Thursday, April 15, 2010

A All Animal Control Racing in Atlanta Doesn't Pan Out

(April 12, 2010)-- The need for speed didn't pan out for the A All Animal Control Dragbike Racing Team this past weekend in Atlanta, Ga. Evidentially, a faulty oil pan was the culprit for the team's setbacks.

" Friday test and tuning turned up a serious problem. When we were slowing down on the big end, the oil light would come on and the motor would shut down immediately. Which is a good thing that you want to happen to keep from blowing the motor up!", states AAAC CEO Mark E. Dotson. He continued, "We pulled the oil pan and found the swinging pickup arm was sticking. After a careful cleaning, it seemed to have freed up and we put it back on the bike. Alisa was manning the generator and lighting systems while handing needed tools."

Dotson elaborated, " We worked till about 11pm on the bike and took it for a short ride with no more light coming on. Saturday we made our first qualifying pass in Street E.T. and no oil light. We were breathing a sigh of relief and made our second pass. The oil light problem returned again! At that point we parked the bike and trailered it home on Sunday. Time to tear the bike down and find out what is causing this issue."

Mechanic work has continued all this week, including the replacement of the faulty oil pan, tune ups and trial runs. The AAAC Racing Team hopes to have everything in working order for the Spring Nationals in Martin, MI May 15 and 16.

More information about A All Animal Control Racing can be found at www.aallanimalcontrol.com or by calling (304) 345-1511.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Kanawha Valley Motorsports Park


As you may know, Kanawha Valley Motorsports Park is our local track for test and tune and ET bracket racing.

We took the bike out Friday night and made some test passes with the new MSD ignition system installed and it needs some tweaking! The timing is way off and the maps need to be adjusted to get it back to where it needs to be.

We will be off to atlanta soon for the Elmer Trett Nationals! See ya there!