The K&K / Fram Top Sportsman team were in Grand Bend last weekend (May 21 - 23) for the Spring Blowout. Hoping to use the event to prepare for the upcoming IHRA Canadian National at the Motorplex the team was on familiar ground and was looking forward to a great weekend. Unfortunately the weather was not co-operating again. They did mange to get a couple of runs in on Saturday afternoon. Saturday evenings qualifier was rained out and then with heavy and persistant rain overnight and early Sunday morning the event had to be cancelled.

The team had made a fuel system change and put on a bigger set of tires for the weekend in hopes of fixing a couple problems from the last event. Everything went as planned on the first pass and they recorded a 7.57, good enough to qualify second. With a baseline to work from they decided to step it up a bit for the second session. Step it up they did, with the same tune-up that ran low 7.50's last year they ran a very clean 7.44. Considering the weather conditions and head wind the team was very pleased with this number. " We knew the heads were working better than last year but I was hoping to see a 48 or 49 (7.48 or .49) come up on the board. The .44 took me by surprise and the motor looked very happy after the run.", says crew chief Kevin Zimmer.

For three days last week the team and racecar were part of the Stratford Police Racing Against Drugs program. Held every year at the Stratford arena, local school kids are informed on the dangers of drugs and alcohol as well as home safety. "Having the guys and the car here is a real treat for the kids. They get to ask questions about racing and the car, their eyes just light up when they see the car." stated event organizer Constable Deb Neeb. This year there were over 800 public school kids that were part of the program.

The team has two weeks off to prepare for the IHRA Canadian Nationals at Grand Bend. This is the first of 5 National Events the team will attend this year. Grand Bend is their home track and nothing would be sweeter than for the K&K/FRAM Team to win this event.

Prepared by ZIM