2010 Ground Zro Racing News

May - Numidia, PA - The team headed for the long haul up North to Numedia, Pa for the Liberty Nitro Nationals. We had a plan to do some test & tuning on Friday night to get more data. The bike came out of the hole great & OJ hit all his shift points but fell off at the big end. We brought the bike back in & did a leak down, only to find we had 80% leakage. Now we started to figure where it was at. Sparks & PeeWee started with the heads & found the intake valve had a chip on the edge. We managed to get a new valve & lapped it in & reinstalled new valve springs. We still had a leak! This time we decided it was the rings & we had no new ones on board & none in the pits. We decided to get some qualifying rounds in on Saturday.
The track is located in the country & a nice location. It was close to my wife's sister who came down to watch qualifying along with my nephew & friends. That was the first time Barb & friends had seen all Harleys run. They were thrilled! We managed to get an 8.5 out of the hurt bike & got some points for getting into the semi finals. We drew Andy again & managed to beat him off the line but he took it in the end. Shawn & Andy were in the finals with Shawn taking the win!
We sent the heads & cylinders back to the shop to have them gone over so we will miss OHIO! We will be ready for Bristol, Tennessee the first week of August. Stay tuned for further updates! THANKS to everyone for their support!

May - Commerce, GA - The team headed to Atlanta Dragway on May 1st & 2nd for the Southern Nitro Nationals. We had a good handle on the performance of the bike but we needed more input. In Atlanta we got some good passes so Sparks could get some good data. The bike performed well, but OJ was missing his shift points.We managed to qualify with an 8.6 & drew Andy Simon in the semi round. Andy ran an 8.2 to take the win. We are losing power & have not figured that out yet. Next race will be in PA on May 22nd & 23rd.

February & March - The team had their first outing of the year at Daytona Bike Week at Orlando Speed World. It sure was nice to only drive 20 miles, but the weather was terrible. We really felt bad for all the racers that traveled a long distance; it sure wasn't the normal Florida weather. The weekend was cut short due to the rain out we had on Saturday. AHDRA decided to run all classes on Sunday & no one got any passes. You qualified as you finished the season last year. The team finished 6th last year so we got the #2 finisher Andy Simmon. The bike & OJ performed well & we finished 4th for the weekend. Not a huge crowd but it was nice to see a lot of the oldtimers at the track!

On March 26th the team headed west to the Cajun Nitro Nationals in Belle Rosa, Louisiana. It was a pretty nice trip to an outstanding track just 65 mikes west of New Orleans. The weather was excellent & the team was ready for some great racing. Sparks was doing his tune ups & collecting some good data. We qualified # 4 and that put us in the semifinals with Andy Simmon. Sparks & PeeWee had a good package set up with the clutch & timing. The air was really good so we were hoping for a good pass. As the light turned green OJ cut a .02 light to Andy’s .01 & the margin of victory for Andy was 9 one hundredths of a second. Things are finally coming together. We are traveling to Atlanta, Georgia May 1st & 2nd. We are still looking for some support so if you can help give us a call. If you're in the Atlanta area come out to Commerce & watch some good ALL HARLEY DRAG RACING!!! THANKS to all that support Harley drag racing.

January - Sanford, FL - Well another year & the weather did it again. The "Mission Impossible Run" got rained out. All week long we had our fingers crossed for some good weather. It wasn't in the stars. I want to especially THANK EVERYONE who made the effort to show up; you are real troopers. My family & friends that have helped do this for the last 9 years & a BIG Thank you to Doug & Paul for the great food. Van, DJ & Donna, George, Dale, my mother-in-law Evelyn, Brenda for taking charge & my wife for the support. Thanks to Cindy for the jello shots, Jeannie & Shelly for your help. We managed to get about 50 or so on the ride, but the rain hampered everything else.
Jimmy & Stacy McMillan came out for the day in hopes for a good turn out. Thanks!
Well, mark your calendars; we will be racing on Feb.27th & 28th at Orlando Speed World off Hwy. 50 in beautiful Bithlo, Fl. Show your support for ALL HARLEY DRAG RACING!! Stop by the trailer & say Hi!