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- September 5th - Tony´s European Tour 2008 - Part III - FIA European Finals at SPR

- August 27th - Tony´s European Tour 2008 - Part II - Shakespear County Raceway

- August 18th "Tony´s European Tour 2008 - Part I NitrOlymp'X"

- August 5th "Back to the roots"

- March 16th - "Gainesville update"

- March 16th - "Wet & Windy Gators'08"

- March 9th - "Div. 2 Orlando Speedworld"

- February 26th "Tony´s Racing Notes from Gainesville Div 2.2"

- February 20th "Tony´s Racing Notes from Bradenton Div 2.1"

- February 17th "Not bad for the first round of the season"

- February 16th "Time Runs"

- February 15th "Time to Race"

- February 14th "The Scoop"

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September 5th - Tony´s European Tour 2008 Part III - FIA European Finals at Santa Pod Raceway

After Hockenheim and Shakesspear County Raceway the FIA European Finals were up next at Santa Pod Raceway. Unfortunately the weather forecast did not look good and eventually turned out to be accurate. It rained on Thursday, Friday through Saturday and suddenly Sunday was to be the day, when some lucky ones got ro race!
Unfortunately it none of the sportsman classes got to run, all sportsmann classes were cancelled and the FIA European Championship classes started running.

The nice looking car is a Volkswagen Corrado that belongs to Spencer Tramm. Spencer won the National Super Pro ET Championship in this car in 2007. Tony made some modifications to the BLP alky carb that Spencer had built in. Shame Tony didn´t get to run the car he was looking forward to it very much. The car was put up for sale after the meeting and as far as rumours go the car has allready found it´s new owner and will be going to Germany in the near future.

August 27th - Tony´s European Tour 2008
Part II - Shakespeare County Raceway, England

Tony and his sister Andrea arrived in London England on the Saturday following the race at Hockenheim. After waiting at the baggage claim at the airport for 30 minutes, Tony was informed that one of his suitcase's had got left behind in Germany and would be on the next plane.

As soon as that was taken care of Tony and Andrea were off to Shakespeare County Raceway for the Open Nationals.

The weather was cold and cloudy but dry!When

Tony and Andrea arrived at the track one of Tony`s friends asked if he had time to help one of the VW teams out, who were having problems with their Alky carb.

Once Tony had checked it out he found out that the problems were due to a wrong pump. 

Tony and Andrea then had a walk around the pits to see who else was there. Paul Marston seemed to be happy to see them both as they entered his pit area, as he normally only see's Tony in the States when visiting. 

Tony also went back to the track on the Sunday and Monday with his Dad Roland, both had a good time. 

This coming weekend Tony will be testing at Santa Pod with last years British Super Pro ET Champion Spencer Tramm's race car which is a VW Corrado "Quantum Leap" powered by a big block Chevy, so stay tuned. 

The event had a lot to offer with cars from all categories, VW´s, Hot Rods, Fuel Altereds, Nostalgia cars and in europe it is cars and bikes run at the same events.

