We certainly appreciate the many fans that attended Saturday's Texas Pro Stock Showdown.  Many, many Thank You's go out to Bill Reed distributing and Coors Light for their support of this weekend's race.  The fast heads up racing made for a really fun day at the track.  Mike Hojnacki of Texas City put on a real display of speed, running the World's Fastest Police Car jet dragster up to 188 MPH.  We would also like to extend our apologies along with Tony Caprio for his absence from the program.  Tony broke the rear end in the wheel standing pickup and was unable to make anything more than the one abbreviated pass.  Tony puts on a fantastic show and was very disappointed that he was unable to perform for his west Texas fans.  We will have him back on the strip soon. 

Coors Light - Texas Pro Stock Shootout Winners: Larry Pierce from Fulton, Texas (top) took the win in the Pro Stock Shootout, defeating Richard Otwell of Conroe, Texas in the final round.  Larry got the better light at .030 to Richard's .046 then took the stripe first with a 4.77 at 146 MPH.  Richard ran off his semi-final pace, stopping the clock at a 5.10 at 110 MPH.  Larry drove what amounted to a bracket car all day, posting ETs of 4.789, 4.776, 4.776 and a 4.778 at 140.93 MPH in the last round.  Richard's car was no sloch either, showing ETs of 4.793, 4.795 and 4.771 in the semis.  A bunch of us regular bracket racers spent the day wishing for that kind of consistancy.  

The Pro Stocks like running for the west Texas crowd so much they put on a Second Chance race.  In that final, Lance Abbott put his truck in the Winner's Circle win with a killer .009 light and a 4.953 at 140.93 MPH.  Runner up Clint Crownover layed down almost the same lap, clocking a 4.950 at 140.10 but his .105 light put him behind all the way down the track.  When you review the reaction times, remember these guys are leaving against a .400 Pro tree setup. 

A. J. Enterprizes Top ET: The Levelland Mafia swept Top ET today, with Kevin Bracey getting the "Nah-Nah I Win" credits, beating Rusty Rose in the final round.  Rusty killed Kevin on the tree with a .003 to Kevin's .016.  But at the line, it was the Daily Double Breakout.  Kevin squeaked out the win with a .0009 breakout of 4.8391 on a 4.84 dial. Rusty took a little too much finish line, hitting a 4.710 on a 4.73. 

Pinnacle Countertop Solutions Modified ET: Sambo Tyra (top) claims another win in Modified ET this week, clipping Merkel's Jay Campbell in the final.  Sambo slapped the tree with a .007 light and was first to the finish with a 6.94 on a 6.92 dial.  Jay had a decent .046 light but ran a little off with a 6.05 on a 6.01 dial for runner up.  Not in the least to take anything from Sambo's win, because a win over Abilene's corral of outlaws in any bracket is always a big deal, but the real story here is with Jay (2nd from left) and Jerry McCoy (3rd from left).  Here's the note we got from Jay on Sunday:
"I just wanted to take a minute to say something about the racers spirit.   Saturday I struggled in the first couple of rounds with my car really falling off and not running the number. After some inspection I found my slicks were showing some cord (dumb mistake on my part). So I pretty much thought my day was over. Then Jerry McCoy said, "I'm out for the day. You can use my tires and wheels if you want to". I thought about a minute and said are you serious? He said "yep, you want to switch them"? We got them switched, and I went on to make the semi-finals in Pro Footbrake, and the finals in Modified ET. I tried to pay "rent" for the tires to both Jerry and his wife several times. Neither would accept anything in return. That is the true racers spirit, and a they great family as well. It's not always about the money or the points. It's also the spirit of friendly competition, and fellowship. I want to thank the McCoy family for being such gracious friends and racers. They are a real asset to the racing community and the Abilene Dragstrip.
Thanks again,  Jay Campbell"