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RECORD
NUMBER OF RACERS JOIN 100 MPH CLUB!
Nearly 300 racers took advantage of
the day filled with testing and grudge racing as the first Larry
Miller Subaru Night Fever attracted a tremendous turnout of
competitors. Temperatures climbed comfortably into the lower 70’s
and racers enjoyed a ten-plus mph tailwind for the majority of the
day and evening.
Quite simply, the air was perfect for racing as a record number of
competitors put their name onto the 100 MPH Club roster for 2008.
All together, eighty-three racers earned a pair of the newly
designed blue and black decals. The leaders of the pack include Eric
Sprague aboard his `06 Suzuki in the Street Bike group at a booming
144.30 mph charge. In Street Machine, the Datsun Z car of Dave
Lindsay, sporting a 383 Chevy for power, tore off a fine 135.93. And
in the Sport Compact division, the #2-ranked Quick Import point’s
player this season – Mark Streeter gunned down a stout 127.60 with
his `04 Mitsubishi.
The next opportunity to earn a spot (and decals) in the 100 MPH club
is this Friday, May 16th, during the High School, Alumni, Quick
Import, Street Import, Street Bike, Outlaw Street & Street Truck
race. The front turnstiles will open for practice runs at 2 pm and
the opening round of eliminations is at 6:30 pm.
Saturday marks the first Gold Cup “round” points race in over a
month when the Bronco Motors Hot Truck Nationals returns on May
17th. Gates will open at 9 am followed by first round of racing at
6:30 pm.
COLORFUL
IMAGES FROM THE IGNITOR
I’m guessin’ many of you
have seen several of the images we’ve posted in our Ignitor photo
section, but if you’d like to see more – here’s where to go.
Thanks to two outstanding photographers at the Division 6 point’s
race, they have compiled a terrific portfolio of images for you to
check out. Namely Blair Alderton, who made the long distance trek
from his home in Canada near Saskatoon, who is unquestionably one of
the sport’s premiere photographers. His work is some of the best
we’ve ever seen taken at the Ignitor and the wheelstand shots are
just totally off the charts. Blair’s images are located at: http://www.pbase.com/nitroimage/boise_ignitor
Noted photo guru Chris Wold was also on hand throughout the weekend.
Sporting a brand new telephoto Nikon lens for the event, Chris
nailed several very cool shots and we highly recommend zipping over
to his main site to check out all his latest work. You’ll find
Chris bouncing into Firebird from time-to-time, so take a minute to
get to know him and we’re certain you’ll be able to procure some
great photography from one of region’s best digital aces. Check
Chris’ work out at:
http://www.spooledproductions.com/Pictures/Ignitor%20Set%201/index.html
http://www.spooledproductions.com/Pictures/Ignitor%20Set%202/index.html
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