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3 31 01 Well
Kanawha Valley Dragway opened up this weekend with a Test / Tune and
things are off to the typical slow start, for me anyways. I've got
some bugs to work out on the new dragster, mostly tires I think. I
never even got down the track, shaking the tires pretty hard about 120ft.
Have to wait till next week to
find out. Not much changes at the track. Schedule has changed a bit
looks like there's less bigger money races scheduled, They've dropped
the Quick 8 Street cars, The IHRA race has moved to June 8th. I don't
know what happened to the High School class, if it was dropped or
just not calling Thurs night high school night anymore If anyone has
any info let me know.
4-07-01 1st race of the season and it seems like things are going to be OK. I put a few more screws in the tires, more air pressure, and done a high gear burnout and Im sure the track came around a little more. but first pass was straight and pretty fast 5.23 132mph done a little more tinkering and went a 5.17 133mph. The delay box was doing everything I ask it to,and the thing was more consistent than I had ever thought it would be. I ended up beating Jonathon Clay in the finals in his brand new Bos dragster. Both of us skated around a little down track and ran off a bit. Jonathon dialed 4.97 ran 5.00 w .516 bulb. I dialed 5.15 ran 5.17 w/ .506 bulb.
4-15-01 Its another week and car is still doing good. The air was a little better and I had the thing dialed a 5.13 at one time, and should have ran it but I lifted a few passes. Ended up dialing up a number in the quarters because the track seems to be slipping off a little when less cars are ran on it. and it did, I ran Charlie Brown in the semis ( and the1st round he was a Buy Back ) had a .514 light and ran a 5.158 on a 5.14 dial. He had a .504 ran a 5.708 on a 5.68. margin of victory was .000. Oh well 3rds Ok I guess. Congratulations to Charlie for winning and Chuck Sanders for 2nd place. Margin of victory in that one was .000 also. It was a good race the only one Chuck had for the day. He was struggling with the car all day, changing parts between each round and finally found the distributor was loose.and got it fixed about 5th round. but he had 4 red lights against him, 1 guy had a really bad light then he got the bye run into the finals. Just goes to show, you never know and you cant give up.
2000 PRO CLASS
Points Total
as of 9-23-00
In parenthesis are 1st half &
2nd half top 20 standings
Q designates qualified for
Bracket Finals.
Orange
designates qualified in 1st half Green
designates 2nd half
A is Alternate
Congratulations,
Kevin Robinson PRO TRACK CHAMPION
Tim Casto MODIFIED TRACK CHAMPION
Marc French STREET TRACK CHAMPION
Adam Snowden JR. DRAGSTER CHAMPION
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Car # |
Name |
1st Half |
2nd Half |
Total |
|
|
1 |
1219 Q |
Kevin Robinson |
247 (1) |
245 (1) |
492 |
|
2 |
1205 Q |
Sheldon Gerlach |
240 (2) |
180 (18) |
420 |
|
3 |
1204 Q |
Max Hill |
190 (4) |
214 (6) |
404 |
|
4 |
1232 Q |
J C Motes |
125 (20) |
237 (3) |
362 |
|
5 |
1267 Q |
Ray Kinder |
175 (5) |
185 (11) |
360 |
|
6 |
1227 Q |
Duane Weber |
175 (5) |
185 (11) |
360 |
|
7 |
1223 Q |
Mooch Parkins |
125 (19) |
217 (5) |
342 |
|
8 |
1268 Q |
Charlie Brown |
