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* Commerce 2004 Race Report * |
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Commerce is good, Commerce is good, Commerce is good. I keep telling myself that but we have yet to have any luck at this track! Due to the weather Friday night, we only got 1 test and tune pass. The bike was not performing and I was scratching my head as it was fast at Dallas and fast here last year. How could I lose a half second??? We started Saturday morning assisting Maura Hall from Zipper's Performance in teaching the "Drag Racing 101" school sponsored by Harley Davidson of Lynchburg Virginia and the Sportsman Racers Association. We had 5 attendees. I had hoped for 10, but 5 turned out to be a good number to work with. Each got several passes down the track and the smiles were wide all weekend! We hope to have an article in SPEED Magazine re-capping the event. The first 2 qualifying passes were pitiful, both being in the 10.5 second range. The starting line was as poorly prepped as I have seen but it was that way for every racer so it's no excuse. I have worked so hard over the past year and then some trying to get this beast slowed down to the index and now I couldn't get fast enough to get there. We finally got a good launch on the third pass and qualified number 6. Sunday found the starting line prep much improved. We guessed at a tire pressure for the first round and guessed too optimistically and bogged a little coming off the line. We cut a .414 light and ran hard to the end only to net a 10.56 run and got caught in the lights for the first round loss, the first time that's happened in a long time. As a result, we dropped to #8 nationally but still less than 95 points out of first. We can get there and we will!! The bike and engine are now scattered about the garage trying to find the culprit(s). I am hoping to get all the parts and pieces gathered and assembled in time for Norwalk. I'd really hate to miss Norwalk as we do pretty well there. Wish us luck! Stay tuned for more! And THANKS for visiting the MAVRIK Racing pages!
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