Talk about changes!  The improvements that have been made to Spokane County Raceway have really made this a racer friendly track.  The new concrete out to half track and improved staging lanes make a big difference and we can only look forward to seeing the next stage of improvements.  Our thanks to Bucky Austin and Jay Livingston for having us to their new home and for their hospitality.  Good luck to them in the future, and we hope to be invited back soon!

 

In the spirit of keeping as many vacation days in the bank as possible, we left after work on Thursday and made our way into Dillon, Montana for the night.  Nothing remarkable but the next day into Spokane we met up with our old nemesis - road construction.  Why is it always uphill behind a semi??

 

Heat.  That is one thing we will remember about this weekend.  If it made it below 100 degrees in the pits, we would be amazed.  We only made one run on Friday night-Derek and the Warhawk laid down a respectable 252.43 mph and 6.36 seconds.  It was an indicator of what was to come for the entire weekend for the pair, as Warhawk ran like a bracket car.  Bryan had an igniter problem and….well….we won’t embarrass him in print.

 

Saturday we made two runs.  Again, Warhawk first round went 252.00 and second  round 256.  We did manage to trouble-shoot the igniter problem for Nitehawk and brought in a 218 and on the second run a 250…but no time slip, as the computer decided to take a break.

 

Sunday was back to just one run to close the show.  Warhawk again ran a 6.31 at 252 and Nitehawk a 6.36 at 225.  Just good side by side races!

 

While working on a body issue for Warhawk, we had to run and find a couple of little parts.  We found a feed and hardware store (not a chain) that took us back to the old days.  Aisles packed with boxes of pieces and parts, a little bit of hardware, some livestock items, a bunch of plumbing supplies, an aisle of automotive and you-name-it-everything-else.  The man behind the counter had to be in his 70’s and probably owned the store when it opened….if he hadn’t started working there when his dad opened it before him.  Had we had more time, it would have been even more interesting to hear him talking to the neighbors at the counter about the fire that so-and-so’s combine started in the barrow pit, but we had to get back to the track.

 

It was a weekend to find a bunch of blessings everywhere.  We had a great weekend with friends and what is becoming our extended family - Cody Smith and Ed and Wendy Jones were there.  We drove through beautiful country (check out Coeur d’Alene Lake if you ever get the chance) and even saw a herd of elk by the side of the Clark Fork River on the way into Spokane Friday morning.

 

What adventure can we expect on our next trip?  We get to find out in two weeks at Boise’s Firebird Raceway and the Nitefire Nationals!!

 

 

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