160 (8) |
175 |
335 |
|
9 |
1259 Q |
Gary Paschen |
110 |
220 (4) |
330 |
|
10 |
1209 Q |
Mark Adkins |
155 (12) |
175 |
330 |
|
11 |
1203 Q |
Nick Parkins |
195 (3) |
132 |
327 |
|
12 |
1221 Q |
Jeff Parkins |
105 |
205 (8) |
310 |
|
13 |
1202 Q |
Justin Hill |
120 |
190 (9) |
310 |
|
14 |
1245 Q |
Randy Parsons |
150 (13) |
160 |
310 |
|
15 |
1282 Q |
Chuck Sanders |
120 |
185 (11) |
310 |
|
16 |
1287 Q |
Kevin Venoy |
125 |
185 (11) |
310 |
|
17 |
1237 A |
Jeff Cox |
140 (15) |
165 |
305 |
|
18 |
1258 Q |
Anthony Bailey |
115 |
185 (11) |
300 |
|
19 |
1238 Q |
John Carr |
160 (8) |
140 |
300 |
|
20 |
1248 Q |
Harry Hobbs |
105 |
190 (9) |
295 |
|
21 |
1294 A |
Lewis Sayre |
115 |
180 (18) |
295 |
|
22 |
1218 A |
Greg Fowler |
125 (18) |
170 |
295 |
|
23 |
1200 Q |
Gary Ruble |
105 |
185 (11) |
290 |
|
24 |
1299 A |
Wayne Adkins |
115 |
175 |
290 |
|
25 |
1256 |
Tim Wade |
150 (13) |
140 |
290 |
|
26 |
1222 Q |
Roger Schults |
100 |
185 (11) |
285 |
|
27 |
1208 A |
Trent Harrison |
125 |
160 |
285 |
|
28 |
1285 Q |
Ken Madden |
160 (8) |
125 |
285 |
|
29 |
1209 Q |
Dave Moore |
70 |
210 (7) |
280 |
|
30 |
1224 Q |
Jimmy Withrow |
170 (7) |
110 |
280 |
|
31 |
1249 A |
Loretta Adkins |
120 |
155 |
275 |
|
32 |
1253 A |
Robert Stewart |
120 |
150 |
270 |
|
33 |
1210 |
Chuck Chapman |
135 (16) |
125 |
260 |
|
34 |
1239 Q |
Keith Smith |
65 |
185 (11) |
250 |
|
35 |
1298 Q |
Ray Livingston |
0 |
240 (2) |
240 |
|
36 |
1295 |
Joe Jones |
105 |
125 |
230 |
|
37 |
1284 |
Tim Echols |
110 |
120 |
230 |
|
38 |
1261 |
Jim Durst |
130 (17) |
100 |
230 |
|
39 |
1270 |
Tom Tompkins |
95 |
125 |
220 |
|
40 |
1289 |
Gary Smith |
60 |
145 |
205 |
|
41 |
1283 |
Keith Marcum |
45 |
145 |
190 |
|
42 |
1241 Q |
Gary Sanson |
160 (8) |
30 |
190 |
Modified Points Total
|
1 |
1415Q |
Tim Casto |
244 |
297 |
541 |
|
2 |
1414Q |
Greg Sauvage |
177 |
252 |
429 |
|
3 |
1451Q |
Steve Williams |
222 |
202 |
424 |
|
4 |
1466Q |
Bob Sheaves |
120 |
245 |
365 |
|
5 |
1404Q |
Charlie Starcher |
150 |
190 |
340 |
|
6 |
1467Q |
Jeff Belcher |
200 |
135 |
335 |
|
7 |
1401 |
Billy Murphy |
175 |
155 |
330 |
|
8 |
1405Q |
Sid Grimes |
95 |
220 |
315 |
|
9 |
1465Q |
Jim Saunders |
125 |
190 |
315 |
|
10 |
1484Q |
Jeff Hescht |
80 |
200 |
280 |
Super Street Final Points
|
1 |
1799Q |
Marc French |
174 |
310 |
484 |
|
2 |
1755Q |
Cherry Strawther |
190 |
215 |
405 |
|
3 |
1759Q |
Buddy Young |
162 |
206 |
368 |
|
4 |
1700 |
Ronnie Johnson |
164 |
157 |
321 |
|
5 |
1766Q |
Mike Evans |
85 |
217 |
302 |
|
6 |
1769 |
Tiffany Burd |
105 |
150 |
255 |
Jr Dragster Final Points
|
1 |
1564 |
Adam Snowden |
177 |
230 |
407 |
|
2 |
1501 |
Mike Stowers |
190 |
189 |
379 |
|
3 |
1511 |
Jason Claytor |
182 |
170 |
352 |
|
4 |
1521 |
Charley Betts II |
155 |
190 |
345 |
|
5 |
1599 |
Tyler French |
117 |
215 |
332 |
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Have you ever tried to find something that
takes the black streaks off the aluminum sides of your trailer? I've
tried about everthing, cleaners,waxes etc.Seems like the only thing
that worked good was bird crap. (What do those things eat?) |
Well
as most people know the list of cheaters has finally came out and
are listed on the net. One site I know of is Edmond Richardson's
page. Drag Race Results you can get there from my links page.