August 18th
"Tony´s European Tour 2008"
Part I - NitrOlymp'X Germany

	Friday morning Tony´s plane landed at Frankfurt Airport in Germany where he was greeted by his long time friend and former german competition racer Rolf Nohl. Rolf drove Tony straight down the Autobahn (Interstate) to a very wet Hockenheim Quartermile. Due to the bad weather conditions at the track Tony was able to strole around the pits and talk to a lot of good old friends and catch up. After a few hours the weather improved and by mid afternoon qualifying got underway, with the sportsman classes out first before the European FIA championship classes Pro Modified, Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car and last but not least Top Fuel Dragster. Their where some beautiful cars participating in the NitrOlymp'X from all over Europe. The cars that stood out the most for Tony where two beautiful Mercedes. German racers Harry Sturhahn has built a very nice looking Mercedes CLK which he plans on running in Pro Stock next year. The other fabulous Mercedes is owned by Stefan Winter who is from Switzerland. Tony had promised to support four teams whilst at the NitrOlymp'X: Bert Gorselitz in his Super Gas Porsche 924 with a small block chevy that is run on E85. Bert had not raced for 5 years and this was his first season after his long break. He had won his first race of the season in the spring in Super Pro ET and was hoping to do well in Super Gas at Hockenheim. The team had equiped the car with a throttle stop the weekend before and had used the test & tune weekend the week before to get a set up. Guido Uhlir in his Super Gas Opel Manta-A- with a Big Block Chevy. Guido has been racing in Super Gas for two years and has been very competitive. Marc Henney in his Mike Bos built rear engine Dragster that he runs in Super Comp. Eric Pflug in his Undercover Motorsport Super Comp Dragster. Tony knows this car very well, as he had helped Erich purchase it in Florida in 1998. Marc qualified second with 8.91 and sadly could not participate in first round because his coil broke. Eric rolled through the lights first round so he was disqualified. Guido deep staged in round two trying to get a better reaction time and turned the light on red. Bert had some very close races, two of his opponents red lighted and in the finals his opponent had a slightly better reaction time, so Bert ended up as runner up. Tony was delighted to be offered the opportunity to run Erich Pflugs Super Comp Dragster in the Nightshow on Saturday night, where he had to run down a super fast quad and a supercharged Hummer. On Sunday a second opportunity was given to Tony to run a match race against his good friend Marc Henney. Tony won the first duel and Marc won the second. Tony is now looking forward to his trip to England, where he will be attending the open nationals at Shakespear Raceway in Stratford upon avon and two weeks later the European Finals at the legendary british dragstrip Santa Pod Raceway. So be sure to come back and read all about Tony´s adventures.
Tony standing infront of the staging lanes that run to the left towards the quartermile		Tony and Lutz Bernhard, who was a member of Tony´s german racing team from 1982 until 1991.
The staging lanes of the Hockenheim Quartermile		Harry Sturhahn´s beautiful Pro Stock Mercedes CLK
Another beautiful Mercedes from Competition driver Stefan Winter who comes from Switzerland		One of the most popular classes in Europe is Pro Modified with 24 pro mods entered for the NitrOlymp'X in Hockenheim
Bert Gorselitz's Super Gas Porsche 924		Guido Uhlir's Super Gas Opel Manta-A
Tony with Gaby, Erich and Benni Pflug of the Super Comp Dragsterteam Gremlin		Tony in Erich Pflug´s Super Comp Dragster "Gremlin"
Tony in the Nightshow of the NitrOlymp'X		Tony in the Nightshow of the NitrOlymp'X
Tony and Marc Henney in a match race		Tony
Special Thanks
Tony would like to thank the following people for making his stay in Germany a very nice one to remember:
Rolf Nohl, Erich & Gaby Pflug, Benni Pflug, Lutz Bernhard, Marcel Bernhard, GSK Motorsport Team, a very big special thanks to Guido Uhlir and his Team Berliner Jungs for getting me back over to Germany for the NitrOlympX in Hockenheim.

August 5th
"Back to the roots"

It has been a while since we reported on the racing that Tony and Mike have been doint in the states. Well we couldn´t put anymore news on the website, because we had been feeding it with news and photos so much that it was suddenly full, so we will be taking some of the older photos out of the news section off to make some space for current news and new pictures.

If you want to see some recent pics of Tony and Mike´s Racing check out the following links :
 

March 16th
"Gainesville update"

Well the webmaster is sitting over here in Germany, following the race results on dragracecentral.com and very pleased to see that Mike is a fourth round winner. I remember being at Gainesville in 2006 when Tony went 4 rounds and I wish I could be with the guys today, because I know that Tony will be pleased to see Mike doing so well and I am sure René and Guido who are both visiting from Germany are enjoying a great day of racing, being able to see our european champion Urs Erbacher running in TF/D and being with Tony and Mike, with Mike doing so well at a national event.

March 16th
"Wet & Windy Gatornationals'08"

This weekend Tony and Mike are in good company with some visitors from Europe with them. Tony´s brother inlaw René and German Super Gas Racer Guido Uhlir from Berlin flew over on Wednesday to join the two Super Compers for this years Gatornationals.

