Hi everyone,

This is a quick update on the schedule for TDRA‘s Hot August Nites

Saturday August 2nd

TDRA will be participating in the Riverboat Days parade. Anyone interested in putting their cars and having them in the parade with us are asked to contact Blake Bedford at 250-615-8547. Parade is Saturday morning. We will be displaying our guest feature vehicle in the parade brought to you by Astral Media & Terrace Totem Ford’s Fastlane.

TDRA will also be participating in the Riverboat Days Car show hosted by the Skeena Valley Cruiser’s with our feature vehicle, if anyone can display their iron there with us it would be great. Strength in numbers.

Sunday August 3rd

Hot August Nites

Gates open at 8am

Racing starts at 10am

Classes for Sunday will be:

Time trials & qualifying for Quick 8 / Morning

Brackets…Jr/Pro/Super Pro in the afternoon

Feature Vehicle passes / 3 hits

Sunday night will also be our barbeque bash which this year is hosted by our drag race friends from Kitimat. The drag racers from Kitimat have had the torch passed to them this year from last years Prince Rupert Club and will be hosting the barbeque. All racers and anyone in their vehicle will be given wrist bands when they pay at the gate, this will get them their passes for food put on by the Kitimat racer’s. Make sure you get enough passes for your crew/family & friends. This will get underway right after the races at about 6-7pm and then their will be a live band playing at 8pm from Terrace known as “Where’s Billy”. The party will continue on until midnight.

Monday August 4th

Gates open at 8am

Racing starts at 10am

Time trials & Qualifying for the Quick 8 class in the morning

Afternoon will consist of:

King of the YXT

Gamblers

Quick 8

Feature vehicle will make 3 passes

Quick 8 will work as follows:

We will be running both days during time trials to determine who the quickest 8 cars are and offer them an opportunity to buy into a separate class known as Quick 8. It will cost $100.00 above and beyond the regular entry fee to enter the Quick 8. For those 8 cars entered, if you win one round, you win $100.00 (which is basically your entry fee back), we will be splitting up $3000.00 in the Quick 8 field. 1st place will walk away with $1350.00!!!!! We will also be discussing at the driver’s meeting on Monday if we want to run a Standard tree or 4/10th or 5/10th Pro tree for the Quick 8 class. We will also award $200.00 for the Top Qualifier for Quick 8.

We are looking for Mother Nature to work with us this weekend, we have some special cars coming from far away, A barbeque with a great band, & big crowds expected. So please pass the word, let’s make this a success as it has been over the years.

TDRA

For More information: www.bvdra.ca

For more information on Drag racing check out the websites www.terracedrags.com or www.princerupertautoclub.com

More information on the Car show check out the website www.skeenavalleycruizers.com . For information on the Houston Drags www.bvdra.ca

Photo: Ed Evans

Ed Evans

Rain is great for the tree’s and plants, but it is not conducive to drag racing. There are no magic rain slicks. If it rains – you don’t race, period.

This was the situation last weekend at the Terrace Drags. Saturday’s race was canceled early on in the day, after a deluge early in the morning left the track wet. With rain showers predicted all day and no sun or heat to dry up the wet pavement, the call was made and the wait begins.

Racers and their families looked for other forms of entertainment and distractions, as it showered all day. Quite a few ‘sucker holes’ appeared, causing much discussion late in the afternoon.

At one point, there was even talk of opening for ‘Time only’s’. This is where you run to get time slips only. These words were no sooner were spoken, than the skies opened up, as we were told from above, what the real answer was.

During the early morning, high winds combined with rain bouncing off of the trailers and motor homes. The winds stayed but the rain stopped and when we woke, the mountains could be seen again.

The wind, however, remained a problem, as crosswinds blew cones across the track and cars blew around at the top end of the 1/8 mile course. After time trials were held for about two hours a slight drizzle started to fall . After a drivers meeting was held, it was decided it wasn’t safe to race, so we finally gave in to the weather gods.

The Terrace/Kitimat Airport has agreed to let the track and equipment remain up and there will be racing this Sunday July 13. Racing will begin at 10 am with time trials and follow with ‘King of the YXT’ and “Gamblers’.

For more information or to check out the photo’s, check out the website www.terracedrags.ca or www.princerupertautoclub.com

Photo

Paul Anderson (far side) and Terry Frizzell (near side) line up for ‘The Battle of Prince Rupert’ as the track announcer called it.