1999 Kanawha Valley Dragway Final Points
Chuck & Crystal Sanders Pro
Track Championship
Nick Parsons Modified
Track Champion
Marc French Street Track Champion
Jason Claytor Junior Dragster
...........................1999 SPECIAL AWARDS.......................
Sportsman of the Year: Dan
Roblee
Most Improved Drivers: Joe
Jones,Bob Potter,Marc French,Chrissy Miller
Crew Chief of the Year: Crystal
Sanders
Good Samaritan Award:
Marie Petry Stewart
Sponsor of the Year:
DEKA BATTERIES Kevin Robinson
Race Team of the Year:
The Cox Family
Mr. October:
Jonathan Clay
Employee of the Year: Gary
Lacy
Racer of the Year: Gary
Smith
I would like to put together a list of KVD racers E-mail and/or web
addresses, just to keep up with the important stuff (no junk) and if
you have a personel web page, a link to help you show off your car
& sponsor
If you don't have but want
information on your own personel web page, just
click here, It's easy and FREE. Yep
nothing. They just run an advertisement at the top of your page. If
you would like more info E-mail me. Im no expert but I'll try to
help. There is alot of other sites that do the same thing. search
for: free web space.
also your
internet provider usually gives you some free space most around 20
meg. Which is alot.
Well
as most people know the list of cheaters has finally came out and
are listed on the net. One site I know of is Edmond Richardson's
page. Drag Race Results you can get there from my links page.
.......................................................THE SCOOP ?.............................................
Word has it that Bader Jr. has sent out 12
certified letters to those who he knows were using
the computer and told them that their patronage
was no longer welcomed at NRP. One won the bracket finals this
year,and another won ten grand race atNRP One has his whole operation
(motor home racecar & trailer) up for sale. Supposedly Mattie
sold 29 of these, mostly in Ohio,but not all of them? some in no box cars.
Also,I've heard that Prolong may be
pulling out of the 10K dollar sponsorship of NRP Grand Champion &
Classic Trailer people want to do the same. Cooke won the trailer in
98,sold it 3 seconds after they gave it to him in front of the reps
and everyone. They didn't like it one bit. Now this all happens I
quess we'll have to wait and see.
One of the accused supposedly went to
see a lawyer and was told that NRP is private property. If they were
not allowed on it, to stay the hell away, but if another track has no
reason to ban them and does they could go after NRP for slander.
Personally I dont know how much of this is true. but thats the scoop
on the web.Well that's all for now. check back later
Bader's re: cheating @ Norwalk,
"We did suspend 12 racers whose names were
NOT announced at the banquet. We won't release a list because of
legal issues. The important thing is that those racers know who they
are and we know who they are.
Better than that, we are much more educated on
what to look for when checking for cheating! Education is going to
continue to be the key in maintaining a level playing field since we
all know
1. Cheating does exist
2. Cheating will continue
3. Cheating will become more sophisticated
Our promise to our customers is that we will do
our best to educate ourselves, our staff, our racers, other
promoters, & other racers about these methods.
We didn't build these devices, we didn't (and
don't) sell them, we don't support their existence and we sure don't
want them around! This whole issue has been a real
'sap & time sucker' for us. We resolved it
the best way we knew.
For 2000 - our point fund is paying $10,000 to
win in Super Pro AND Pro. Check the News board to see what those
further back in line are receiving as part of the Summit 50Grand Slam...
We have so much more going on at Norwalk than this cheating issue....
The Baders "