Unfortunatly the location of the team is not ideal this year, meaning that we have no cellphone or email contact with them, to receive updates for the raceblog.

But ofcoarse we are very happy to still be in the picture, due to the great coverage via Audiocast from the NHRA Website and also through the website of dragracecentral.com.

So we know that Tony unfortunately was out in the first round but the good new is Mike is holding up the team flag after winning second round. So we are hanging on to every word of the NHRA Audiocast to find out how Mike does in round three - go for it Mike!

March 9th
"Division 2 - Orlando Speedworld"

Friday
On Friday the boy's were out running the 1/4 mile again, this time at Orlando Speedworld which is the Division II´s third event this season.

Mike had parked the rig on Thursday and took both cars through tech on the Friday morning. Tony got to the track around 1.00pm after working at BLP in the morning. The weather has not been to kind to the racers lately in Florida and again this weekend promised to be fun adjusting the cars to the 8.90 index. Friday was forecasted to be in the high 80's with a cold front forecasted to be going through early Saturday morning with the high Saturday and Sunday in the mid 60's. 

First to run was Tony, after checking the crew chief pro 7.0 software Tony put 2.00 in the timer (T/STOP) for his first run and set the delay at .030 his RT was a -.008 red and the ET a 8.914 @ 168.64 which was great as everyone seemed to be running way off the 8.90 index. 
Mike wanted to try out something different with the T/Stop so he raised the rpm for his run. Now the rpm was 400 higher at 4400 and he set the timer at 2.20. His RT was .025 with .015 in the delay box, and the ET a very quick 8.804 @ 167.32 so that meant back to the drawing board. After that Mike then put the car back to how it was set up before, this time with 2.00 in the timer he ran a 8.944 @ 167.47 and his RT was .017 with .015 in the delay box. 
Tony was trying for a 8.87 on his next run with 1.88 in the timer, but this time the 60ft picked up from a 1.446 to a 1.424 being a lot for Tony´s car. The car ran a 8.825 with Tony lifting before the stripe so it would have run a 8.81.
So the two racers hoped that the track crew would work on the track surface on Saturday morning to make it more even lane to lane. 

Saturday
On Saturday the track crew sent about ten pairs of Super Street cars down the track, but then put everthing on hold as it was just to windy to run. At 4.45pm they put the raceday to bed as the wind just was not getting less, with gusts of up to 40 mph crossing the track it was the best decission. 

The news for tommorows raceday is that Sunday morning all categories except Competition Eliminator, Top Sportsman, and Top Dragster will resume on Sunday morning at 9 am with eliminations. Competition Eliminator, Top Sportsman, and Top Dragster will get one more round of qualifying before moving into eliminations.

Sunday
Sunday was much better weather wise as the wind had died down and everybody could get on with racing. 

Tony waited until 30 minutes before the start of round one before starting his dragster, when he did the car kicked back and damaged the flex plate teeth and starter. So Tony started it one more time to get to the staging lanes and then once more to drive to the burn out area.  
Mike was out first on the track first and he picked the left lane as this was the lane that he ran both runs on Friday, he had a .017 advantage at the start line with a .007 light but ran way under the 8.90 index with a 8.81@ 166.70mph and was on the brakes - so Mike's weekend was over. 
Tony ran twenty minutes later and was in the right lane, he was running a faster dragster out of division two. Tony also had a better light as his opponent with a .022 to a .058, Tony's opponent was trying to take the finish line first as he was already next to Tony at the 700-800ft mark. Tony had set up the his dragster for a 8.89 and had he not killed a little ET he would have run a 8.891, his opponent took the finish line but broke out with a 8.875 @159.46mph and Tony followed through with a 8.924 @163.45mph. 
When Tony arrived back at his pit area he shut the dragster off and then tried to restart it, however it wouldn't start so the team took the trans and starter out and replaced the flexplate with a new one and also built his spare starter in. 
Tony had put a heavier flexplate in the car and he wasn't sure what this was going to do to the set up.

