Here's a bit of fun to get you in the mood for the upcoming race season. This action movie, about a cross-country auto race/chase, made a stop in Blue Ridge, Ga., last year to film at a drive-in movie theater there. The locals were asked to bring their cars out, and Paul obliged, with his pro street Dart. It was filmed, along with Paul giving a fist bump to star Aaron Paul. Now, it just remains to be seen what made it into the final cut. At 2 hours and 10 minutes, the movie would seem to have plenty of time for lots of footage from north Georgia. Anyway, look for this Dart
Progress continues on the new Scenic City Thunder pro-mod series that Paul has organized this year at the Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip just outside Chattanooga. A flier for the first race, April 25-26, should be ready soon. Though races are starting to turn up on the March calendar, at Montgomery and elsewhere, Paul said the six-race Chattanooga program will fill his season this year. Plenty of racing, without a lot of travel logistics. Chattanooga is less than 90 minutes from his home, and qualifying and racing will be confined to one day. That, and the ban on screw blowers, promise a great event for local pro-mod teams and drag fans alike. Paul said the Optimist strip has already run two regular events this year, and the new surface is providing lots of grip.
Paul is getting his blower refurbished, which will let him run less overdrive while boosting power, and the Cuda Beast is all set with a new torque converter configuration. Paul hopes to test at Chattanooga between now and the Scenic City Thunder opener.
