For the second weekend in a row the K&K / FRAM team was at Milan Dragway competing in an IHRA points event. Last week was a Divisional race and this past weekend was the Motor City Nationals. The team was looking forward to this race after their first trouble free race last weekend. Although this weekend did not start out too good they turned things around and were one round away from their third National Event Final.

With over 65 cars trying to qualify for 48 spots they knew they would have to run a very quick time to even qualify for the event. Their first qualifying attempt ended in disaster. Although running a season quick 7.39 elapsed time they melted a piston in the process. The team had to go to work and tear down the motor and replace the piston, they also changed carburetors in hopes of picking up some much needed power. They did get a break when the second session was cancelled due to rain. They were qualified in the number 41 position but knew that would not hold up through the next session. Despite all their work they were not able to improve on their first run. That left them sitting in the number 51 position as the third alternate. They decided to hope for some good luck and were ready for the first round in case some of the qualified cars could not make it. As luck would have it, there were three qualified cars that did not show up and they were put into eliminations as an alternate. The team took full advantage of the opportunity as they moved through three rounds of eliminations with good reaction times combined with a very consistent race car. Entering round four they were up against the very tough Tim Molnar of Ohio. Although they had the starting line advantage they could not hold off Molnar as he crossed the finish line first by .0013 of a second. After the very tough season so far the team was pleased with the end result of the weekend.

The team is now getting ready for the 10th Annual Stratford Spectacular this coming weekend in Grand Bend then the IHRA Canadian Nationals the following week at Toronto Motorsports Park.