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Stuart Hielscher Jr and the No. 9 Lightning Sprint Car
Shane Rosson has been building performance motorcycle engines since 1996. His engines go into Mini Sprint and Dwarf cars. "The tenacity of my work can be seen in the winner's circle," says Rosson. Coming from anyone else that might be dismissed as smack-talk – coming from Rosson though, it verges on understatement.
Kevin Drake will still be driving the number 14 Dwarf Car in 2010
In '07 Rosson Racing dominated Mini Sprint races across the country, kicking tailpipes from one coast to the other. Rosson's cars finished the '07 season with eight Champions and two Rookie's of the Year. In '08 Rosson Racing was named Engine Builder of the Year by CNYMS (Central New York Mini Sprints) for the third straight year. They also continued to amass a freakish large amount of recognized accomplishments including:
Stuart Hielscher Sr and the No. 5 Sprint
Lightning Sprints
* Don ("Rocket") Harvey won his third straight CNYMS Championship
* Brent Sexton won the '08 California Lightning Sprints Championship
* Troy Ullery won the '08 Western Slope Lightning Sprint Championship
* Bob Reichert won the '08 Wisconsin Illinois Mini Sprint Championship
* Bob Reichert also won the '08 Wilmot track Championship
* Beau Heavelow won the '08 Midwest Outlaw Lightning Sprints Championship
* Alec Bender won the '08 California Lightning Sprints Rookie of the Year
Dwarf Cars
* Mike Van Acker won the '08 CDCRA Senior Championship
* Mike Van Acker was also the '08 Victorville Speedway Track Champion
* Mike Van Acker was also the '08 Bakersfield Track Champion
* Kelly Gutches was the '08 SODCA Champion
* Kelly Gutches was also the '08 Southern Oregon Speedway Track Champion
* Kelly Gutches was also the '08 Siskiyou Motor Speedway Track Champion
That sort of sustained track supremacy sparks curiosity, as in, what was up last season?
"I feel we had a great '09 season on a couple of different levels. First, in the California Lightning Sprint Series, our two house cars finished first and third in the championship points. The number five car driven by Stuart Hielscher Sr. won the Championship, and the number nine with Stuart Hielscher Jr. finished third."
"And second, I started a new Dwarf Car chassis company (D&R Chassis), and the prototype car won four out of its first six races. We started production at end of the year, and the first production car won its first night out. It was the number 14 car driven by Kevin Drake," explains Rosson.
"As far as Highlights go, with the Lightning Sprints, it would be watching Stuart Hielscher Sr. win at Santa Maria Speedway in California, he got it done in a purely dominating fashion. And in the Dwarf Cars, it would be me winning my first feature in only my second time ever driving a Dwarf Car."
Over the years Rosson has consumed a massive amount of K&N air filters and other products and now we have a better understanding why that is.
"In 09 the Rosson stable had two Lightning Sprints and one Dwarf Car. I use the K&N air filter element in a filter assembly that I manufacture, and I also use breather vents for a top-end breather kit, that I also make. The thing I discovered about K&N products is that they are so user friendly and they always function as advertised and as they should. I have lost count of the customers that have changed from other brand filters to mine, using the K&N element, because they couldn't keep the dirt out of their intake system any other way."
"I am very excited about the 2010 season. We will have the same cars as last year, as well as a few additions. I am looking to get back in a Lightning Sprint for a limited schedule, as permitted by my Dwarf Car schedule. I will be adding two more Dwarf Cars to the stable too," say Rosson.
"I will be driving the number two Dwarf Car, and my wife Angel, has expressed an interest in driving the number five Dwarf Car in the 2010 season as well. And Kevin Drake will still be driving the number 14 Dwarf Car."
"As far as Lightning Sprints goes it's, Stuart Hielscher Sr, Stuart Hielscher Jr. in the number nine car, and I'll be driving number two. I will also be helping out an up and coming superstar, Jonny Bluntach in the number 18 car. I want to take this opportunity to once again thank K&N for their support of my racing efforts. I look forward to promoting their great products in the future."
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Loosely paraphrasing a Willie Nelson song "Mammas don't let you babies grow up to be NHRA Pro-Stock drag-sled racers," we say why the tarnations not? Who better to spend time with traveling from race to race? Mother and daughter bonding time is essential, some knit together, others cook, as in going really, really fast - down a grassy, or asphalt drag strip - or an icy one for that matter.
