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Team
Update.......
September, 2004
September 3 was the final points race for the year. I ended
up doing pretty good in this race. I made it all the way down
to the finals against Marcus Taylor. Marcus and I thought
it would be fun to dial the same number so we both dialed
9.96. I don't have the ticket so I am not exactly sure what
our lights were but I think they were comparable. I was ahead
of Marcus all the way down the quarter mile. I made the mistake
at the end of getting out of the throttle too soon before
the finish line. Marcus came around me for the win. What was
crazy was we both ran exactly the same ET and MPH, 10.030
@ 129. That was a fun race. Charles made it to the quarter
finals in Street Bike.
September
17-19, Black Sunday....this was a fun race. We were at the
track from Friday through Sunday. Friday we had an all day
Test and Tune session that was fun. Saturday morning we were
given time runs again and then the eliminations started that
evening. Charles only entered the Street Bike class while
I entered both Street Bike and Pro Bike. We both made it through
the first round of eliminations, he in Street and me in both
Street and Pro. They ran us late into the evening on Saturday
night, I think it was at least midnight before they called
the eliminations to resume again Sunday early morning. Sunday
seemed to go pretty smoothly, not as many oil downs as we
were used to. In Street Bike I ended up going all the way
to the semi finals only to have to race Charles. I was taking
a nap at the line and Charles got me right off the bat, he
deserved the win. He went on to race a guy from Kansas City
in the finals and he came out vicotorious. Congratulations
to Charles, that was a tough field he made it through. I ended
up going out in the third round of Pro Bike. Dusty Kaitich
of Collinsville, IL won the ProBike class. He had a huge payday,
congratulations to him as well! To all the people that stopped
by the trailer this weekend, thanks we enjoyed your company!
I have to admit, I haven't taken many pictures lately, sorry,
I will try to be a little better at that since the end of
the season is fastly approaching us.
Click
on the images to enlarge...
Charles
- nice wheelie ;)
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Winners
Circle - Black Sunday
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The race
on September 24 was a regular scheduled race and I am sorry
to say I didn't do squat, I was really embarassed by my performance,
so we won't even talk about it :) Charles lost first round
in both Street and Pro. That Sunday the 26, we went out to
the Wentzville track, Mid America Raceway (MAR) to try to
win their Wally. It ended up that several of the regulars
from Gateway had the same idea. There was probably about a
field of 17 bikes, the class combined the pro and street bike
so the no box and box racers were racing each other. Makes
for a tough race but hey we were there to have fun! It ended
up that Charles and I and Dusty and Marcus made it to the
semi finals. I raced Marcus and Charles raced Dusty, we both
lost. We still had a great time. Dusty left with the Wally,
he was racing his probike, with the box.
The season
is over for regular scheduled races at Gateway, there are
a few Test and Tune sessions and a Bracket Bash that the GIR
staff assured us there was a class for Bikes, we will go check
that out at the end of October. Until then, happy racing and
I hope to see you all at the track. Take Care!
Thanks
for reading our updates!
Janie
/ Willis Racing
Willis
Racing would like to thank their 2004 Sponsors ……
Gatlin
Racing
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Midwest Motor Sports
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