When Jan told me that he was going to build a drag bike I had my doubts.  Then he told me that our son, Jake was going to race. . . well, I surprised even myself by being completely okay with it!  For our first year out we were very competitive even though we had a short season.  The Chariots of Fire race team was able to keep up with seasoned riders.  Our times and mph were consistent in the classes we competed in.  We had 36 runs and no major breaks.  Our rider, Jake Knobbe, was told by seasoned riders that he did an excellent job his rookie year.  Jake was very focused on race days exceeding our expectations.

The classes we competed in were S/G (super gas), S/E (super eliminator), and E/T (estimated time).  As of the writing of this article, Jake placed 18^th in S/G out of 40 competitors and 49^th in E/T out of 60 competitors.  S/E was a non point class.  Not bad the first year out huh? Continue Reading →