Big Labor Day Weekend
This Friday, Sep 3rd, we are going to have our Top Dawg Race (1st Friday of each month) plus Test & Tune.
Sunday & Monday (9/5 & 9/6) - We are having our $8K Labor Day ET Bash! $2,000 per day, per class. Gates open at 10am, spectators are $12 per day or $20 for two days. More details right here ---> ET Bash.
RACERS -> After the races on Sunday, Sep 5th bring a dish and let's all enjoy a potluck together! Ladies get ready for a special Powder Puff race off and everyone needs to tune up their pit bikes!
And don't forget... Only 11 more days until King of the Beach!
Great day of Racing!
Only two more weekend of points racing left. