Drag racing results 1999

New London Motorcycle Champion
Eastside Speedway Motorcycle Champion
Runner-up Natural Bridge Dragstrip
Runner-up
SBRA Champion of Champions

Date Results Track Notes  $3071
11/28   SD Test & tune. 6.13 & 6.16 @ 125 mph. Busted the clutch, twice.  
11/21  - SD 3rd round breakout against a "boxed" bike, they're hard to beat.  
11/14  1st TR Rock Open, S/ET. 6 rounds. Andy Mullis redlighted $250
11/13   ES/NL Picked up the Trophys and #1 checks $200
11/7  Quarter TR 6th round .482 redlight
Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3 and Picture 4
 
11/6  Quarter TR Nitrous backfire in 6th round, blew out a throttle needle  
11/5   TR Shot the air filters CLEAN with a nitrous backfire, serious sh*t!  
10/30  - PD 2nd round redlight, BIG time! Triggered 0.04 too fast every pass.  
10/29   VMP Test & Tune, new ET record 6.13@123 & 9.34@151  
10/24   ES Canceled due to weather (+12C, too cold - they think)  
10/23  2nd ES Lost with a .03 light against a .02.   ET record 6.18@126 $100
10/22   VMP Test & Tune  
10/17   NL Final points. Rain, canceled. New London Motorcycle Champion!  
10/16  1st ES Street Car Fall Bash, 6 rounds in "Street Machines", cool! Trophy
10/15  1st ES Keeping up with the expectations $100
10/10   ES SBRA finals. canceled due to rain  
10/9  1-32 ES SBRA finals. Rain, race canceled. 1st round winner $75
10/8  2nd ES 0.004 redlight in the SBRA Champion Of Champions Race $211
10/3  2nd ES 0.566 against a .521 light, well... at least I didn't redlight $50
10/2 12345678 NB Race canceled before quarter finals, time constraint $25
9/26  - NL  .489 2nd round red light @ 124.79 mph  
9/25  semi NB  .485 red light, too much torque in 1st gear, ET all over... $30
9/24  - ES 1st round loss by 0.0015 seconds  
9/19  - ES 1st round red light, didn't use the front brake as usual (me, dork)  
9/18  1,2,3 NB Time constraint, race aborted. Money split.  $100
9/12  - NL Rolled back and red lighted in 2nd round. First time this year.  
9/11  1st NB Bike sucks. Good lights makes the difference. Money split.  $150
9/10  3rd ES Another fair loss, too much wheelstand in 2nd and had to let off  $20
9/6   NB Rain  
9/4   NB Rain  
9/3  2nd ES Walk over. A HUGE Nitrous backfire snapped the throttle needle
and destroyed the air filter and burnt a hole in a nitrous line.
6.48 @ 111 mph, motor only with a bad 1.62 60 footer
 $50
8/29  - NL 1st round loss in the first fair "fight" in months
.507, .510 and a .516 in time trials. Without shades, .570 ;-(
 
8/28  - TR 0.01 red light in 2nd round, I went home... <sob>
9.41 @ 151.43 mph (6.20 @ 123) New record!
 
8/27  2nd ES 0.02 red light  $50
8/21  - PD Pro Tree on a street bike, well... .490 lights wont do it.  
8/20   ES Rain  
8/15  quart NL Guess what? Yep, 0.01 redlight. New ET record 6.21 @ 122  $25
8/14  1st NB 6.279 on a 6.27 dial, the other guy broke out, neat!  $250
8/13  - ES 2nd round redlight, new ET record 6.22 @ 122 mph  
8/8  - NB Too many damn redlights this weekend, what's wrong!?  
8/7  - NB .025 redlight in 1st round. Seem to be one of those weekends...  
8/6  - ES .02 Redlight in 2nd round, new ET record 6.23 @ 122 mph  
7/31   NB Rain, canceled.  
7/30  1st ES Won with a .01 light against Tracy's .02, .02 off against his .03
Too damn hot today, +95 (+35C)
 $100
7/25  semi NL Busted by 0.01 on the tree, couldn't catch him so I let off
but he was only .0014 off his index. Tom was good today
 $25
7/24   NB Rain, canceled.  
7/23  - ES Lost 2nd round by 0.004 seconds. NOS button f*ck*p!
New 60 foot record, 1.56. Still #1
 
7/17  - NB 2nd round 0.007 second red light, AGAIN. F*CK! Still #3
New ET record, 6.251@121mph
 
7/16  - ES 1st round 0.0003 second red light, AGAIN! Still #1  
7/11  2nd NL 2nd gear NOS didn't work in the finals, DAMN!
New ET record, 6.255@124mph
 $100
7/10  - NB 0.001 second redlight in 2'nd round. 6.29 @ 122  
7/9  - ES Zzzzzzz... slept at the tree. Another 6.28 @ 121 mph pass  
7/5   NB Track timing computer malfunction, race cancelled  
7/3  - NB Out in 2nd round, .02 off with a .006 holeshot, rats!
Dash-4-Cash winner (closest to dial-in)
 $35
7/2  semi ES 0.0003 second red light! ET record, 6.2817 @ 120.913 mph
Too damn hot, +82F and 100 percent humidity!
 $20
Date Results Track Notes            
6/27    quart        ES Redlight, new 1.61 60' record. Too hot, +90 and 85%  
6/26  - NB Too fast, breakout. New ET record, 6.308 @ 117 (I let off!)          
6/20   NL Rain, canceled  
6/19  quart NB Do it with style! 0.001 red light. One lousy thousand of a sec.  
6/18  - ES Whas THAT a red light? ;-) Out in first round... still #1 in points  
6/12  1st NB I went 6.345 on a 6.34 dial, that's hard to beat! (money split)
New speed record, 125.00 mph (201.125 km/h)
 $150
6/11  1st ES Well, this one was easy, he red lighted. Also 1st in point series!  $100
6/6  - SD Out in second round, redlight. Too hot, +90F 50% 31.15"
New ET record, 6.314 @ 120.09
 
