Drachten, The Finals

warming up the BelAir
Our dragrace competition was great !

The first race (Drachten 1) surprised us by the performance of our new car, the second races where kind of disappointing due to the weather conditions so we where anxious to run the BelAir in the finals.



Victor, checking and double checking during warm up

Heating tires and laying down rubber

Arnie, guiding me back to the pre-stage area after heating up the tires

Launching and leaving hard

Sun and heat improved the track gradually but facing the sun at the start makes it difficult to see the tree, especially when it hits you straight on

Pulling a chute to slow things down, helps to come to a complete stop after reaching a maximum speed of 261 kilometers per hour

Therefore i only trust 1 man to fold my chutes

Rolling burnout

Hauling

BelAir, cooling down and posing some at the end of the runway

So, our active racing season has ended for this year.

Due to redlighting in the eliminations i blew my chances to an overall win in the Dutch Dragracing Competition, i was close, real close but coming this far with the new car has made me and the rest of the team very anxious for the next season.

Reflecting back, the results are plain good, nothing more, nothing less, the car feels great and performs predictable, the results are becoming more and more predictable wich is exactly what you need racing the ET class.

For the rest of this year we`ll be working behind the scenes to fine tune what needs to be fine tuned, working on our tour-bus and preparing for the next season.

And hey, we might even appear on a local car or speed-show so stay tuned, we`ll keep you informed !

A week and a half

Read a full report on the previous racedays here

Read a pre-finals announcement on autosport.nl

Soon !

We`re working hard behind the scenes

Doin`some photoshoots for our soon to be released website, prepping the car for its next appearance at the Drachten finals (www.explosion.nl) and doing some work on our tourbus.

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Drachten 2009 Pt.2

Drachten Dragraces, 10-12 july, Part 2
Small report on saturday 11
Nothing to test, run or qualify on friday due to heavy rainfall, yet a good atmosphere in the paddock and our shelter, prepping,benchracing, socializing and bbq-ing, rainy days can be filled worse.



Around 11.00 on saturday the skies cleared and racing somehow started,SuperPro ET started around 13.15.
Redlighted my first pass, made a 8.67 run, popped the chutes

After pass 1, on the background John Gerritsen`s BelAir who upgraded from Pro E/T to SuperPro E/T

Second pass, redlighted again after a long rolling burnout

Made a nice and clean second run despite the red light


Minutes away from a hefty adrenalin rush

Arnie, my eyes before the start, i totally depend on him, directs me to the perfect starting position, does the final second checks and works me towards pre-staging.

Third and last pass on Saturday
Got past that redlighting thing, did a 8.61 run with an 255 Km/u

During tirth pass.
See you all on Drachten 3, 21-23 august 2009

Explosion flyer July 2009

Back home

So, after a very succefull try-out at Drachten were back home

Finished first in the first competition in my new car, this freakin`awesome BelAir, she did great, real great.

She`s checked before each run and after each run, when back home we scrutinize her, adjust where neccesary.