That Girl Racing qualified number 1 in the US 131 and then won the race
Tiina (That Girl) Duncanson is the mother, Kiersten (That Other Girl) is the daughter - together they are That Girl Racing. Both of the Duncanson girls are world record-breaking, grass, drag-sled racers living in Acton, Ontario, Canada. On the track their style is focused aggression, even when facing each other, putting an entirely new face to the expression "man-up." Off the track Kiersten defines their style as "Anything that's tacky. Big glasses, leg-warmers and cardigans, or just a plain tee and jeans."
"We started out last years' NHRA Pro-Stock snowmobile program with a completely new chassis and motor combo. Our first race was at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois, and the new combo showed some real potential, but ultimately it was just not fast enough yet," explains Tiina.
"We spent many weekends at Toronto Motorsports Park in Ontario, testing the new combo and slowly getting it better. We ran quite a few more races after that, Syracuse, New York, Milan, Michigan, Epping, New Hampshire, and we slowly started to get it fine-tuned and progressively more competitive. Then at US 131 in Martin, Michigan, back in September, it all came together and we ran an outstanding 8.07 @ 157 mph. We qualified number 1, and went on to win the race."
World record-breaking drag-sled racers Tiina and Kiersten Duncanson
"We are now getting ready for the ‘ice' season. On ice we use different sleds and run 1/8 mile. Our first race is at the World Series of Ice in Port Huron, Michigan, at the end of January. The next race after that is in Quebec, Canada, at St. Joseph de Beauce, on February 19-21. The weekend after that is our last ice race of the season, at Lake Morey in Vermont," continues Tiina.
In early March That Girl Racing moves back to their quarter-mile sleds, running in Valdosta, Georgia, at an AMA motorcycle event were they race sleds as an Exhibition-Class event. Their first actual race is in Atco, New Jersey, on April 10.
That Girl Racing down the aspalt track on their modified snowmobile.
"We run the Lucas Oil NHRA Series in Division's 1 and 3. Some of the other tracks we run at are Norwalk, Maplegrove, Indy, Brainerd and Joliet," adds Tiina.
"We always run K&N products on all our motors. We use RU1480's on the ice sleds with the 48mm carbs, and on our asphalt sleds with the 58mm carbs, we use RX4140. We also installed a 63-2576 intake system on our Ford F-450 tow vehicle. We found it increased our fuel mileage over 1 mpg, which is huge on a vehicle that was getting 9 mpg."
Harold Goodman, the Romulus, Michigan native, began racing in 1986 and turned professional in 1995, every year since then he's hovered near, or has been at the top of his profession. He won both the '07 and '08 AMA Extreme Dirt Track Pro Nationals, and was a member of the 2008 Baja 1000 Championship Team. In '08 he was voted the All Terrain Vehicle Association (ATVA) Athlete of the Year.
Harold Goodman uses K&N filters on all of his bikes
Last year Goodman went four-for-four in the Pro-Lites Class of the AMA/ATVA Extreme Dirt Track National ATV Series. He finished a wheel length short of accomplishing the same thing in the Pro Division. Goodman's racing style is both aggressive and methodological and it's captured not only the attention of fans but sponsors. Last year Goodman missed winning the third Dirt Track Championship by several points.
"In '09 everything was going to plan. Unfortunately, in the second to last round, I had some first lap bad luck that put me behind in the points. I was unable to win the last round, which was what I needed to win a third pro championship. I was happy with a second though. However, in the Pro-Lites Class, I won the first five rounds, securing a third championship in that class. The overall season was good for me," understates Goodman.
Harold Goodman went four-for-four in the Pro-Lites Class of the AMA/ATVA Extreme Dirt Track National ATV Series
Asked about the nickname the "Bumblebee," Goodman says, "that came about around 1986 or 87. I was just starting to get faster on my KX 60 modified four-wheeler. I was having a hard time knowing when to shift. One of my competitors' fathers told me to make the bike sound like a bumblebee and then shift. With that little bit of instruction, I improved my shifting points and got a lot faster. After that he started calling me the Bumblebee and the name stuck."
