By Ed Evans

Prince Rupert Daily News

All the thrashing will come to an end, as the opening race of the 2010 Drag racing Season kicks off this weekend at the Terrace Regional Airport. Some rides are ready to go, others are close and still others will be waiting for the second race June 19^th and 20^th to trip the lights and make a run down the track.

Kham Shantz and Terry Frizzell will not make the cut for the first race, as motors and transmissions did not get back in time.

The season opener in 2009 saw 4 cars and fans make the long trek from Haida Gwaii. This year the plan was to bring 4 cars over again, but one car met a deer on the highway and will have to get some bodywork done. The deer are small but they still can do a lot of damage.

The deer was another in a long list of problems for Jason Murphy. Last year was the first race he was able to attend. Murphy seemed to have mechanical problems every year ,after testing out his car before the races. Maybe he shouldn’t test it so hard before he gets it over here.

There will still be a strong bunch of cars for this weekend as racing will start Saturday and Sunday for time trials at 9:15am. At 1:15 the First round of “Brackets” or “King of the YXT” eliminations will start.

Don’t miss out the racing at this first event of 2010. See you there Saturday or Sunday!
For more information or to check out the pictures, go to the web sites: www.prautoclub.com or www.terracedrags.ca

Photo:

Doug Ribero (far side) has a hard launch against Lee Thompson and his beautiful Corvette at the 2009 season opener in Terrace.

Ed Evans Photo