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  5601 W. Stamford
 (I-20 East Access road)
 Abilene, TX
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 P.O. Box 1058
 Brownwood, TX 76804
 Phone: (325) 673-7223
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Our race sponsor Maxxis Tires brought a wide selection of tires for people to choose from. Maxxis can provide tires for every type of use - highway, off road, trailer, and just about anything else you can drive. Visit their web site at maxxis.com to learn more about Maxxis tires.
The Maxxis Ultimate Control Points Race was carried out over both Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25. This was our second double points/double payout race of 2008. We were going good, got nearly finished with the first round on saturday evening when we encountered a little rain delay. About 8:30ish, it looked like the left picture above.By about 9pm, the wind was going east to west down the track at about 60+ MPH and it rained 2 inches or so in the space of an hour. Plenty of lighning bolts too, as you can see in the right frame above. The radar made us think we might just catch the edge of it, but we pretty much got the whole darn thing with a little hail thrown in for good measure. Sunday started out a little muggy as you can imagine, but it was a good weather day. Well, if 100F in the shade with 125F track temp is good weather then we had it. The Pro Mods hit the track as hard as they could, with Ken Thomas moving the track record down exactly .02 to 4.109. Before you say I've seen 'em run 3s, note that the density altitude was about 4700 feet on Sunday. Down from 5300 on Saturday afternoon. Did we mention the weather kinda cheesed out on us? The Jet cars didn't care about the weather and put on a good show. It actually got cooler after the jets ran. Maybe we had control of the weather and didn't know it. Thanks to everyone that came for the race and a big thank you to those that were able to stay for Sunday.
Super Hero day at the drags - we had both Superman and Batman.
More pictures may be available at this raceabilene.com link.  

Sunday Eliminators
TOPMA Pro Mods Final: Ken Thomas of Mt. Pleasant took home the win and the track record along with it. In qualifying, Ken reset the record from Frankie Taylor's 4.129 down to 4.109. In the final, it was Ken up against Heath Harvey of Clarksville. Ken layed down a 4.38 at 141 MPH to be first across the line with Heath following at a 4.70 @ 149 MPH. Special thanks to Mark Winger of San Angelo and Billy Swiney of Merkel for mixing it up with these guys and making 'em work for it.
Jet Final: It was Ford vs Chevy in the jet funny final. Both cars had made warm up passes, with Glenn Burkhart's Monte Carlo running a best of 4.66 @ 151. In the final round Glenn turned it up a little bit and threw down a 4.18 @ 193 MPH pass for the win. Gary Fore in the Cobra Jet Ford Mustang funny car took the runner up spot with a 5.16 @ 154 MPH. Thanks for the smoke and fire show, guys!
A. J. Enterprizes Top ET: Clarence Tennison of Cross Plains (top) got the win in Top when Charles Baucum (Abilene) had his box "malfunction". Clarence left first with a .022 light and ran 6.95 on a 6.94. Charles didn't get hardly get the firebird out of the gate.
Audio Magic Modified ET: Chris Kelly of Merkel (top) squared off against Dewey Grider of Fearly in the Modified final round. Both driver's left about the same time, with Dewey going .056 on the tree. Chris was a little behind with a .059 light. At the stripe it was the Falcon stopping the clock at 7.423 on a 7.42 dial for the win. Dewey got there first, but ran 8.08 under his 8.10 dial to take the runner up spot.
 
Longmire Plumbing Jr. Dragster: Our two Junior finalists traveled from Odessa and Big Spring to run with us. Alyssa Carter of Odessa (top) went howm with the win. Chris Biddison of Big Spring took runner up and handed over the win when he went -.03 red on the tree.
Max's Kawasaki Motorcycle: Donnie Oliver of Hawley (top) got the win in Motorcycle when Grant Lewis of Knox City left a little early with a -.015 red light in the final round. They ran it out anyway, with Donnie posting a 6.56 on a 6.49 and Grant showing a 6.58 under his 6.62 dial.
Rhino Liner of Abilene All Run Quick: In the All Run quick class, Joe Collier of Clyde (top) put together a .005 package to claim the win away from Abilene's Roger Chittum. That .005 package from Joe adds up with a .0005 (really - three zeros) and a 4.8545 on a 4.85 dial. Roger had a great .003 light, but the Monte busted out with a 5.399 under it's 5.41 dial.
Whitten Inn Street Money: Those Knox City folks - you don't see 'em for a bit, then they show up and take home the money. Street money in this case, and it's Amber Lewis (top) taking home the win money. Robert Bruton of Abilene gave the win away on the line with a -.21 red light, and that was that.
TSTC West Texas Open Trophy: Kenny Heaton of Abilene (top) used a 7.98 on a 7.96 with a good .024 light to grab the win in Open Trophy. Tommy Wade, also of Abilene, ran a 7.71 on a 7.69 dial for the runner up trophy.

Dodge Rambunctious Friday Night Gamblers
Dodge Rambunction Friday Gamblers: Joanna Tinsely (top) of Melvin got the win in our Friday Gamblers race. Jay Campbell of Merkel gave it away on the tree with a -.014 red light. Hey, you have to go for it in the final.
In Thursday night action, Billy Carter took first place in the "wind swept" Sterling Volkswagen Street Series, winning this weeks blue t-shirt. Second place and a red t-shirt went to Korey Seeley and third place and the white t-shirt was claimed by Nick Benigno.