After fighting traction problems at the
last couple of events, Duane Shields’ PEAK A/Fuel Dragster was able to
successfully get down the legendary Cordova Dragway quarter mile without
smoking the tires on any of his runs. Duane was a surprise entrant at the
Summer Showdown which is a Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Regional event.
Duane qualified sixth with a 5.55 at 250
MPH. His qualifying would have been even better but he dropped a cylinder on
the run at 3.1 seconds.
The conditions going into the first
round were not favorable as Duane would meet Gord Gingles who also raced a
nitro fueled dragster. The temperature was 85 degrees and 85 percent humidity. As
a result, the corrected altitude went up 1000 feet. As the tree came down Duane
blinked at the wrong time which slowed his start off the line significantly and
Gingles was able to get the lead and maintain it. At the stripe it was Gingles
with a quicker 5.63 @ 256 MPH to Duane’s close 5.66 @ 253 MPH.
Next week, the team rejoins the Mello
Yello tour in Chicago at the O’Reilly Route 66 Nationals. Duane would like to
thank his sponsors PEAK Motor Oil, PEAK Antifreeze, Herculiner Truck Bed
Liners, Blue DEF Diesel Exhaust Fluid and FINAL Charge Heavy Duty Truck
Antifreeze, GRP Connecting Rods, NGK Spark Plugs, Molinari Race Products and
Shortline Markets for their support.
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