August 11, 2007 Cajun Shootout Motorcycle Series
No Problem Raceway Park in Belle Rose, LA

South LA in August is not the best time to schedule a race. The temp. was 104 with 96% humidity and not a cloud in site. We ran a 8.01 and 8.04 during qualifying in the morning so we posted a 8.04 dial in. Buy the time we went up for 1st round the sun heated up the track temp. to 143. When the bike launched off the line it spun the tire in 1st & 2nd gear and slowed down to only run a 8.10. Unfortunately it was not enough to run down the slower bike, but at least we got out of the heat.

July 28, 2007 National Dragster Challenge
No Problem Raceway Park in Belle Rose, LA

Going into this race we were felling confident being that we won the last race we attended. The National Dragster Challenge is pretty much the biggest race of the year so at least 40 bikes showed up despite the surrounding thunder storms. Everyone show up for a chance to win a "Wally" (The same trophy the NHRA gives at national events) We won the race in 2004

During the early rounds of the race we had plenty of time between runs to cool the bike off due to the ability for 1st or 2nd round losers to buy their way back into the race and everything was going to plan. As time started becoming to short between rounds we started having trouble with the clutch and not enough time to cool the bike. With all distractions going on Jimmy lost focus and lost in the Semi final round due to a red light start.

JUNE 18, 2007

Paul pulled the motor out of the bike and took it apart and we finally found our problem. Two of the pistons were scraping the cylinder walls, causing the motor to loose valuable horse power. Now we know why the more we ran the bike the slower we went, no matter what we did. He shipped the head, old pistons, and the block back to Vance and Hines. Hopefully they will have the parts back in a few weeks.

JUNE 9-10, 2007
SCHNITZ MEMPHIS BLUES NATIONALS
MEMPHIS, TN

Since getting back from Fast by Gast's shop, Paul had the body of the bike moved back about 2 inches to its original position and he sealed off the air box. We also changed the rear wheel from a 15 by 10 inch to a 16 by 10 inch wheel for better traction. After changing everything on the bike, we decided to go to the AMA Prostar SCHNITZ MEMPHIS BLUES NATIONALS and test. Our first pass on Saturday was a 7.42 and the second pass was a 7.41. Now we know that something is definitely wrong.

April 26-29, 2007
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
Atlanta, GA
Before heading to Atlanta we ordered a
set of the latest technology of Fast By Gast's Carburetors for about $4000.00. They should produce as much as 10 hp more at the top end of track. The first pass on Friday we ran a 7.36 at only 180 mph, and the second pass was almost identical to the first. We change the clutch setup for Saturday morning, and the 60 foot time improved but the bike still only ran a 7.36 at only 180 mph. The only thing we changed from Houston till now was the carbs and somehow we lost 2 tenths of a second. In between the third and fourth round we tried to switch out the carbs but ran out of time and was unable to make the last pass. At least we have a few months to find the problem before the next race.

Update from April 2, 2007

O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals
Houston, TX
(March 30-April 1-2

After returning from Gainesville Paul went back to work on the bike looking for anything that could help with the performance. We also had to raise the front of the bike a little and get some body work done to pass technical inspection. Going to Houston to race following the untimely death of funny car driver Eric Medlen, who succumb to an injury that occurred when he was testing on Monday after the Gatornationals, had everyone still sort of in shock. He will be truly missed by all.

On Friday our first pass was 7.24 at 187 mph. When the bike launched the wheelie bars were to low and it picked the rear tire up causing it to spin excessively. Our second pass we improved to a 7.21 after the run we looked at the computer.

We were looking forward to having better air conditions on Saturday morning but instead we awoke to heavy showers. They tried all day to dry the track with jet dryers and helicopter but it kept raining. The NHRA set the field using Friday. results and the cut off time was 7.10. Even though we did qualify we still had a good time with everyone that came out to the track.

March 15-18 2007
NHRA ACDelco Gatornationals
Gainesville, FL

After all of the stress and work, we were able to make it to the first race of NHRA POWERade season. The first qualifying round we ran 7.41 seconds at 180.04 mph. That was the first pass on the new engine and we had to break it in and make sure everything worked. Once we made it back to the pits they remembered that when the bike stalled on the starting line they were rushing to restart the bike they forgot the switch for the data recorder. Second round we ran 7.208 at 185.92 mph.

On Saturday Paul used what little data he had to tune the bike and it responded to a 7.152 at 185.64 mph. We only had one more chance to make the 16 bike field and at that time we would have to ran faster than 7.05. On our fourth pass he ran 7.09 at 188.73 mph. We weren't able to qualify but now have a good baseline tune up

MAY 14, 2007

Jimmy and Paul loaded the bike up and drove straight trough to New York to the Fast by Gast shop. They worked for two days with Paul Gast to rework the spigots so they would match up with the new carburetors.
They ran the bike on the dyno to see the difference between the old and new carbs, and to give us a very helpful lesson on tuning them. After working at the FBG Shop for two days on their dyno, Paul Miller decided to start looking for one to put at his shop.

Jan 13 & 14, 2007 we raced a Quick 16 race at a Discovery Channel "Biker Build Off & Motorcycle Race on my Top Gas Bike at No problem Raceway Park. Jimmy qualified 1st both days. On sat he made it to the semi finals and on Sunday he made it to the finals but the bike broke when he shifted to 2nd gear.