NHDRO pre-race report: NHDRO¹s Rescheduled Louisville Race is Rolling2018-08-31 15:37NHDRO’s rescheduled CC Powersports Mid Season Nationals—originally slated for July—is set to roll September 7-9 at Ohio Valley Dragway alongside the mighty Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky. And cooler, drier weather in September should actually make for better racing on Ohio Valley’s concrete eighth mile. NHDRO has boosted the Quicktime Motorsports/Lindeman Performance Pro Ultra 4.60 eighth mile class purse to $5000-to-win for the Louisville race. Gateway winner Dan McCarten, defending Louisville winner Les Stimac, Ohio winner Jimmy Muntain, class sponsor Jeff Lindeman, John “Spooky” Markham—even East Coast stud Boo Brown has declared his intention to race at The ‘Ville. Because if you have a 4.60 bike, why wouldn’t you race in the richest 4.60 race ever? It’s 5 grand man, it’s 4.60, it’s your birthright—come and get it! It’s not about the money...it’s about the MONEY! This time last year, Markham was sweeping the Penske Racing Shocks Street Fighter table. Markham has been more silent than spooky in the class this year, but the Louisville race might be the one that turns it around for the Kentuckian. The Street Fighter eighth mile index is 6.15. M2.Shocks Crazy 8s runs at a 5.70 index and Millennium Trailers Super Comp clips it at 5.60 on the eighth. Multi-class racer Ron “Ju-Jitsu” Arnold won NHDRO’s Big Money race at Gateway—the one-off combined Crazy Comp. He’ll be running both classes at the ‘Ville, facing competition such as Jeremy Teasley, Indy Street ET Big Money winner Deadly Dustin Lee, and Pro ET Big Money winner Bruce Damewood. Top Gas studs Kounselor Kenny Schwartz, Bradley Shellhaas, the Wagners, and more will have to get the job done in 5.10 seconds on the eighth. Many of these racers and more will also pack the staging lanes for MPS Pro ET and Kevin Dennis Insurance Street ET, with separate races on both days. Cameron Teasley, Jeff Hall, Tylan Beckelheimer, Wes Brown, Steady Teddy Thompson, Big Joe Holt, Scott Sheppeard, Ken Selner, Doug Fisher, Tom Klemme, Mike Hall and more will count themselves in that number. Let’s not forget the pro classes, like the world’s quickest street-legal bikes of McIntosh/Grayson Machine & Fabrication Pro Street. Gateway winner Gaige Herrera and his nitrous-huffing Suzuki Hayabusa might have a slight advantage on the eighth mile versus the 700 horsepower turbo bikes, but the turbo bikes will not back down. Expect the entire Quicktime Motorsports stable of Rudy Sanzottera, Brad Christian, Chris Klassen, and more to exhibit their unique brand of hard work and thug attitude. Former champ Doug Gall, Atlanta and Indy winner Frankie Stotz, and more will all be putting the power to Ohio Valley’s concrete via their street legal tires. There’s nothing street-legal about Chris Cutsinger’s Pro Open championship bike. Big tires and big horsepower describe this class, and Cutisnger will be shredding with the likes of Ron Maddox, Brad Messer and more. Nighttime is the right time for Performance Racing Products Grudge racing, and Louisville has seen some of the best as NHDRO tunes up for their huge grudge event at the end of September. Brian and Niki Welch especially thank José and Tina Gonzalez of CC Powersports for their support of NHDRO and ]ponsorship of the Louisville Mid Season Sizzle. CC Powersports is one of the Midwest's largest and oldest continuously operated powersports dealers. Founded in 1964, CC’s 50,000 square foot store in Clarksville, Indiana, and 25,000 square foot store in Louisville sell Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, KTM, Polaris, Indian Motorcycles, Slingshot, Can-Am, Sea-Doo, Spyder Bad Boy, and SSR. CC Powersports also supports NHDRO racers by bringing VP Fuels and OEM parts to the events. Need anything? Call Tina or José at (812) 948-1621 and have them bring it to you. “As a multi-line dealership, we support all of your racing and powersports needs,” says Tina. “We look forward to serving you, and hope you have a successful race weekend.” Brian, Niki, and everyone with NHDRO looks forward to welcoming you to a Big event rollin’ on a small track at Ohio Valley Dragway just outside of Louisville. Find out more about NHDRO at http://www.nhdroracing.com/ NHDRO thanks McIntosh/Grayson Machine and Fabrication https://www.dragracing365.com/ , Quicktime Motorsports http://quicktimebikes.com , M2.Shocks https://www.m2shocks.com/ , Millennium Trailers http://www.milltrailers.com , Kevin Dennis Insurance http://www.bettercoverages.com , MPS http://www.mpsracing.com/default.asp , Penske Racing Shocks https://www.penskeshocks.com , Performance Racing Products https://www.performance.racing , Total Racing Motorsports, Liguori Drag Racing https://liguori-drag-racing.myshopify.com , Kenneth R. Schwartz, attorney at law http://kennethrschwartz.com/ , CC Powersports https://www.ccpowersports.com , 190hookup.com https://shoprobbushmotorsports.com/shop/catalog/ , Schnitz Racing https://store.schnitzracing.com , and APE http://www.aperaceparts.com/ This report was prepared by Tim Hailey. Enjoy everything there is to read, see and watch about motorcycle drag racing and more at https://www.eatmyink.com Source: Hailey Click here to visit our forums to discuss this story |
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