Byron Dragway Multi-Series Sunday

I am about to share an unspoken truth that many know, not every day at a racetrack is good and a fun time. I am happy to say, last Sunday WAS a fun time to be at Byron Dragway! With all the last-of-season racing, the car count was good, but not excessive. The Sportsman and Street Classes Bracket racers held two races (#5 and #6), the Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac contingent held a race and there was a Test & Tune.

After their time runs, the Sportsman Class led off the competition. It took four rounds for Steve Mroz and Steve Wehde to get to the Final Round. Steve Mroz was fairly consistent through his four rounds with his reaction times beating all his competitors on the tree. Steve Wehde was also good on the tree and received a bye in the third round. In the final, It was Steve Mroz who again beat his opponent on the tree,  .085/.092. He also ran closer to his dial-in to take the win.

In Street Eliminator, like in Sportsman, it took four rounds to reach the Final. To get to the Final, Rob France and Tom Higgins took different routes. Rob was consistently very good on the tree gaining a bye in round four into the Final. Tom was inconsistent on the tree but was a little better than his opponents at the stripe. In the Final, Tom had a better light, .036 to Rob's .074. At the stripe both broke out with Rob breaking out less to take the win.

Steve and Rob, being friends, wanted to share the Winner's Circle.

Rob France (L), Steve Mroz (R)

In the second race of the day (race #6), in Sportsman, it was again four rounds to the Final where it was Kip Harms vs. Don DeBaere. Kip, except in the first round was cutting the tree down.  With the not-so-good first round light, he got the win when his opponent, Tim Railsback, redlighted.  Don, on the other hand, was excellent on the tree all day earning a bye into the Finals.  In the final, Kip had a bad light, but ran closer to his dial-in. However with Don's .050 light, Kip could not overcome the start and Don took the win.

Don DeBaere

In Street race 2(#6), Bill Larson and Jon Reynolds Sr. got to the Final in similar ways. Both received byes, Bill in the fourth round and Jon in the second. In the Final, Jon had the better light, .105/.146. Bill ran closer to his dial-in but couldn't overcome the light disadvantage. Jon took the win.

In Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac it was Rick Watters racing through the field of 15 to take the win in four rounds.

Track Bites
Kreyer Motorsports was licensing and testing a new junior driver, five-year-old Kai Kreyer. He drove each pass extremely well, but couldn't license because he was a little too fast. His dad was not able to slow the car down.

Jon Reynolds Sr. had a very successful weekend. Not only did he win the second Street Eliminator Class, but his son Jon Reynolds Jr. won the championship at Rockford Speedway, Saturday night. Jon and Carla didn't get home until 1a.m. and then both raced at Byron.

In addition to the racing, there was a Test & Tune. Emma Bird was testing and put on a show with her wheelstands. Here is Emma and others testing.

Congratulations to Sunday's winners and providing me with one of the better track days this season.

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