A Wet Week

Chad
Aug 17, 2016
2 min read

This was a wet week in Ohio causing two events to be canceled and another to be delayed for our team. What we thought was going to be a crazy busy one turned out to be time on the road with little to do. Croton OSTPA Mid-Season Championship started off our week at the Hartford Fair with a rain storm about an hour before pull time. It wasn't a heavy rain but it lasted a while. We sat and watched waiting to hear a plan. The rain clearer out and they delayed the start to 945pm. But even with the late start the stand were full and we were second class on the Grandstand Track with the blue Kngiht being 7th and final hook. The truck hooked up and had a good pass going till it started to drift towards the left hand line and I had to stand on the break for the last 50 feet to keep it from going into the soft stuff. That resulted in a 287 ft pass and 4th place finish. Congrats to the Williams Family coming home with first and second place finishes in their home town on Shawns Birthday.

Friday we got to the new Holmes County fairgrounds in Millersburg and started to prep the trucks, but the radar didnt look good so we kept things close to the trailer and actully never unloaded the Blue Knight. Right after the first class was completed the rain arrived and caused the ramained of the pull to be canceled do to the water standing on the track.

Saturday we headed out to Ada with our crew and didnt even make it to Columbus as the rain struck again causing the pulled to be canceled. We took the oppertunity to take our crew out for a nice meal and relax after being on the road several days.

Sunday started out like it was going to have the same results as the previous dates. We left the Baby Blue Knight at home again due to the weather and not expecting to get to compete. But as we arrived in Zanesville at eh Muskingum County Fair for the NTPA Region II pull the skies began to clear and they were abel to prep the track for a night of tough compitition.

We drew hook numbers three and six ouot of the class of six. Chad took the Blue Knight out and just didnt get it to hook up to the track. The track appeared to be good but just didn't hold together well. With some adjustments Knight Delivery came to the track with high expectations to find and ignition problem as soon as the sled started to move. finishing a disapointing 6th place.

We will be heading out to the Pro Pulling League event in Hamburg, New York this weekend. We are looking forward to test our stuff out against some of the best in the country. hoping for dryer weather and better luck. Keep checking back for more videos and updates.