Dave Hirata Gainesville post race

HIRATA MOTORSPORTS SEMI FINAL FINISH AT GATORS

The Hirata Motorsports, Skull Shine, Torco Racing Fuels team started their 2007 season with a semi final finish at the 2007 Gaternationals at Gainsville, FL. The team feeling is very positive going into their next race at Indy for the opening division 3 race.

We got a nice baseline from the Gainsville race to start out with. The great air quality threw us a curve. It was so good we took a stab at the tune up. We probably should have taken a bigger stab. We will take that tune up, tweak it a bit and hopefully bring our performance level a notch up. To be competitive we need to step it up about a tenth. With the info from the past weekend, we got a great feeling about how to do that. We will see how smart we are. That car has made us look very dumb before so I am ready to kick its butt. Almost “last out of the pits”. That’s 2 races……..2 semi finals. We are going to get that Wally soon.

Thanks again go to my great crew: Pete Brady, Chrystal & Zach Ingram, Carolyn & Dean Davies, Dale Bollerud, Byron Inouye, Jim Courson, my Mom & Dad, my girl Molly. They are the best in the class. They performed flawlessly. The winter did nothing to stale everyone out. We did not hurt a part the whole weekend.

Please don’t for get my buddy, Eric Medlen. His severe crash in testing Monday after the race puts life in perspective. We race hard for us and our partners, but, it’s for the love of the sport, the competitive drive we all have and for the great friends we have met and continue to meet that bring us back. Keep him in your prayers as we all do here.

Big thank you’s again go to the great partners we have in Torco Racing Fuels, Skull Shine, Skull Gear, NGK Spark Plugs, Fram, R&R Racing Components, Full Bore Products, Service Auto Parts, Rose RV Sales, Nitroplate, Goodridge Hoses, Impact . They make our racing possible.
Support those who support us and drag racing.

www.torco.com Torco Racing Fuels. Skull Shine, Skull Gear, Mach Accelarater, Evan Knoll, Latrell and the whole gang.
www.ngk.com NGK spark plugs. Spark plugs for the quickest & fastest a/fuel dragsters. Spark plugs and oxygen sensors for your everyday vehicle.
www.hiratamotorsports.com Lowell Body Shop, Lowell Automotive & Radiator, HAMMER'D. Quality and service since 1956.
NAPA Service Auto Parts
www.fullborerace.com Full Bore Products for the serious racer.
www.rrconnectingrods.com Connecting rods, oil pumps, injectors
www.roservsales.com Rose RV Sales: for RV’s, travel trailers, mobile homes and parts.
www.nitroplate.com Header coating for go and show.
www.impactraceproducts.com Bill Simpson’s Impact Race Products. Race On
www.goodridge.net The worlds leading supplier of hose and fittings. Push the limits
Dave Hirata
Hirata Motorsports
P.O. Box 235
9418 W. 181st. Avenue
Lowell, IN 46356
219-696-8939 wk
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