Wow 2012 is here.
Time to rebuild again.
Got the engine stripped down. Going to freshion the heads this year
as well as the normal rods, rings, bearings. Pistons need replacing
this year as well.
What’s new these days?
Dec - 2011
Preparations for the 2012 race season are underway.
The engine is out of the car awaiting parts as we are
freshening the motor and we discovered some compression
problems. After that we plan on booking some dyno time at Prostock
Performance in Edmonton to help us with some data for calculating
transmission gear ratios etc. No changes really to the car for 2012 other
than some gear changes and perhaps calculating some tune ups to run
4 stages of nitrous instead of 3 as we ran in the past.
A pro awning has been ordered for the new race trailer.
Should see that at the end of January sometime.
The new race trailer has been set up and is 90% complete and ready
for 2012.
Some trailer pictures are available here.
Blast from the past
Posted some pictures of my original hot rod.
Car is in good hands in Nova Scotia.
Stolen Trailer Scam.
I had my 2003 32ft Haulmark Edge Stacker trailer stolen in a scam by some clever people.
The trailer was for sale and in came a buyer. He came and looked, asked the right questions, went away thinking about the deal. Called, came back to purchase it with a TD Bank Draft. I looked over the bank draft and it all checked out. His address added up to a person with his name etc so I let him take the trailer and gave him a bill of sale. I deposited it into my bank without question. It went off to the TD bank and a week later was marked as “Counterfit”. The address for this guy turned out to be bad and the phone was a pay as you go bought Cash.
He used the name of John Mills but I am sure that was not his name. He drove what seemed to be about a 1998 or so Dodge Dually I believe it was burgundy in color. This was a Caucasian man about 6 ft 2 or 6 ft 3. I would say in his late 40s or early 50s.
The trailer would stand out if you know stacker trailers or just plain trailers.
It had a man door on both sides as well as pit lights on both sides.
The “drivers side” had an RV awning at one point but was removed so the fastener holes and outlines are still there. It had a scrape on the “drivers side” rear as it must have brushed something hard on a turn some place in its lift time.
Trailer VIN #16HGB32393G053638
Pictures of the trailer can be found at this site:
http://www.dadsgoneracing.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=28:2003-haulmark-stacker&Itemid=56
New pictures
We would like to thank Paul Grant for some great pictures he took of us in Woodburn
this year. He is one of the best there is at his craft.
Check them out here
Time to get ready for snow.
Time to unload and get everything
ready for winter. The car, spares
etc are in the shop nice and warm.
The RV is winterized and put away
till spring. Sad.
Ok, Testing now Sept 24th Weekend
We decided to do one more test weekend. There are a number
of things we did not get to try this year so there is one more weekend
open for us to test at Edmonton's Castrol Raceway. Come on down and say hi.
The 2011 year is done
Early finish again this year. Poor year for racing.
Weather, budgets play a big part in our
sport and did not play us a good hand this year.
We get an early start on a new direction for 2012.
On Display - Cancelled because of rain.
We will be putting the car on display at JB Power
Center in West Edmonton Friday July 22
for an open house event from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Come on down - 116 ave and 170 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
New Race Rig - July /Aug
Purchased this NRC /Freightliner motorhome
as well as this 32ft stacker trailer from Georgia.
Off to pick it up in the next week and a half. Going to
be a long drive home.
Medicine Hat Promod Feature
Friday was qualifiying and boy it was a windy day.
We cut it down to an 1/8th mile becouse of the winds.
Saturday was eliminations. Again we made it to the semi
final and lost out do to tire spin at 300ft.
What a weekend in Edmonton 
Rain, Rain, Hail and more Rain. It was a tuff
weekend to make a call on a car set up to get
down the track. You check the track, tune the
car and it would rain. Go up to make a run and
blow the tires off. Come back, change for the
condition and go back up and it would rain again.
We made 2 bad qualifying attemtps then we got one right.
Ran a 6.37 at 216 mph to move up from #7 to #1 qualifier.
We won the first round eliminations and then decided we needed to
put a very conservative tune up in the car to ensure we did
not have to pedal the car as we have been doing. Our opponent
for the semi-finals had been running 6.6s so we thought we were in
good shape. This time Vern (our opponent) figured it out and ran a 6.2 to
our 6.5 so we lost out. It was a challenge for all of us due to the changes
in track and weather but we got it done and look forward to that event next year.
