Krenik WINS Pro Mod While Setting π mile ET RECORD!

Corrales, New Mexico- 7/1/2008- This week the Dawgs flew back east to attend the last leg of the All Harley Drag Racing Association’s eastern swing, the Northeast Nationals at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, MD. They flew back to Ohio where they had previously left the rig at Mike Robert’s house. With so many flight delays,  cancellation, another one put on stand by, then the lost luggage (with parts inside), taxi cab scams and lastly finding worn down batteries in the motorhome when they finally arrived, it was a wonder they ever made it to the track.



Finally, the Dawgs arrived at the track too late for Friday’s Test ‘n’ Tune but perfect timing to enjoy the pouring rain…Greg Krenik sighed “It just feels good to be here after the 36 hour adventure and then we added just a few wrong turns to find the track.”  Now they had to see IF the ‘promised’ luggage would arrive, tonight.  Steve Allstaedt, ‘engine Builder/tuner extraordinaire’  was also delayed coming in from North Carolina and arrived at 1 am…amazingly… with the ‘lost luggage’ that was found in a back room somewhere!



Saturday’s Qualifying started out with blue skies, high humidity and another new track to figure out. But first they had to set up their pit and Steve had to replace the broken parts before the first round. The first round of Pro Mod Greg ran an 8.663 at 150.21 mph to continue his streak of 8.66’s from Norwalk and put him in the #1 Qualifier spot. His 2nd pass was a bit slower at 8.674 but 151.00 mph. The 3rd pass he ran a 8.623 at 154.25 mph which put him in the #1 Qualifying spot for the weekend. The first round of Pro Stock, Greg ran an 8.419 at 164.33 mph. “We still have to figure out the clutch. We put more clutch in it in Norwalk but not enough for this track. We’re also having a small shifting issue.” said Greg. The 2nd round he ran an 8.410 at 156.05 mph. “We just don’t understand what went wrong on that run.” said Allstaedt. “Like Greg said, it may be the tranny acting up.” he added. On the 3rd pass, the fuel line came off one of the carbs and they had to act fast to stop the flow and get Greg to the line. They made it to the line, but as Greg staged, he ran out of fuel just as the tree activated. He pulled the kill and they backed the bike off the line. He ended the day in the #3 Qualifier position.



Sunday was Elimination Day and the Dawgs were ready to go. Greg was on the PS first and racing the current points leader. Greg ran an 8.252 at 165.17 mph taking the win light and the points lead…at least for one round. Greg had a bye run on the PM in the first round because of an odd number of bikes. He ran an 8.553 at 158.33 mph breaking the AHDRA π mile ET and MPH record. He had already backed up the ET record with his 3rd qualifying pass so this was now the New AHDRA record. Now, he just had to back up the MPH. “I love it when a plan comes together!” said Steve. We had a chance to use the bye run to try something different. We changed a bunch of stuff we normally wouldn’t have and it worked…the conditions were right on that pass and we broke the record.” he added.



In the PS semi finals the Dawgs thought they were on the right path. They had lane choice over the #2 Qualifier and they made some changes that should work. The run started out with Greg red-lighting, taking himself out of the race with a –0.009 light. He didn’t know he redlit and was running the bike to win but it didn’t shift into 2nd. “Man, just when you think things are going great, wham!” said Greg. “We almost broke the MPH record in the first round and got the bike running as fast as the two guys ahead of us. We made some changes that should’ve worked but the bike didn’t shift. I guess we didn’t follow our check list and change out those gears after four races….that’s my fault.” he added. In the PM semi’s, Greg ran an 8.604 at 153.44 mph taking the win light but still not backing up the MPH record. That put him in the finals against Randy Borho again!  At this race, Greg had the faster bike and Randy tried to get him on the tree and took off too fast, red-lighting and giving Greg the win. Greg ran an 8.606 at 152.61 mph but not good enough to get the MPH record. “We had the PM running great today but the weather went away. We made some changes but with Greg and Randy waiting in the rain before their final I knew the record wasn’t going to happen….we just wanted the win.” said Steve.



“What an unexpected surprise breaking the record was!” Greg said. “I had no idea until one of my competitors crew came down and announced it. Then the riders from the next class stopped by to congratulate me…HOW COOL!” he added.



This weekend, the Dawgs spent some time with some of their Sponsors, John Magee-Bandit Machine and Mike Hager from Regina Chain. They also had some good friends, Scott, Vicki and Jamie Furber stop by to visit…and cheer Greg on to win! 



2008 AHDRA Points Chase:

Pro Stock:

Shaun Reno- 567 pointsp

Greg Krenik- 531 points

Bruce Beltramini – 525 points



Pro Modified:

Greg Krenik- 764 points

Randy Borho- 621 points

Donnie Huffman- 326 points



YES, we are going for the 2008 AHDRA Championships in BOTH Pro Classes and we could really use some help with Diesel Dollars...any donations are gratefully accepted!  THANK YOU!


Up next for the Desert Dawgs:
August 5-6, Screamin’ Eagle Performance Parts Race at the Rally, Sturgis, SD
August 8-10, Rush Thunder in the Valley Nationals, Bristol, TN

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