NHRA Pacific Division – National Open at Redding Dragstrip June 1, 2013
Redding, CASaturday, June 1, 2013
A weekend at the Redding Drag Strip was a real pleasant surprise in several ways. Hot, was it ever! High 90’s on Saturday and over 100 on Sunday. The folks at the Redding Drag Strip are very accommodating and they run the race facility just about the way all drag strips should be run; race drivers needs are given first priority.
Now for the good news. A nice race day result for me besides it being my first visit to the Redding Drag Strip, was to win the Sportsman class on Saturday. It was a very special race as I raced my friend Dennis Bowman, always an admirable opponent in the final elimination round. As we told anyone who would listen, it was an all “Fat Boys Racing” final. But it wasn’t as “fat” as it could have been as Craig Renke, Fat Boy I, was retired early in the day with a broken motor. Stuart Kanagaki also took some of the photos enclosed.