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October 03, 2008 at
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Drop by Heartland Park at the dirt track to see the AMA Grand National Championship Pro Flattrack show. I will be trying my hand at something totaly new as crew chief on the #49y Expert Twin bike for a young kid named Chad Cose from Fremont California. My boss owns the bike, but couldn't make it, as he had to go out of town this weekend, so I get to give it a shot.
Our company also sponsors the 2000 GNC Champion, #3 Joe Kopp.
Here is a pic of the bike...
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October 07, 2008 at
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October 07, 2008 at
12:14:48 AM by Hawker
Well, we had a real good showing. We timed in 5th overall in the Expert Twin class. We took second in the first heat and in the main event was running 2nd and took the lead on lap 7. Chad missed his mark with 2 to go and got passed and ended up finishing 2nd. Not too bad for a 17 year old in only his 3rd start on a Harley Davidson XR. He finished 4th in points in the Expert Twins. Next year he will pull the restrictors out and run the Grand National Champion class. The company I work for (Columbia Avionics) will be his primary sponsor.
"Smokin'" Joe Kopp, the Grand National Champion series rider that our company also sponsors was the class of the field Saturday night and won the main event in dominating fashion. He finished the season 2nd in points in the GNC class.
After seeing some AMA Flattrack racing this year, they were the first races I have seen in around 20 years. I forgot just how exciting the racing was. The major sprint car series could learn a lot from the AMA. It wasn't just a race, it was an event. It really had a "special" feeling surrounding it. Everyone runs 2 practice sessions, and then they qualify. They do this at 4pm in the afternoon. They won't let just anyone in the pits for an AMA race, you either have to be an AMA member, then it costs $40, or you have to be with a team, so they then open the pits up to the fans until 6:30pm, all of the drivers had a table set up and signed their photo cards and sold t-shirts, it was great interaction with the fans. During that time, they completely rework the track. They started racing at 7pm and I was on my way home at 10pm.
Here is Joe on the gas Saturday...
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October 07, 2008 at
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What, no wings??!!!
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October 07, 2008 at
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Posted By: Offie on October 07 2008 at 08:33:40 AM
What, no wings??!!!
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Or cages!!!
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October 08, 2008 at
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I have the utmost respect for the guys and gals that run AMA FlatTrack. I think ya gotta be kind of crazy to be fast in a sprint car (winged or not) but I KNOW you have to be flat out whacked in the head to compete in FlatTrack.
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