Caldwell Wins Summer Shootout

It was time for Tom Caldwell/OLD GUYS DO RULE RACING to go to the AMRA Summer Shootout in Bowling Green, KY.

Caldwell, “Again, we were fortunate to be sponsored by Trammel Creek Cycle Works in Adolphus, KY. Great friends and supporters! And as much as we looked forward to attending, everyone knows it is hot and humid there especially in June. Performing well is a challenge.”

Caldwell had prepped the bike and evaluated the data gathered from the NHRA Atlanta race and winning the AMRA Hagerstown race. He was looking to improve on his performance at the AMRA Bowling Green event.

“We had a great showing of 7 bikes in Pro Gas, including the return of former champion, Andy Simon . I ran a few T&T runs Friday evening and my best was a 8.18 @ 166 mph. By Saturday with a heavy headwind, the humidity rolled in. The air was averaging at 3800 feet. I qualified #1 with a 8.060 at 163.77 mph, I wanted to back up the 8.06 in the 3^rd qualifying round to reset my ¼ et record but the air was heavy with the humidity, the track was hot and slick so, those plans changed.”

“In the 1^st round of eliminations on Sunday since, I had earned the bye run so, I tried a different clutch package and it did not work as well as I thought. But critical data was obtained for a later date. In the second round I ran Donnie Huffman on Pee Wee Bynres GroundZro bike and won with a 8.18 @ 161 to his 8.470. I ran Billy Doherty in the final and won with a 8.163 @ 162.26 to his 8.389. I missed resetting my et record by .0224 seconds. Next time!”

This is Caldwell’s second consecutive AMRA win placing him 35 points out of 1^st place in Pro Gas.