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RX7.COM Drag-a-thon
IDRC Rocky Mountain Nationals, Denver, CO - Oct
21
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The RX7 vs Supra Battle, St. Louis, MO - Oct 22
 Team
RX7.COM, attempting to do what no other import drag team has done,
set out to dominate two events in two states within one weekend. This
undertaking was affectionately named the RX7.COM Drag-a-thon. Joining
the team on the road this time was Steve Kan and his '93 RX7. Our
itinerary was as follows:Friday Morning: Leave Garland for Denver Friday Night: Arrive Denver and rest before next day's event Saturday: IDRC Rocky Mountain Nationals Saturday Night: Leave Denver for St. Louis Sunday Morning: Arrive St. Louis and compete in the RX7 vs Supra Battle Sunday Night: Start back home to Garland. That weekend, team RX7.COM traveled over 2,500 miles, through 7 states in one weekend. It was quite the road trip. IDRC Rocky Mountain Nationals Saturday morning we arrived at Bandimere Speedway. Bandimere is an impressive track built into the side of a mesa. Being in the mountains every racer knew that altitude would be a considerable factor in his/her car's performance. Despite the altitude, team RX7.COM sweeped the qualifying rounds with Ari and Steve taking first and second qualifying positions, respectively, in the Street Class. Ari, feeling good about the car's performance, decided to run the RX7.COM car in the Quick Class qualifying round. The RX7.COM car took first place in qualifying for Quick Class. Although we knew we could do well in the Quick eliminations we decided to compete only in Street Class.  In
the eliminations Ari won against an old school Z car with a 10.77
@ 132.16 mph and Steve defeated another RX7 with an 11.27 @ 123.16
mph. In the semi-finals Steve stomped a Supra, and Ari beat an Eclipse.
Thus, Ari and Steve would compete against each other in the finals.
Regardless of who won, it was quite impressive that RX7.COM would
be taking home both the first and second place trophies. In the finals,
Ari won with a 10.32 @ 143.3 mph to Steve's 11.44 @ 126.7 mph. After
winning the Rocky Mountain Nationals, we were really pumped to head
out to St. Louis to race in the RX7 vs Supra Battle. We loaded the
cars, got in the truck and headed east out of Denver.RX7 vs Supra Battle As soon as we hit the Colorado/Kansas border the sky opened up and began to pour heavily and non-stop. Although we knew the St. Louis event would likely be called off due to rain, we continued our journey. We drove all through the night to arrive in St. Louis late Sunday morning. We went straight to Gateway International Raceway, and like we had suspected, the race had been canceled. At the track we did meet up with Cameron Worth of Pettit Racing and some other friends. We all decided to have lunch together across the street at a truck stop before heading our separate ways. After lunch, team RX7.COM decided it was time to head home, so we loaded up and started driving. Although we were unable to race in St. Louis, the Drag-a-thon was still a success. We made it to the two different cities in time for the events, and we dominated the competition at the Rocky Mountain Nationals. RX7.COM would like to thank Steve Kan and Kevin "Gilligan" Welch for joining us and helping out on the Drag-a-thon. Also, we would like to thank the IDRC for once again putting on a superb event and Bandimere Speedway for hosting it. |
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Event Pictures
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Left: Steve Kan at the
IDRC Rocky Mountain Nationals. Right: Kenny Tran's 9 second Civic. |
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Left: The St. Louis
arch as seen from the truck on our way home. Right: Art Baldwin's 3rd Gen. |
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Left: Cameron Worth's
3 rotor RX7. Right: A group shot of the RX7 group after lunch. |
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NEXT EVENT: ID Point Series Finals, Ennis TX on November 12, 2000.
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Car Specs - Ari's 1993 RX-7
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