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After 7 years of great weather for M Events, it was bound to happen... For the very first time, the weather did not fully cooperate with us for M8. Even though we started an hour later than normal, we still opened the gates under chilly and wet conditions from the storms the night before. The Mid-Michigan Motorplex staff worked all morning to dry the track off but the temperature made that very difficult. After delaying the event 2 hours, the end of the track will still very slippery so we began with 1/8 mile test and tune runs hoping to move in into 1/4 mile runs later in the day. Unfortunately, this did not work out as planned as the sun peeked out from behind the clouds only once for a moment and then stayed hidden behind a thick gray sky. As a result, we had to run 1/8 mile Bracket Eliminations instead of 1/4 mile like we usually do. Once that was completed, the end of the track had dried up a bit more and we felt that it was safe enough to allow additional test and tune runs through the whole 1/4 mile along with Quick 16 eliminations. It was a tough day for racing, but there were some great things that still happened. Chris White from S3 Magazine showed up as promised and took images and notes for an upcoming article! Another pleasant surprise was the arrival of Barry Kluczyk from Primedia to hopefully get M8 event coverage into one of their major magazines as well! Be watching this web site and the newsstands. Some incredible raffle prizes were given out including a few BMR suspension pieces courtesy of Detroit Speedworks, and a complete Nitrous Express nitrous kit was won by Ronnie Stepp of Corunna, MI. There were many more raffle prizes given out to ensure that a decent amount of people walked away smiling. The cash prizes to the event winners was larger than expected because the weather forced us to run only 1/8 mile brackets, so we had to combine Bracket I and Bracket II into a single Bracket. The Quick 16 competition was incredibly fierce and if you weren't watching it, you missed some of the best races of the event with some of the best drivers battling it out.
Michigan Speed took home the Club Participation Award, a new award for the M Events. Many were wondering where other club representation was... Steve Dertien and Matt Harlan put on some impressive runs qualifying for their NHRA licenses. Congratulations to Steve and Matt for getting certified! Thanks for the great show! So despite the poor weather conditions, it seemed that everyone still had a great time. That is what the M Events are all about. A sincere thank you to all who attended and helped make M8 yet another great M Event. See you all at M9! Michigan GM Event Coordinator |
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| RECENT
EVENT NEWS 11.01.2003 The event has concluded. Plan for M9 in September, 2004! 9.29.2003 We are pleased to announce that M8 will be covered by Speed, Style & Sound Magazine! Make the event, and possibly make it into the article! 9.16.2003 We now have Hotel information is now online with Group Rate info. Click here! 9.10.2003 By popular demand, buy-backs for eliminations will be allowed this year! Since there will be cash prizes for the event winners, you will be able to buy another chance to win if you are eliminated. This means bigger payouts! 8.15.2003 Nitrous Express has agreed to donate a complete nitrous kit for our raffle! 8.12.2003 We finally got the site up! Sure, it looks like last year's site with slight words changes but I have learned that if it ain't broke, don't fix it! Hotel information coming soon! Feel free to pre-register online or by mail and save! Have any questions or comments about the event? Feel free to ask! |