Talked with Paul on Wednesday, and he was in the trailer working on the Cuda Beast, with plans to race at Huntsville's Rocket City Nationals this weekend. While his tow dually is under repair after blowing its engine on the way home from the rainout at Holiday Beach, pro mod racer David Elsberry has given the team use of a dually so they can keep racing while Paul's diesel Dodge gets fixed. Elsberry's dually got the car and trailer back home last weekend when Paul was stranded on the side of Interstate 20. Racer Terry Priest helped get the stricken truck off the highway. That's the racing community for you.
The racing schedule is stuffed this weekend; promods will run at Montgomery as well. Huntsville is having separate 8-car fields for blowers and nitrous. (Friday AM update: No separate fields. One, with 8 cars). There will be testing Friday afternoon and a round of qualifying Friday night. Saturday will have qualifying rounds in the morning and early afternoon, with eliminations scheduled to start at 3 p.m. The team likely would not have raced this weekend had last week's Central Alabama series at Lassiter Mountain and Holiday Beach not been cancelled. They will be shorthanded this weekend, but the car's loaded and ready to go. Once again, the weather looks really iffy.
Saturday night update: Looking at a short crew, an unfavorable weather forecast, and still being worn out from the previous weekend's events, Paul decided to stay home this weekend. The schedule now looks like Montgomery the first weekend in June, followed next weekend by the resumption of the Central Alabama series at Lassiter Mountain and Holiday Beach.
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