involved....so I put her on the trailer and opened a beer...
We had a nice night watchin' the racing and helping a buddy with a dragster.:-D

This one time it felt right to quit.....

Here's to next year...\\/

Bob T.