Pictures should be up later today.
NitroJam Edmonton around the corner
We have a plan for Edmonton that we think will gain us
a couple of 10ths. Getting ready for the largest event in Edmonton
and looking forward to racing at our home track.
Look for us racing with the West Coast Promods.
New pictures from Woodburn
We would like to thank the people from Grandstand Photos
from Albany Oregon for the pictures of us in Woodburn.
Check out the Woodburn pictures in the gallery section.
Woodburn was a blast.
Wow, Long hall but worth every mile of it. The people there
are great, the track was wonderful, the management was great
and the weather was just fine (up until the final).
We had our share of bugs but we got the bugs out and made some
runs. 6.408 was our best there but we had to soften up the car
just to get down the track. We lost out in the semi final do to a red light.
Ooops - I guess I should not do that. Thanks to all the fans and staff
in Woodburn for such a great weekend. Hope to go back next year.
Locked and Loaded for Woodburn
The car is all assembled, still some brake issues but I will deal with
those at the track. We are loaded and ready to head out tomorrow
for our first race of the year in Woodburn Oregon. We are meeting up with
some good friends who are also racing but they only become the competition
at the starting line only and the rivalry only last 6 seconds.
The race is the 36th Annual Rose Festival Drags set for June 11-12
featuring the West Coast Promods. Long drive but should be a lot of fun.
Wish us luck.
Time for a Fresh Start
We did some testing and were plagued with problems.
Started with some rev limiter issues causing some
bad things to happen when the nitrous came on.
We hurt some rings but no big deal. Then we had
a new expensive light weight oil line fail
(it was pressure tested and tagged) thankfully it
happened in the pits. The brake master cylinder decided
it had had enough and then I had no brakes.
Yikes, scary start to this new combination. Got back
home, replace the master cylinder and freshened up
the motor new rods, bearings, rings, went back to the
braided steel oil lines and we are hoping that our problems
are gone away. The ignition box is going back to MSD
for testing and our spare in installed.
Caught Testing May 2011
We would like to thank Darrell Sabrowsky for sending
us this great picture of us testing May 14th at
Castrol Raceway in Edmonton. Notice Colin in the
new Dads Gone Racing crew shirt.
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Wicked Shirts Coming Soon.
It has been a pleasure to work Tyler Clark from Wicked Grafixx on developing some new
crew shirts as well as T shirts. Tyler has done some amazing artwork for most of the
top teams in today’s motor sports and it has been great having him work with us to
develop our new team shirts as well as T shirts for the fans.
I can’t tell you just how thrilled I am with the work from Wicked Grafixx.
They say they are the “Baddest Shirts in Drag Racing”, I have to agree.
Here are some sneak peeks at the artwork Tyler has done for us.
You can see his work on Face Book or on his Web Site: www.wickedgrafixx.com
Please note that all artwork is property of Wicked Grafixx and Gary Urlacher. 
T-Shirt Back T Shirt Front
Crew Shirt Front Crew Shirt Back
Red Deer Speed and Custom Show - Mar 18-20/11
We are going to display the car at the Red Deer Speed and Custom Show.
The car is featured on the cover of the program and will be front row center
at the event. Come on down March 18 - 20 and support Motor Sports.
Feb 2011
The spare motor has been fitted, the Bruno Lenco is complete and installed.
All the wiring is done, Carbon Shaft fits, CO2 system gone by by.
All the needed equipment to meet GSA rules is done.
Just need to do some work on the trailer and golf cart and we are ready for testing.
Jan - Shaping up for 2011
Things are in progress for 2011. The car configuration (driveline) is completely different from 2010.
The new transmission has been overhauled, the carbon fiber drift shaft is in progress,
the rewiring for the transmission is %95 complete. Just need to figure out what gear combination
we want to start with in the transmission. There are a fair number of safety upgrades required
in the GSA rules for 2011. Most of these are complete but a couple are still in progress and
will be ready in time for testing.
Still have to mount our spare motor we have now and make sure the fit and finish is done and ready
in case we need to use it this year.
The hood scoop is in for repair thanks to an operator malfunction. OOPS.
Our 2011 schedule is filling up very quick. June will be a busy month this year
with 4 big events back to back. Shall be interesting.
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