6/5  quart NB Dash-4-cash winner (closest to dial-in), slept at the tree
New ET record, 6.315 @ 121.62
 $30
6/4  quart ES 1.64 to 1.67 60 footers all night and then a 1.73, yuk!
New ET record, 6.3219 @ 122.028
 
5/31  2nd NB Broke out with 0.003 seconds. We split the money
0.521  1.652  4.259  6.407@107 on a 6.41 dial
New record, 0.539  1.661  4.267  6.331@122.28
 $300 
5/29  3rd NB This one goes to the history for how f*ck*ng DUMB one
can be. I lost in the most stupid way one can do... Don't ask.
Okay, so I was just cruising while the other guy missed a shift
and he came up from behind and caught me by 0.06 seconds!
 $20
5/28  - ES break out with a 6.4467 on a 6.46 dial (John got me)  
5/23  3rd NL .02 - .03 in time trials but took a nap in the semi's...
BWTF, I'm still #1 at New London in the points series
 $50
5/22  1 2 3 4 NB Rained out in the semi's. Lucky me, I ran like sh*t today...  $70
5/21  1st ES 0.5474 with a 6.466@121 on a 6.46 dial, yeah!  $100
5/15  - NB 2nd round double red light, 6.444 on a 6.44 dial  
5/9  semi NL Red light by .01 second, did run the numbers though...  $50
5/8  - NB Breakout by 0.004 and the NOS didn't work (loose cable)  
5/7  3rd ES Easy pray, BUT - let off too soon... what a DORK I am!  $20
5/1  semi NB Too much win light, .481. Only 8 bikes, only serious points
chasers where racing, the rest went to NHRA in Dinwiddie.
 $15
4/30 Parkway ES I MISSED THE RACE! It was scheduled May 2nd but
later move to April 30 (without my knowledge, f*ck!)
 
4/25  3rd NL Runout, 6.335 on a 6.35 dial, slept at the lights. 124.43 mph!  $50
4/24  quart NB 0.002 redlight. Also a 0.004 redlight during time trials, rats!  
4/23   ES Rained out after a schmuck put anti-freeze on the track  
4/18  quart ES Slept at the tree. No nitrous, 6.69 @ 111 mph  
4/17  semi NB Humungous wheelstands, had to go smaller on the spray.
New clutch setup, too soft. Had to add a Barnett spring.
 $25
4/11   NL Rained out  
4/10  quart NB Runout by .04 seconds, clutch dragging. 6.40 @ 122 mph  
4/9   ES Rained out after 5 minutes. 160 mile boring trip...  
4/8  FIRST! 501 Did some test & tune on HW501 with the nitrous gear-
progressive controller. What a blast, a Rocket Launcher!
 
4/4  quart ES Slept at the light, runout 6.49 @ 120 mph on a 6.52 dial  
4/3  - NB Red light in first round. New ET record, 6.43 @ 117 mph  
3/28  - ES Out in first round, 36 mph difference in speed is quite hard
to estimate, got busted by a 85 mph bike. 6.45 @ 121 mph
 
3/27  semi NB A Kaw 2-stroke got me by 0.007
Too much nitrous, humungous wheelstands in 2nd, 118.8 mph
 
3/21   PD SCRA E.T. canceled due to rain  
3/20  1st PD Won the SCRA Gamblers Race, despite a f#ck#d-up clutch  $125
3/14   TR IDBA race canceled, rained out  
3/13   TR Factory shootout, 1st round winner, event aborted - too cold!  
3/12  1st TR Sport Cycle Shootout winner! (rats, only a throphy ;-)  $0
3/7   ES Too cold, canceled  
2/28   ES Rain, canceled  

NB=Natural Bridge Dragstrip, Natural Bridge, VA, 1/8 mile
NL=New London Dragstrip, Lynchburg VA, 1/8 mile
ES=Eastside Speedway, Waynesboro VA, 1/8 mile
VMP=Virginia Motorsports Park, VA, 1/4 mile
TR=The Rock, Rockingham, NC, 1/4 mile
SD=Sumerduck Dragway, VA, 1/8 mile
PD=Piedmont Dragway, NC, 1/8 mile

RACE RELATED PICTURES AND SOUND
PICTURES:  Me & my bike  Burnout 1  Burnout 2 
SOUND:        Full pass  Burnout  Race                    
Race with NOS bang  6.18@126mph  Only NOS bang 

Results from a newspaper
And another result from a newspaper
My bike on the trailer before a race
Picture of one of my competitors at Eastside

 

Starting Line Demo Software
Practice how to cut good lights (Windows application)

 

IDBA member #5191

 

SCRA member #5191 (yep, the same as IDBA)