FLYING PIG RACING AT ANRA SUMMER NATIONALS 2018

Boss Dan, The Wrench, The Wanderer, Kenny the nuke, Wayno the legend, and the one and only (not Dan) Weldo Plazmoski, with me in the pits!

The Flying Pig Racing crew had a fantastic weekend at the ANRA Summer Nationals!!  I mean, it should (almost) be illegal to have this much fun. The temps at Famoso Raceway stayed below the century mark and that makes everyone a lot happier.  The food was great, the comradery was priceless, and the racing was competitive.

Here's a major highlight: Wayne -the legend- Rich popped some new heads on the Vega, and came out strong with a string of 10.04s and a best of 10.005!  That from a hot rod that was in the 10.50s last race.  Nice work Wayno!  It looked like this-

Wayne and I were both first round winners (second round losers) in D Gas, BUT we both did well in Hot Rod.  Wayne went to the semi's while I went out in the 3rd round.  Good news is I took out the points leader in round 2!  I came into this race trailing 1st place by 2 rounds, and when the dust settles and the points are counted, I think I end up just 1 round behind the leader(s).  Wayne jumps up into the top 10 as well.  So it looks like FPR will have two cars in contention going into the final 2 races of the season.  Can't ask for more than that.

Here's one of my time runs -
                                      

Round 1 win-


           
                                           2nd round win vs. Dan Rowly

I was sporting my brand new ROGUE wheelchair thanks to Ki Mobility!  They stepped up and gave me the wheels to get around on and off the track with the ultimate in performance!  Can't thank them enough.  Rene Szalay and Murray Slagerman- thanks for being the guys to make it happen!

And then there is THIS!  So Dave the wrench, pulls me over to his trailer and says "hold on- I have something for you", and out comes WHAAAAAT?! A bottle of Whistle Pig "The Boss Hog" complete with a bitchin' cast flying pig stopper!  This stuff is dear, and the flying pig topper is RARE- only used in one vintage! I guess he searched far and wide to come up with that one!

 

Ready To Go ROGUE At The ANRA Summer Nationals

I just picked up some new sponsorship in the form of wheelchair manufacturer Ki Mobility.  A couple of super smart dudes that I worked with years ago started this new wheelchair company and have grown into a formidable competitor on the world stage of high end mobility and custom seating.  So, when I re-acquainted with them last March it quickly became apparent that they were going to become my ride of choice outside the race car. 

I am incredibly Stoked to be riding the ultra responsive ROGUE by Ki Mobility!

  It is in the soul of the Rogue, the way it stands out, it's defiance of         convention, it's independence that separates it from all others.

Resist conformity. Go Rogue.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         




Meanwhile, we're getting stoked to pick up where we left off at the #ANRA Summer Nationals August 25th and 26th at Auto Club Famoso Raceway! It's been way too long since the last ANRA race and this team is champing at the bit!

So we brought out the ol' pig and put some fresh wax on the awesome Barry Fehlman paint job!

Wax on, wax off!

It was like a community project-  Kenny the Nuke came over with his sidekick Ashley, and jumped right into the washing and waxing.  Before I knew it even the "Tool Man" across the street came over and manned the hose!

Looking pretty slickery

Wax should be good for a couple hun, right?

Ready to go Rogue at ANRA Summer Nat's!

See ya there.
SLO Racer. Out.