Son is starting to drag race

cobrakid8 wrote:Well guys, my oldest (11) has been racing motocross for past 2.5 years or so and has done pretty good doing it since we do it for fun. Well before he left to spend time at my sister-in laws for the summer we went to the drag strip and he watched the kids racing the Juniors! Well he caught the bug and begged me to get him one, even telling me he would give up one of his dirt bikes for it. So while he was down in South GA I went and traded his KX 65 for a junior dragster that had no body. Picked it up and took it over to a friend of my dads Ronnie Adams with Adams Motorsports and Graphics (round track guy) and he built a body for me. Took it to his place Friday afternoon, picked up Tyler Saturday and than Sunday I get the call it is finished. We were already out so I told him we had to go pick some stuff up and he stated it must be dirt bike parts and I did not correct him. So we get to the Shop and the dragster is sitting right inside the shop door and Tyler goes that is a nice junior dragster, so I said well I hope so since it is yours His jaw about hit the floor, he was so excited to get the car. When i traded for it the guy had bought it for his daughter who is 13 but they never raced it and he was told it ran low 11's. Well we took it out Friday night for Test-n-tune at the local track and first pass, it had a 1.61 60ft so dad turned around and said Doug I think that thing is a little faster than low 11's, so he let off twice and it still ran through at 9.89 at 55 mph. I got back to the trailer after dad picked him up with the 4-wheeler and he was grinning from ear to ear and gave me a thumbs up. The car ran a best of 9.66 at 64 mph, which is faster than the old Thunderbird i drove when i first started at like 18 .

Here are some pics of the Jr. the youngest (3) picked out the color while his brother was gone. I think the Ford Sticker will fit just perfect on the front right above the nose piece, and also the plastic is still on the sheetmetal!