by Steven Baker | Jul 7, 2021 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
Close competition is a given in bracket racing and nowhere more tight than in Super Pro. With a host of double zero reaction times and elapsed times within a few hundredths of the dial being the norm, it takes serious concentration and at times some luck to win an...
by Steven Baker | Jun 17, 2021 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT, Uncategorized
Perhaps the toughest call for a track operator to make revolves around the weather. When it is pouring with no chance of changing, the call is easy. It’s the days when the clouds are everywhere, the forecast is iffy at best and there is just no way to tell...
by Steven Baker | Jun 14, 2021 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
Wes Siegel, Paul Northrop and Chuck Render all scored home runs in a hotly contested event featuring tremendous competition in all categories. Siegel grabbed hold of the bucks in Super Pro with a final round takedown of 2020 Division One champ Robbie Boyd. ...
by Steven Baker | Jun 14, 2021 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
A larger than average turnout of racers made for a super night of racing as the top three brackets had filled staging lanes. Super Pro contained the biggest field in some time and Pro and Sportsman equaled or perhaps topped the best numbers for first round... by Steven Baker | Jun 14, 2021 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
You just have to love spring. The days are starting to warm up, the grass is sprouting and racers are dusting off the dregs of winter and sharpening their skills for a long season run. While the temps were in pretty good shape a variable tail wind made it...
by Steven Baker | May 1, 2021 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
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by admin | Aug 13, 2020 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
8/8/20 WILK FIRST REPEAT S/P WINNER FRANEK, WACKERMANN AND STEPHENS GRAB TITLES Rich Wilk became the first repeat winner of the season in Super Pro eliminator when he outlasted Kurt Bauer for this week’s title. Bauer had a streak of luck that began in the...
by admin | Aug 13, 2020 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
8/1/20 KEVIN RENDER MOWS THROUGH TWO BRACKETS HARVEY AND MCGRATH FLESH OUT ANNIVERSARY SHOW The first weekend in August has become the traditional setting for the annual anniversary weekend to celebrate another milestone in the history of Island Dragway. ...
by admin | Aug 13, 2020 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
7/18/20 HOT ENOUGH TO BAKE A CAKE IN A MAILBOX RACING STILL GETS COMPLETED With temperatures in the “Oh Wow” category the racing schedule was modified this weekend to try to avoid the worst of the heat, with only a modicum of success. Moving up the start time,... by admin | Jun 17, 2020 | COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
For a while it appeared that the 2020 racing season was going to be a total washout. With state mandated restrictions on public gatherings due to the COVID19 pandemic, several months of built anticipation and frustration was putting a severe strain on both...
