Round 2 2009. 

Just a mere 4 weeks after the first event for the season and we were back on the road to Georgia for round 2 of the AMA Dragbike Series. This time there were a lot of changes made to the 2001 model bike as the 2008 model is now officially retired from race duty. Anyone interested in purchasing the 2008 model feel free to contact me at the email address in the sidebar.

With inclement weather still in Indiana for the month there was no time to test the 2001 model Del from Del's Performance jumped in to make several changes to old blue were made to improve engine reliability and fuel system capacity. Murphy from Murphy's Law insisted in helping too resulting in a last minute thrash resulting in rolling off Del's dyno at 2am on Thursday night before the Friday test session and heading down the road. That was the longest 10 hours we have driven in a long time given the fact we had been up since 5am.

Testing on Friday went well but we still were way off pace for a top 5 qualifying position. With a new motor and new NOS controller there is a lot to figure out and the customary 3-4 test hits on the Friday before the event just are not enough to figure everything out. Deciding to just get thru the weekend without destroying a brand new motor we choose to leave a soft tune up in for qualifying which landed us in 9th position.

Elimination round 1 on Sunday went very well with the bike responding to changes made resulting in a win. Second round was however another story. Changes to the NOS tune up resulted in an et reducing wheelie and a round loss to event one winner and qualifier number 3.

Still it was a productive weekend. Nothing major broke, we made it home safely, and our families didn't change the locks while we were gone. Old Blue will be returning to Del's for some more dyno tuning to close any gaps left behind in the prior thrash so we can continue to improve performance and get back in the hunt for later in the day round wins.

Up next will be the Spring Nationals at Memphis, TN on May 2-3 and hopefully Mother Nature will cooperate and provide some breaks in the rain to do some local testing.


TSUKIGI RACING

DREYER CYCLE
REDLINE OIL
XXX FUEL
VORTEX RACING
WORLD WIDE BEARINGS

If you are interested in being a part of Chip Hunters 2009 racing
program contact:
chunter@dragbike.com