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THUNDER VALLEY STAFF PIT GATE: LINDA
WILLIAMS, RENA
HARRIS AND MARY LANCASTER
ALWAYS READY TO HELP AND ANSWER QUESTIONS BEAT THE HEAT HIGH SCHOOL DRAGS 2ND Friday of every month It's plain and simple! Kids that love working on cars are also into seeing how they perform. A natural extension to tinkering on the car is a safe way to see your skills used to increase that vehicle performance. This year, Thunder Valley will present a High School Drag Racing program that is a fun, safe way to use your individual driving skills along with mechanical ability to compete against other students and schools. Held the Second Friday of every month, the High School Drags are open to any current or recent graduate (May 2005) of high school. There will be points awarded to the team, and individual. Five points for entering and five points for every round won. Winning individuals will receive a trophy, jacket, gold card, savings bond and scholarship to OCC. At the end of September the individual with the most points will represent Thunder Valley in the High School Class at the NHRA Division 4 Bracket Finals held at the Texas Motorplex in October. The individual winner must be a member of NHRA to participate in this event. All participants that are a member of NHRA are eligible for numerous scholarships including four Mary & Bill Helshier $1,500, three $ 1.000 scholarships from Sears Craftsman. The timing system will be set up in a handicap system. continued on page 3 |
NEW TO TVRP FOR 2005 Thursday Night at TVRP The Thursday night prior to Pro Street Shootout (generally the first Thursday of the month) will be designated Street Legal Drags. While open to any class of car or bike, there will be a focus on car clubs, and those cars and bikes that are driven to the track - $15 to race; $7 pit pass. Central Drag Racing Association A new organization the Central Drag Racing Association has been formed. There will be a team bracket finals for this association held in Tulsa on October 18-19. Junior Dragster Jr. Dragster gate opening will move to 12:00 pm. Juniors will have exclusive use of the track, and will be using the staging lanes. Big cars may come in for early parking, but may not even start their cars during the Junior program. There will be a consolation race after first round of eliminations for juniors who will not be proceeding to second round. No points will be kept for consolation races. Jr. Dragsters will be required to register for points and will be responsible for a $15 point’s registration fee. Quick Street will return to a .04 pro tree. Real Street will continue to use a .05 pro tree. Index class racers will be disqualified if breakout. If disqualified, the racer forfeits any purse monies. Real Street may use any tire, and transbrakes are allowed.
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