October! Certainly not us! There were almost 50 bikes entered in our first
“traveling”event which was encouraging for future plans. This program ran on a
skeleton form, only three classes compared to the normal six. However, the
competition was just as tough as it gets back “home.” We had the whole place to
ourselves and could not have been better treated by the owners and staff. If you’ve
never been to MidState Dragway you owe it to yourself to give it a shot, you won’t be
disappointed.
discuss how the program would run
which was a little different than the
norm. Steve Klemme won the
Shootout which was a dial-in contest
run right before first round.
Class, Greg Darm and Mark Abrams were up first. Darm leaves first but Abrams has
the better RT. Suddenly, Abram’s bike missed second gear and let Darm regain the
lead which he never relinquished. The other pair featured Chad Isley and Tim
Kuehlem. Kuehlem got the holeshot over Isley by a hundredth. Kuehlem’s bike
moves slightly toward the centerline out of the groove and slows allowing Isley to run
only two over his dial to win while Kuehlem runs six over.
Chad Isley on his Hondamatic, Randy Wyatt of his Busa and Amy Scwidcall on her
DRZ 400 Enduro! How’s that for diversity? Chad Isley has a bye and runs an 8.362
on an 8.36 dial, he’s ready. Randy Wyatt and Amy Scwidcall were next. Amy leaves
on a huge holeshot of six hundredths over the hard charging Randy Wyatt. On the
big end however, Amy takes too much stripe and hands the round back to Wyatt.
Scott Parker against Chris Hunter. The first pair out was Renner and Cozad. Renner
is leaving first and goes red by .031 ending his hopes of winning the big money.
Despite that small matter, Renner ran a one over turning a 5.73 on a 5.72 dial. Cozad
broke out by .02. Scott Parker showed awesome sportsmanship in the semis when
Chris Hunter’s bike died on the line. Parker, who was already staged, backed out and
waited while a starter cart was rushed to the line to refire Hunter’s ride, very cool move
indeed. Now it was game on. Hunter is leaving first and cuts a sweet .025 light, Parker
right behind him cuts an even better .014 bulb. Remember, this is No Box! At the big
end Parker wins running .01 over his dial while Hunter runs .02 over. Tough round for
sure.
drills the tree cutting an .022 to Isley’s sluggish .071. Oops, that’s gunna hurt. At the
stripe Isley realizing he won’t take the stripe cuts Darm loose who then also dumps and
wins running two over to Isley’s seven over. Darm advances to the King of The Hill
round to face a racers to be named in two paragraphs.
Isley .071 RT 6.01 DI 6.081 @ 108 mph
going to have to be patient waiting almost two seconds for Isley’s screaming
Hondamatic to make it’s merry way down track. Isley leaves cutting a really safe .
109 RT. Wyatt all amped up couldn’t hold back the clutch any longer and goes big
time red giving Isley the easy win.
Wyatt -.265 RT 6.30 DI 6.350 @ 116 mph
Dave Cozad and Scott Parker were dialing in only a hundredth apart. Cozad a
5.57 to Parkers 5.56. Both riders leave with killer bulbs, Cozad a .014 to Parker’
s .018! No Box is not for the squeamish! This ended up being the tightest run
of the day. Both riders hit their dial-ins on the head, Parker with a 1 and Cozad
with a 6! MOV for Parker, .001! That one was a u-pick’um at the stripe.
Cozad .006 RT 5.57 DI 5.576 @ 114 mph
as nails Scott Parker. With the sun now completely set let’s see how it effects
the riders on the tree. Darm would be giving away three tenths to Parker and
leaving first. Darm leaves with an .020 RT. Parker does his job and cuts an .
029 RT. Race on! As they both blast through the beams, Parker breaks out
by .006 and Darm runs on his 5.95 dial with a 6 for the win. Great run!
Parker .029 RT 5.56 DI 5.554 @ 119 mph
CHAD ISLEY
CHAMPION
GREG DARM
