Thanksgiving Thunder 2009

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Cody Mallory wins the 10,000 race.

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10,000 to win is fixing to hit the track....

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Purple is hitting the track

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Underwood wins limited with a flathead on a Firehawk.

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We didn't make animal heavy or the 10,000 to win race.....racing has been under way for about an hour....We are packed and ready to pull out after watching the races....Better luck next time. Check back I'll post the winner of the 10,000 to win race when it's over.

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65 karts in animal heavy.....95 in the 10,000 to win race

Friday night race report.....

Devin qualifyed 14th out of 26 karts in Animal med..... The kart pushed bad and just wouldn't turn. Bradley set pole and was a 1/2 second faster. We made a cross change and the kart got better for the feature, he moved up as far as 8th in 4 laps....The kart was fast after we changed cross, then he spun in 1 & 2 having to check up to keep from pile driving another kart.

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Made a setup change let's see if he can drive it up to the front.

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Drivers meeting is underway.....

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Crowd is huge

Thunder here we come....

Everything is ready to go and loaded up I got my iphone working again with the blog so check back here often over the next 2 days for pics of the crowd and race results....I'll try to write up a good race summary both Friday and Saturday night....I should have the webs quickest results of the winner of the 10,000 to win race after it's over...Unless it's Devin and I completely forget how to post with my cell phone...LOL

Wish us luck....

Brian

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Try it again from 3g

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Trying to get this to work so I can post from Thunder

Getting ready for Thunder....

It will be the first time we have ran Thunder since Devin was still running Gold plate...That has to be atleast 4 or 5 years ago.....We slept on the floor of the trailer and about froze our asses off.....It was cold....But we made the main. Our racing efforts have came a long way since then but making a main at Thunder is always tuff. I expect upwards of 200 entries for the 10,000 to Win Wayne Poole Memorial Race. There should be full fields in all the classes for all three days of racing. We will be running Animal Med on Friday and Animal Heavy & the 10,000 to Win race on Saturday, both of those races will be at 375 pounds. With Devin tipping the scales at about 165 that puts the kart at about 210....That will be fun to lift up and down all day and night. I should have plenty of pics and a track side report up after the races are over.

Brian

Some of my handy work....

Below is our first trailer....Built from just the frame and axle....The black and white checkered tile didn't last in the sun....LOL It popped right off.



Here is the inside of our trailer we have now....I got a piece of diamond plate and made the tire rack and front shelf....Both have worked out great....The end of the tire rack towards the front shelf have bolts for all our rear gears.







Brian

Time for an update...

It's been awhile since I updated the bolg with anything new....So here goes.

Devin had another great run up at Dawgwood....Ran 3rd in Animal med against some tuff local compention on a points night....Dawgwood has been drawing between 150-200 karts on points nights....U better be on your game if U are gonna run up there with them boys. dwevin turned the 2nd fastest lap of the night in med...Faster than both the karts that finished in front of him...Both of those karts finished in the top 3 in points this year. see mylaps and Dawgwood results below.