In second round Tony again had the better RT with a .015 to a .068, but unfortunately lost the round when the car ran under the index even though he was heavy on the brakes. He ran a 8.878 @160.63mph to a 8.922 @162.67mph so the flexplate picked the ET up when the car was on the T/Stop, which can be seen in the eventlog below:

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Every year Tony buy´s his seasonal Photograph from Chris Simmons

February 26th
"Tony´s Racing Notes from Gainesvielle Div 2.2"

Tony and Mike arrived at Gainesville Raceway at 10pm Thursday evening and got in line for the gates to open the next morning at 8am.  

Friday
In the morning the weather was over cast with possible rain showers. Time runs started late because of the the wet surface from the over night showers. Both racers lost one time run due to the weather and got their first time run in after 5pm. Tony went first and had set the car up fast, running a 8.826 @ 169.70 with 2.06 in the timer. He had raised the start line rpm to 4800 to see if he could go red with .060 in the delay box. Tony had a .039 light, so for the next run he lowered the rpm back down to 4500 and put .030 in the delay box, he then added .020 to the timer. On his next time run which was at 7.42pm Tony ran a 8.905 @ 168.51 with a -.007 red light. 
Mike's first run was a 8.860 @ 169.10 with 2.00 in the timer and his RT was a -.006, on his second run they added .012 to his timer. Mike ran a 8.921 @ 168.41 with an RT of .056 due to the other lane rolling through the light. 

Saturday
After a really bad night of rain the raceway crew got the track ready and got under way running cars around 12.30, Tony and Mike had to wait until 5.00pm to make their last time run.
Tony ran in the right lane this time with 2.30 in the timer and .040 in the delay box. The run was a 8.915 @ 168.98 with a RT of .010. 
Mike's run made no sense as the car ran way to fast with a 8.817 with the 60ft picking up .030, the timer had 2.08 and they were hoping for a 8.90 so they are going to have to try and find out why the car will not repeat. The delay box had .010 and Mike had a .017 light. 

Round one was around 8.00pm and Mike was up first he had to run their friend Steve Deatherage, Steve was away from the start line first with a .015 to Mike's .023 Mike had passed Steve by the time he reached the 330 mark and stayed ahead all the way. But ended up going under 8.90 by .032 to Steve´s .005 under - so the win went to Steve. 
Tony's race was over on the start line when he went into deep when he staged, his light was a -.019 red

Better Luck next time.

February 20th
"Tony´s Racing Notes"

Around noon Super Comp was called to the staging lanes for their first round. Mike went up early so that he would not end up having to run against his teammate Tony. Tony stayed at the trailer keeping an eye on the weather station, which was good job he had because a Super Stocker put oil down on the track.

Mike won the first round after his opponent was late on the start line, Mike ran a 8.980 @ 162.63 on the brakes, his RT was a .028 with .001 in the delay box. 

Tony had to run against a faster car, so he knew he would have to watch the car coming from behind. Tony had the better light with a .009 over a .017 and got to the stripe first by .0045 running a 8.915 @ 166.97. 

Mike's next round was against Duke Bodnar who runs in New Jersey in Division 1.  Duke usually come's down to Florida at the begining of the year to run the first three division 2 races and also at the Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway before going home.
Mike´s raceday ended in this round with a close -.006 red light. 

Tony's next opponent was Skip Walls also who also runs in Division 2. This was a very close race with Tony having a great .001 RT and Skip a better .000 light. Tony won this race by .014 at the stripe running a 8.910 @ 167.62 and Skip losing with a 8.92 @ 168.00. Skip spoke to Tony after the run and told him he felt he was not getting around Tony and consequently gave him the stripe.
Tony would have actually run a 8.901 if he had not used the brakes. 

Round three would see Tony up against B Upton another Division 2 racer. In this round Tony had a .012 light against Upton´s .034 light. Tony then forced Upton to brake out with a 8.88 when Tony ran another 8.910 @ 166.29 on the brakes. 

