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Title: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 RACE RESULTS ADDED Post by: fastrnrik on August 07, 2008, 10:44:55 AM Flat track racing this Saturday night.
Gates open @ 2pm Practice @ 4pm Racing @ 6pm For questions or weather updates please call: 352-266-3466 or 352-266-1961 Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: Scott270r on August 10, 2008, 01:28:01 AM Its great to be back home at T-bowl again. I am getting mine ready for next year. It was a great night of racing :ThumbsUp.gif
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: Cosmo on August 10, 2008, 03:28:02 AM Track is in need of some serious work. Noone was hooking up worth a damn.
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: Fast66071 on August 10, 2008, 08:52:23 AM LOL. And what sort "serious work" do you suggest? I suppose the black groove and tires sqalling wasn't good enough.
Too funny. .RD Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: WJDTRI on August 10, 2008, 09:17:17 AM I thought the track was sweet!!! Last night was a Blast!!
Ward Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: Quad32x on August 10, 2008, 10:02:24 AM Had a blast ! Some really good racing. :ThumbsUp.gif
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: KnK Motorsports on August 10, 2008, 11:16:05 AM Track is in need of some serious work. Noone was hooking up worth a damn.
Sounds to me like the one needing serious work is you, learn how to set your quad up and it will hook up everytime. Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: unforgiven on August 10, 2008, 12:16:23 PM i heard the tires squaling also,track looked acceptable to me,can't wait to get back. ;D
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: Cosmo on August 10, 2008, 12:47:26 PM The black groove didnt show up til the main, I did not race just my observation. I almost noone was hooking up good, then again I am a hare scramble guy so I could be wrong.
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: KnK Motorsports on August 10, 2008, 01:22:57 PM Just talked to Tad ( knobby class accident in turn 3-4). He is still in the hospital from last night, he is doing alright he has a broken collar bone, crushed vb in his lower back and a fractured rib. He wanted to thank everyone for their help and support last night.
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: Quad32x on August 10, 2008, 01:25:55 PM Glad to hear he going to be ok. That was one nasty wreck. :o
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: stgsali on August 10, 2008, 03:33:34 PM Glad to hear that he is going to make it. The crushed vertebrae is what is bad, Hope he makes a full recovery.
As for the track conditions, it was definitely better than 2 weeks ago. Good traction in the groove and not as bumpy. I had a lot of fun out there and I was getting faster as the night wore on. The track is really beginning to come around to what it was before the forced break in racing. I have a lot of pictures that I will be going over and putting online either tonite or tomorrow. Got a lot of good shots of all the classes. Thanks to dave at Orange Cycle for letting Ben use a chest protector. Next time he comes racing he will have one of his own. We will be taking him to Lima, Ohio to start classes on Aug. 18 at the University of Northwestern Ohio. He'll be back for the Christmas holidays. Thanks again for good close racing, Brady. Oh, Shawn, you missed out bud. Oh well. Richard Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: quick26 on August 11, 2008, 06:27:25 AM i had a good time out there. i am still green to the flat track racing so i was chasing set up all night. got a up close and personal look at turn 2 in my first heat, apparently the atv decided that it did not want me on its back at that point in time. i could not figure out how to get traction in 4 to save my life.
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: derek330 on August 11, 2008, 11:00:21 AM had a blast saterday... i got to get my bike running quick! just watching dont scratch the itch! ;D
congrats to all the winners. travis edwards once again ran off with the show. i hope to change that in 2 weeks. :ThumbsUp.gif the track was the smoothest i have ever seen it. good job brady! 8) Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: fastrnrik on August 11, 2008, 02:20:38 PM Saturday was a great day of racing. The track was smooth and had a ton of grip. We were squalling tires in practice before the race even started. My bike was carrying the front wheels in every race. It did get a little dry slick in turns 3 and 4 in the main, but if you water the track at that time of night you run the risk of it getting greasy. I personally don't mind a wet slick track (I actually prefer it), but most of the motorcycle guys would have had a hard time with it, so we decided to leave it be. As the weather dries out and the track gets rubber we will be able to do "offensive" work on the track instead of "defensive" work repairing rain damage all the time. It should continue to get smoother and grippier.
We did have a rider go down on a quad. It was a nasty looking wreck and thankfully he wasn't more seriously injured. Everyone please keep Tad and his family in your prayers. We had some good, close racing, beautiful weather all night, and were done racing at 10:20 pm. I will post race results later tonight. Thanks -Brady Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: Backwoods Racin on August 11, 2008, 05:52:39 PM Congrats to all the racers,and thanks to everyone who showed up. Hopefully everyone realizes how nice the track is coming around. It was real nice saturday night,thanks to Brady and crew. We hope Tad gets better soon! See yall at the next race.
Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: WJDTRI on August 11, 2008, 06:08:37 PM If I could put as much weight on the rear wheel as Brady......I would be carrying the front wheel too!!!! ;)
In my BIASED opinion, I thought the track was the best it has been since T Bowl was reborn. Since I got such pitiful starts, I rode quite a few different lines working back thru the pack. All lines were raceable. Inside, the groove was sticking good. If I went in hot or got off the groove trying to go around someone......could still dirt track it thru the turns and keep pace. Was the most fun I have had this year. I do applaud Brady for not watering the track during intermission. Being second out again after the break would have been hazardous like the race before....at least for me. 8) Ward Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: WJDTRI on August 11, 2008, 08:57:45 PM Forgot my manners
Many Many THANKS to the crew at Thunder Bowl. It just keeps getting better and better every race Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: stgsali on August 11, 2008, 11:14:17 PM Yep, glad to see it somewhat dry as I didn't want to see Ward down in 3! John had the shut-off valve come loose from the tank going down the back straight in the second heat race; When I saw him on the outside of 3 with the bike down I thought Ward had been missing the ground there! :)
Was a great nite for racing and was an awesome time. Let's do it again!!! Title: Re: Thunderbowl Speedway 8/9/08 Post by: fastrnrik on August 13, 2008, 09:26:24 AM RACE RESULTS
PEE WEE BIKE 1- Zachary Barber 2- Merritt Webb PEE WEE QUAD 1- Merritt Webb 2- Harry Elliot 3- Alisha Cabana VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE 1- Ward Jones 2- Ron Cahill 3- Richard Czarniak OPEN QUAD 1- Travis Edwards 2- Bud Chancey 3- Jody Hopkins INTERMEDIATE QUAD 1- Jon Cabana 2- Sean Ford 3- Tony Skelley LADIES QUAD 1- Meghan Edwards 2- Brittany Gehring GADGET SPRINT 1- Jeff Rairdon 2- Ken Dye 3- Kenny Perry +30 QUAD 1- Raymond Francis 2- Brady Windsor 3- Dale Wright +40 Quad 1- Chris Gehring 2- Bob Toney 3- Pat Spahn SUPER SENIOR MOTORCYCLE 1- Pat Galley 2- Mike Springer 3- David Coon AMATEUR MOTORCYCLE 1- David Hill 2- James Barber 3- Ben Czarniak EXPERT MOTORCYCLE 1- Kurt Brady |