Enrique S. Takes the Win

The threat of rain loomed, but we got lucky and had a bone dry evening. We welcomed 12 racers, including a couple of new folks, one driving a nice B body Impala and a fireman driving a hot Chevy Truck. Of course the Vettes made a great showing, including Rob P. Victor G (track architect and co-sponsor), Rob S., Doug M. (making the long trek down from Palm Beach, thanks buddy) and your trusty scribe Joe G. Ray R. was there with his fast T/A but he kept it all throttle for our event as usual, and Little Franks was there testing out his new tubs in his nice Daytona Sunset Orange Monte. Frank, I think you were scraping your right door handle with that left front tire wagging in the air!

Enrique S.	Dan Helmers and father Terry	Rob Stevenson and Roger Preston

As usual your scribe went out first round, for the second event in a row to sponsor Victor Gonzalez in his super fast twin turbo Vette. Man it is scary to see that 6 second car running me down for the win every week!

Rob S.- congratulations on your win! As one of our regulars, Rob, as usual, drove his 6 speed Vette very competitively at Countyline. You've got that 6 speed Vette dialed in....but you got a dose of great luck on your first round on a double red-light. Lucky for you Countyline regular Rich W. went red first! It's usually good to be the faster guy for this very reason.

Enrique S was our runner up, leaving just a little slow off the light in the final but cutting some smoking lights in the early rounds in his bottle fed Z28 - including a .006 in round one! Nice consistent driving all night Enrique.

Your semi finalist was none other than Dan H. in his trusty Chevy truck. Dan is a regular at our events - and his Dad Terry is our tower timing manager! Nice to see Dan take home a trophy so early in our events.

I'd like to give a special thanks to Roger Preston, our co-sponsor, Steve D. and Mike C. for helping out in these events. Remember this is a grass roots operation - Steve calls in the times to Mike in the tower who makes sure the dial ins are properly entered. The ladder is prepared by none other than Roger Preston. Roger has passed along his years of track experience to make us all "experts" in track operation in no time at all.

Thanks again to our Co sponsors - Roger from Horsepower Sales - Pompano 954-782-6700 for your tireless efforts in helping run the events and Victor Gonzalez of Gonzalez and Sons Equipment for providing not only the track surface itself, but much of the special track prep that we receive for the Challenge events. Oh and to Jonathan of Horsepower Sales - Pompano... while you did a great job putting the cam in my car - I'm starting to wonder about your "clutch problems" in your beautiful black T/A. Is that car all bark and no bite? You can't show up to a track with a cammed out rumbling f-body with drag radials and not race. That's like dating Pamela Anderson and just cuddling. I'm throwing down the glove here buddy. I showed you how to fix the clutch problem. Me and you next event - round one. If you beat me, I'll be in next week for a set of heads. If I beat you... 1/2 off labor putting the heads on!!! LOL.

Note that I mentioned our little 'secret'... we receive special track prep for the Challenge events!! Victor and Paul make sure we get the best possible track surface for our events.

For anyone considering joining us, you will never find a track that treats its participants better than Countyline treats us Challenge members. We really are treated like royalty and it is such a pleasure helping these guys build the business from the ground up. We're looking to make this a big event in the future - so come join in the fun!!

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