The next round and Tony was up against a big bracket racer Gary Williams. Gary had already run a 8.902 in the first round so he was on his game. Tony left last on the start line with a .016 to Gary's .011, then Gary took the win running another 8.902 to Tony´s 8.911 @ 166.57 on the brakes. 

Both Mike and Tony agreed that this was a good start to the season and they both look forward to next weekend at Gainesville Raceway where they will participate at the second round of Division 2.

February 17th
"Not bad for the first round of the season"

Well it is 10:35pm over here in Germany, we will be getting ready to call it a night, after waiting online for the results on dragracecentral.com. Tony droped us a short line to let us know he and Mike are packing up to go home.

He will be on the computer later to send us his notes, so come back tommorow afternoon for those.

Otherwise I am pretty sure that Tony will be pleased with the result of this weekend, as he went 4 bloody good rounds - well done Tony! He ran very consistant but the 4th round was a tough one against Gary Williams, Tony new he needed a good Light against Gary and he did get a good one but Gary´s was just a touch better.

Here are the results from the last round:

Tony had a .016 RT and ran a good 8.911 @ 166.57mph but Gary´s RT of .011 was what he needed to win the round, running a very good run at 8.902 @ 168.09.

So we are looking forward to Tony´s notes and to the next race at Orlando Speedworld.

February 16th, 2008
"Time Runs"

Here are Tony and Mike's time runs from Saturday.

Tony 1st Run RT -.017 .020 delay box 60  1.437 330 4.102 1/8 5.997 132.93 mph   1.000  7.573 1/4 8.897 Timer 1 = 2.30 mph 169.30

Mike 1st Run RT -300  .001 delay box 60  1.557 330 4.201 1/8 6.060 134.64 mph   1.000  7.624 1/4 8.946 Timer 1 =2.34

Tony 2nd Run RT .019 .030 delay box 60  1.438 330 4.102 1/8 6.001 132.82 mph   1.000  7.576 1/4 8.899 Timer 1 = 2.30 mph 169.55

Mike 2nd Run RT -.014  .001 delay box 60  1.551 330 4.157 1/8 6.005 135.37 mph   1.000  7.563 1/4 8.881 Timer 1 =2.26 mph 169.84

Be sure to join Sunday morning for round I

February 15th, 2008
"Time to Race"

At last the season has got underway! Thursday Mike arrived at the Bradenton race track and set everything up for the weekend and he also teched both cars.

Friday morning Tony arrived and the team was ready for their time runs. Racing got underway at 10.00am with Super Comp being called to the lanes at 12.30. Tony was first with Mike right behind him. Tony was trying his new set up, which he had changed just a little from when he ran in Orlando. 

Tony - 1st Run RT .000   .020 delay box 60  1.433   330 4.071 1/8 5.951 133.86 mph   1.000  7.519 1/4 8.842 Timer 1 had 2.20 and 4.350rpm on the stop  mph 169.42

Mike - 1st Run RT .026  .015 delay box 60  1.548 330 4.154 1/8 5.995 135.97 mph   1.000  7.548 1/4 8.866 Timer 1 had 2.30 and 4150 on the stop mph 169.52

Tony was happy with the cars running that was close to the 8.90 index, on the next run they both added time to the timers to slow the cars down. 

Tony - 2nd Run RT .011   .060 delay box 60  1.446   330 4.190 1/8 6.107 132.37 mph   1.000  7.683 1/4 9.008 Timer 1 had 2.60 mph 169.26

Mike - 2nd Run RT .009  .001 delay box 60  1.532 330 4.185 1/8 6.046 134.77 mph   1.000  7.608 1/4 8.928 Timer 1 had 2.50 mph 169.58

 They should get two runs on Saturday with round one on Sunday. 

February 14th, 2008
"The Scoop"

So what has Tony been up to the last few months? Well just take a look out these picture's that were taken at Undercover Motorsports. Yes Tony has been helping out on weekends as this is there busiest time of the year for Undercover Motorsports.  

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