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Rain got the best of us on Sunday so the race was postponed until Monday for the racers that were able to stay. The crew worked hard this morning getting the surface scraped and prepped using the tracks new dragger. Stay tuned through the day for updates from Lights Out V.
SGMP has some new track prep equipment for 2014 to help get thing in order and put rubber down. The staff worked hard this morning drying the surface and getting it ready for racing. A daunting task after all the rain on Sunday.
Kevin Scott is running OL 275 with his Proline Powered box Nova. He went A to B and will advance to round two.
Trace Meyer is representing Team Z Motorsports in X275 this weekend. I popped in their pit at lunchtime to catch up with Trace.The car is tuned by long time friend Jason Lee from PTP. He qualified sixth and has run a best this weekend of 4.62 at 155. The combo is a 400 cubic inch small block Ford shortblock from Champion Performance in Detroit topped with TFS hi ports from Total Engine Airflow and intake from Mike Crucio Race Products. The car is built and suspension set up by Team Z with all their own suspension.
Randy Haywood runs this Grand National in OL 275 with Patrick Barnhill tuning the 434 cubic inch small Ford from Bennett Racing topped with CFE heads. He has low ET in eliminations with a 4.65 at 164 Saturday night. Twin 88’s feed the engine, B&B Race Cars did the chassis. He got loose in eliminations today and hit the wall, he has been transported to the hospital for evaluation.
Troy Pirez is still in Ultra Street and ran a 5.17 this morning on a single.
Its unfortunate it rained and we tried to do what we thought was right by everybody came a long way to be able to continue to race to get a winner. We really needed a winner, we tried and came out the next day and the weather was good but we had some water seeping on the top end due to the rain. The time permitting wasn’t going to be able to finish the race so we decided to go ahead and call it and split the purse so the racers had some money to go home with.- Donald Long