As with the rest of my season everything went downhill from there on for the weekend. Running to just the 1/8th mile in the quarter final round to complete the Round 2 race on Friday I knew it was going to be important to cut a decent light and I did.  Unfortunately the aggressive approach to leaving first resulted in an over heated clutch induced wheelie resulting in a round lose.

Switching over to the 08 model busa for the first round of qualifying Friday night proved to be more difficult than anticipated.  Qualifiers 1-3 all left me in the middle of the pack at 12th with nothing I changed on the bike resulting in anything more than uncontrollable wheelies 100-200' out.  Frustrated with the results from qualifying I went ahead & ran the 08 bike some more during Saturday night's grudge session but no changes made were helping tame the bike down.

Knowing I needed to get past at least first round of eliminations on Sunday I turned down the NOS to only 50% and stretched the build time waaaaaay out.  Once again I left first and waited until the bike was about 300' out before turning on the NOS.  Unfortunately I turned the bike so far down it barely sprayed anything during the whole run resulting in a round lose by just .037.  Close race, but no win light again. 

With a long break until the next event, Pingle Thunder Nationals, at nearby O'Reilly Raceway Park the first weekend in August the plan is to get in at least 2 much needed test sessions to sort out chassis and NOS tune up issues.  Hopefully I can show the true potential of my APE/TSUKIGI Racing backed 08 busa at my hometown race.

Stay Tuned!!