Drag Cars - Bracket Points Series Event #1: 09/25/2010

Draft Wheels Racing got its first taste of track by entering into the Drag Car Bracket Point Series. This is a weekly series, with racing every Saturday night for 5 weeks straight. The races are being held and sponsored by Downforce Hobbies which is located in Mesa, Az on the North East corner of Southern and Val Vista Drive.

Although I only entered with one car, one of the racers (Shawn B.) was kind enough to let me race two of his other cars (001 and 005) in the series that night for the practice which was a blast. I would like to thank Shawn for letting me race two of his cars. The night started off with qualifying, and each car was allowed to make two runs, which they used these times to average together a starting grid for the bracket. Since this was my first racing event my car needed to have a number, I ended up picking 900 for my car number. I qualified in 27th place out of 30 cars. The two cars that I borrowed for the practice were care number 001 and 005, I qualified in 2nd place for car 001, and for car 005 I ended up qualified 13th. The below image shows the how the other cars lined up. Our friends over at Wolfpak Racing entered six cars, and you can see thier results by visiting thier blog by clicking on the Wolfpak Racing name.

In round one, I went up against car number 773, I would show you a picture of us on the starting line but since I was so caught up in the event and I had a brain fart, I forgot to take pictures of my cars. I will have pictures for round two next Saturday night I promise. Anyway, I was able to get the win for round one, which earned me 10 points for the series. Also in round one, I raced the borrowed 001 car which I also got the the win, but lost on round one for the borrowed 005 car, which ironically I lost to the man who let me borrow the car Shawn and his #433 car.

In round two, again sorry no pictures, my #900 Dodge Drag car went up against Sean's #7708 car, unfortunately, the #7708 car took the win and Draft Wheels Racing night was over. I was still in with the borrowed car 001, I went up against car #779, although I won the race, I DQ'd myself by red lighting and leaving the line too early, so the win went to car #779.

Over all I had a blast racing and look forward to racing again next Saturday. Below is an image of the final board, and I'm glad to announce that my friend Dean over at Wolfpak Racing ened up taking the overall win for the night. CONGRATS DEAN!!!