RAGING EAGLE RACING

May 16, 2010

Hello friends and race fans,

We went out last Thursday the 6^th of May for a test run.  The weather was pretty good but the track wasn’t the best.  Not many of the racers were able to get down the track.  We made 2 partial passes and were able to get enough data to tell us everything was working as it should.  We stayed Thursday night at the track in anticipation of the first Heads Up Race of the season Friday May 7, 2010.  I heard it start to rain around 6am and it continued to rain until approx noon at which time the track officials informed us the race was being cancelled and re-scheduled to Friday, May 14^th.  We were able to catch a small window of no rain and got home and unloaded before it started to rain again.  We would have to wait another week to race.

As some of you may know we were hoping to obtain LaFontaine as a sponsor last year and it never all came together;  however early this year they contacted us and informed us everything was approved and ready to lend a helping hand as our sponsor.  We had graphics prepared for the car and trailer and Bill and I applied all the graphics.

We were invited by LaFontaine to attend a car show this past Thursday May 13^th at their dealship in Highland.  The weather prediction was not good;  however we didn’t have to worry about rain because we were given a spot inside their beautiful dealship showroom.  A lot of people came Thursday evening to LaFontaine for a fund raiser/benefit for Leukemia and Lymphoma.  Following the benefit we went to Milan Dragway for our first race.  The weather on Friday was great…sunny, warm and breezy.  The wind dried things up with the sun’s participation.

 Milan Dragway has changed the Friday night Heads Up Race from a ¼ mile race to an 1/8 mile race, much like the down south races.  We made our 1^st qualifying pass shortly after 3 o’clock.  Bill drove the Raging Eagle Racing/LaFontaine sponsored car straight down the track with a time of 4.11 seconds qualifying us in the #1 position.  We sat out the next two qualifiers and remained the #1 qualifier of the evening.  The 1^st round action we once again ran 4.11 with the WIN.  The 2^nd round we ran an even better time of 4.10, WINNING again.  The final round was at approx 11pm and it had been getting increasingly colder and damper out.  Our opponent left the starting line and immediately made a sharp left hand turn and crossed over the center line into our lane;  however Bill was ahead, and continued down track for the final round WIN.  GREAT WAY TO START THE SEASON!!!!!

Bill and I would like to thank all of our supporters, our new sponsor, LaFontaine Automotive Group (who attended the race) and special thanks to Larry and Carol for their continued support, cooking and serving up hotdogs and treats for everyone.  A big THANK YOU goes out to our crew, Paul Baird, Nate Hughes, brother Paul and wife Dyan, Ron Siedlak and our newest crew member, Glen Zubok, who all performed flawlessly.  Thanks everyone!

One final note:  It’s always a better ride home from the track when we’ve won!

Marsha

June 5, 2010

Friday June 4^th was the second Heads Up Race at Milan Dragway.  We were looking for our third consecutive event win.  The weather forecast did not look good.  We were suppose to have severe storms, off and on, all day.  The skies were overcast and it was extremely humid but it never rained.  We would like to thank all of our friends and our sponsor LaFontaine, and all of their employees who braved the weather to come to the track and support us. 

On our first qualifying pass, we ran a 4.26 at only 170mph (in the 8^th  mile race).  We were anticipating a much lower ET, based on last months performance.  After analyzing the data we made some changes for the next qualifying pass, improving to a 4.23.  This qualified us in the 5^th place, our lowest since 2007.

The 1^st  round of eliminations, our driver (Bill), left the starting line .003 (thousands) to quickly resulting in a RED light start.  I am going to have to limit his intake of Pepsi cause he gets all jacked up on the caffeine.  All in all, the team performed marvelously, and all is not in vain because we learned a few things about tuning and running our car in (bad air) terribly humid weather.
 

We promise we are going to improve the next race, at Milan Dragway, July 2, 2010, and, hopefully win the race.  Look forward to seeing you all there.  

Marsha