FIREBIRD RACEWAY- BOISE
28th ANNUAL OLDIES BUT GOODIES
June 7th
and 8th, 2008
To
all members and those who should be,
The
New family and their professional team again put on a superior event that was
on time and well received by racers and fans alike. The weather was perfect,
cool and breezy. The Association put forth their best by producing some great
side by side racing and in the process set track records for speed and ET. This
all happened when Rich Roberts made a spectacular pass, how about a 6.79 at
205.10. Spectacular to say the least.
Rich
took low ET and John Peterson had top speed at 205.80.
In
the end it was Steve Woods and Rich in the finals with Steve taking the
checkered flag with a nice 6.82. Congratulations to all the participants.
As
you all know the field was weak because of the back to back with Bakersfield.
The four who were able to make it put on quite a show, all the teams had
problems but all four cars made every round. The racers and the track decided
to run a Chicago style event where in the 1st round of qualifying number 1 would race
number 4 and in the second round, number 1 would race number 3. The finals
would be decided by running the two lowest ET’s.
ROUND
#1 QUALIFYING
Cecil
Matthews- 7.28 at 192.55
Rich
Roberts- there was a light malfunction and Rich didn’t get a time but it was a
very strong run
Steve
Woods- 7.19 at 151.20 wouldn’t shit into high gear
John
Peterson- 7.10 at 197.45 best so far
ROUND
#2 QUALIFYING
Cecil
Matthews- 7.31 at 193.54
Rich
Roberts- 6.86 at 203.66 sets ET record for now
John
Peterson- 7.12 at 200.84
Steve
Woods- 7.28 at 156.22 lost clutch
ROUND
#1 ELIMINATIONS
Steve
Woods- 6.95 at 200.26 OVER
John
Peterson- 6.92 at 205.80 nice run for the Peterson team
Rich
Roberts- 6.79 at 205.10 just ran over his new record OVER
Cecil
Matthews- way out of shape and shut down
ROUND
#2 ELIMINATIONS
Steve
Woods- 6.87 at 197.02 OVER
Rich
Roberts- ran through a couple of gears and shut off
John
Peterson- 6.93 at 205.33 great mph OVER
Cecil
Matthews- Best run of the weekend but it started with a red light
AND
IN THE FINALS
Steve
Woods- 6.82 at 204.26 saved the best for last
OVER
Rich
Roberts- they were door to door at half track and then Rich really got out of
shape and did a great job of keeping the paint side up
Thanks
to all the participants and to the Firebird team for putting on a special event
Hope scheduling, fuel costs and increased purse will allow us to present a full
field next year.
Frank
Martin.
4676
Cove Lane
Discovery
Bay, CA 94514
925-516-4062
925-628-3784cell
925-634-6476
fax