Harold Goodman began racing in 1986 and turned professional in 1995
"I use K&N filters on all my bikes. They provide the best power and filtration. Of course I use the filter cleaner and oil all of the time too. I have also put a K&N intake system on my V10 Excursion, and it improved the power and gas mileage."
This next season Goodman will race in all of the AMA Pro ATV Nationals, as well as all the Grand National Cross Country Series (GNCC) events. "This will be my first year competing in the GNCC races and I look forward to it," say Goodman. "I will also go to a few EDT Nationals, but will not be doing the whole series." Not this time anyway.
David and Michael Lloyd, based in central Ohio, have amassed over 22 years of indispensable motorcycle racing experience. Together they own and operate Lloyd Brothers Motorsports, Inc. In 2005 the brothers successfully developed and raced the only Aprilia-based motorcycles in AMA professional competition. Using Aprilia engines as the core, they developed their own chassis around that, and then employing part-time riders, working within a barebones budget, along with their own brand of innovative engineering and design, they managed to evolve the Aprilia into extremely competitive flat-track racers.
Lloyd Brothers Motorsports focused solely on dirt track in 2009
That particular effort didn't go unnoticed by Aprilia USA, as they took LBM on as a support sponsor, combining to make 2006 a highly successful year by all measures. That year LBM ran in all 11 AMA Grand National Twins events, qualifying for the main event seven times. To put this in perspective, only nine established teams made more main events and only three additional teams made as many main events as Aprilia and LBM.
The following year, Aprilia and LBM, along with associate sponsor American Agip, combined their efforts to include The Grand AM Moto-St Endurance Road Race Series and their results again were nothing less than spectacular.
Lloyd Brothers Motorsports
"On paper '09 was not as glorious as '08 and '07, however, going into the season we knew that it was going to be a building year," says David.
"In addition to almost winning a Grand National Twins Dirt Track race in '08, we were successful in winning the Moto-ST Road Race Championship in '07 and '08 with Ty Howard and Mike Himmelsbock riding. Budget cuts for '09 dictated that the team would focus solely on dirt track and not defend the Moto-ST Championship."
Lloyd Brothers Motorsports with Larry Pegram built a couple of Ducati dirt-trackers
"Thanks to our product sponsors and continued financial support from American Agip, we entered '09 with the intention of improving the Aprilia flat-tracker (which lost the '08 Lima, Ohio National Half Mile by .017 seconds) and looking forward to the first win. Harley and Honda factory race engines have won every Twins National in the last 26 years so we were close but still needed a little luck. Unfortunately our rider, Kevin Atherton, was hurt during testing and would only race one race before we enlisted rookie Aaron King to finish the season on the Aprilia. Aaron did well and qualified for his first twins national," adds David.
In addition to developing the Aprilia, Lloyd Brothers Motorsports teamed up with Larry Pegram and built a couple of Ducati dirt-trackers. One was with a modified stock frame and the second bike had a custom dirt-track chassis. Larry made the main event first try at the famed Springfield Mile on the stock framed bike. No one can remember the last time that a stock framed bike made a Twins National. It has been at least 40 years. This Ducati is only the seond Ducati ever to make a dirt track national main event and the bike shows incredible promise.
"For 2010, American Agip has committed to be title sponsor of the team. We will be racing the Aprilia dirt trackers with Aaron King (son of former Harley Factory racer Rich King). Aaron is a great kid and has a lot of talent. He is young but has showed maturity beyond his years. 2010 will be his first full season on the AMA Pro Grand National Twins Series. Aaron is consistently getting better every time he rides the bike and we all believe that he will follow in his father's foot steps and have a solid season which will build a foundation for a great career."
The team also plans on racing the Ducati flat track bike in 2010. AMA Superbike winner, Larry Pegram, will again ride at selected events that do not conflict with his road-racing schedule. LBM is currently in the process of recruiting a top dirt-track rider to also ride the entire series aboard the Ducati.
"We use K&N Filter products exclusively on our race bikes," says David. "The high quality of K&N Filters makes it the only viable choice - especially on a dirt-track environment. 140 MPH in the deep cushion can really tear equipment up. Using K&N Filters and filter oil keeps our engines spotless inside."
"Product sponsors, like K&N Filters, make it possible for teams like ours to not only continue racing, but also to keep things clean so that we can win. And we clearly look forward to winning in 2010."
