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Bob Heans bob@thepeoplesjournal.com
Well where has the summer gone here it is August all ready. It just seems like yesterday we were at the MATS show to kick of the year.
This year has been a challenging year to say the least. We joined the AHRA which we hoped would expand our racing program this year. This how ever was not to be. We do not know what happened to the AHRA but they have seemed to gone by the way side.
There website has not been updated in some time and races kept getting cancelled or postponed.
With a membership paid for and a race pre-entered we are now in the process of trying to get our money back for this failed effort.
So far this year our car has lived up to what we expected. Andy,Brian and myself seem to find a little more every time we are at a racetrack.
an album of photos from Laura Knapp
July 30th and 31st found our team in full flight at Toronto Motorsports Park.
For the 2010 edition Of Rich Christensen’s Armdrop Live.
If you ever have seen Pinks all Out on Speed TV you know what we were doing for $10.000. And what a blast we had their to. We arrived late Thursday night as we were in the shop much longer than we had planned due to maintenance on our car.
Brian Heans
A couple of weeks ago, the Snakebite Racing Team raced at the “Arm Drop Live” event at Toronto Motorsports Park. This was a fun event to race at because it was very laid back and arm drop racing is very different from regular ET racing. It was also cool meeting Rich Christensen.
On Thursday, we loaded the truck and trailer and headed to Morrison Automotive to do a few small things on the car such as putting the recently tuned up carburetor back on the car. This was supposed to be an easy day where we could get the car on the hoist and check a few things. It turned out to be just the opposite. After we put the carb back on, we decided to do a few minor tweaks to it. As we were adjusting the carb, a piece of transmission line snapped and we had to order a new piece. After we put that on, we started the car to check for leaks. As we were starting the car, the fuel pump quit. This was a very frustrating day but we managed to make it to Cayuga.
Well how’s everyone’s winter going? We here at Snakebite Racing Have been very busy. We were down at the body shop yesterday looking over a very sad looking race car. It had been taken all a part by Gary Morrison getting the car ready for paint. Brian took some pictures of a work in progress and this is about the last time any one will see this colour on our car.
Keltech Designs in Fergus will get the car after the painting is all done and put the new graphics on for us. All the parts are now in sitting in my bedroom just waiting for all the other work to be completed and then it will be Andy’s and my turn to rebuild the motor.
So the road to Louisville continues.
This week we had some interesting developments here on the home front too. Our dodge dually got into an accident and we are just waiting for the other body shop to call and tell us that the parts are in to fix it. Then we can take it in to be fixed. That same day our oldest boy Robbie was travelling with one of his friends and was involved in a minor mishap with their car.
Thankfully none of them were hurt.
So we hope to meet many of you at MATS this year. On the Thursday night after the show in the Papa Johns parking lot were we will be set up our newest sponsor Airtab LLC will be there to give a live demonstration on how to install your own set of Airtabs. They will answer any questions you may have about their fine product.
We are very happy to have Airtabs on board this year as an Associate sponsor. After talking with drivers that have Airtabs on their trucks they have told me that the benefit to having them on their trucks and trailers is great! With fuel savings along with more visibility in rain they cannot be beat. Of course we can not for get about more stability when driving thru wind too one driver told me. So that was good enough for me. I made a phone call to Jack and the rest is history. We are even going all out and trying them on our race car this year. If they work on trucks & trailers of all kinds then why not a race car as our speeds are dramatic compared to interstate speed.
We feel this will help us when it comes to all the winds we face at some race tracks we attend every year.
With the addition of Airtabs to our truck and trailer we will be able to enjoy the benefits and saving’s that other people, that have installed them on their vehicles, have. The safety aspect alone for our crew is a great plus as we travel to races and shows.
Well that’s it for this month. Just think the days are getting longer. And it is only 76 days to go until opening day of racing at Empire Dragway and that’s where you will find us at our first race. But it is Louisville and all you happy drivers first.
Snakebite
January 20, 2010
We here at Snakebite Racing are pleased to announce our latest sponsor, Airtab®, to come on board for the 2010-racing season. “The addition of Airtabs™ will only make our team stronger and faster this year,” said Brian Heans crew chief for Snakebite Racing. Airtabs™ are a vortex generator that helps reduce drag at the back of your vehicle. We plan to use Airtabs™ on our truck as well as our car hauler. With placement of Airtabs™ on our racecar this year we hope to have a slight winning advantage with a more consistent car on the ¼ mile.
Snakebite Racing along with Airtabs™ will be at the Mid America Truck Show in Louisville, KY. The show runs March 25th thru the 27th 2010.
After show hours on Friday March 26th, over in the Papa Johns parking lot, there will be a demonstration on just how easy it is to install your own set of Airtabs™. We look forward to meeting everyone there to talk about Airtabs™ and drag racing. This is also were you can meet Brian “the Brain” one of the youngest Crew Chiefs in the IHRA
You can become a sponsor of Snakebite Racing for just 1 dollar. ( and 2 stamps if you are in the USA). How you ask? By placing a dollar bill in an envelope ( say with a card of some kind Christmas cards would work this month) and mail it to Bob. It is perfectly legal to mail as much as 100$ in 20 dollar bills to Canada. ( it takes 2 first class stamps tho). Bobs address is
Bob Heans
Box 292
Fergus, Ontario,CA
N1M-2W8December 9 2009
Snakebite Racing is pleased to announce our new sponsor. The Peoples Journal
"This is a great fit for Snakebite Racing" said Bob Heans owner of Snakebite Racing. With the new sponsorship from ThePeoplesJournal.com this will allow us to be more competitive in our class.
Our agreement with ThePeoplesJournal.com is a multi year agreement that began at the Mopar Canadian Nationals in Grand Bend Ontario. Which was held July 17 thru 20th 2009 and run thru the 2011 racing season.
With a total rebuild of our car this winter we will be coming out with a new paint design and new graphics on the Consolidated Accounting Services, Morrison Automotive, ThePeoplesJournal.com Chevy Malibu.
Our first event will be at the 2010 Louisville Truck show in Louisville Ky. Were we will unveil the 1010 version of our car. Rusty Wade (Yoda) when asked said that he was very glad that we at Snakebite Racing would take the time to come down to Louisville and show of our car on behalf of ThePeoplesJournal.com.
Along with the car Bob Heans aka(Snakebite)owner and driver and Brian Heans crew chief for the Consolidated Accounting Services,Morrison Automotive, Thepeoplesjournal.com will be there at Louisville to talk to all the drivers in attendance . There you can have your picture taken with our race car, and talk to one of the youngest crew chiefs in the IHRA.
We will be offering sponsorship for all the drivers that wish to do so.
Here’s how it works. With a minimum donation you can sign a white board that will be taken to a sign shop and transferred to the trunk of our car and for the 2010 racing season your name will appear on our race car. Just think of the bragging rights you will have as a small sponsor of this car?? This will also give you a access to our pit at any event were permitted by the IHRA or local track that we are racing at. (Note) Snakebite Racing or any of it’s sponsors are not responsible for costs for you to attend any race.
The 2010 racing season promises to be our biggest one yet to date thanks to all our corporate sponsors.
As the road to Louisville Continues.
