We went to Street Car Takeover at Heartland Park in Topeka a few weeks ago! Heartland Park was our home track when Elyse first started drag racing, and this was our first time back since we moved to Houston a year ago. We were excited to have the opportunity to go back to race at […]
We went to Street Car Takeover Kansas City; the race was held at Heartland Park. We were excited about this event because it was the only official event on our schedule at our home track and also one of the few heads-up events on our radar for the year. Test passes started at 1:30p and […]
We all know that racers are made of something different from everyone else and Elyse McKinnon is no exception. This past Saturday she returned to the drag strip with her BMW S 1000 RR for the first time since her crash last summer. She did her burnout, the tree dropped, and she was gone. Her […]
We made it out to Heartland Park for the last day that the drag strip was open for 2014. It was a beautiful day and I ran some really quick times! Several of our Omaha friends made the trip down and we had a great time racing and hanging out. I was excited to race […]
We got the white bike back from Engle Motors just in time for the last weekend that Heartland Park will be open. I had set a goal at the beginning of the season to run a 8.65 ET this year in the quarter mile. Our last few races were at 1/8 mile tracks and I […]
We were back out at Heartland Park for their Street Legal races this weekend. Thanks to Engle Motors for keeping us on the track while our bike is in the shop! I was glad to have my pit crew there for support and also quite a few other friends, including some new friends, Kraig and […]
We re-geared my bike this week and I got my first chance to try it out on Sunday! We were supposed to race on Friday night and were looking forward to a great bike turnout, but the event was cancelled due to rain. We got some good passes in on Sunday and found the gearing […]
This weekend we raced on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Both days I was fortunate enough again to be able to run Engle Motors’ S1000RR. On Sunday I really got the hang of the bike’s set up and ran a few 9.0 passes in some hot weather! On Friday night we were glad to get […]
The NHRA Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson, was running in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at our home track this weekend so we decided it would be the perfect time for me to participate in my first NHRA Divisional bracket race. The qualifying runs were held on Friday and the […]
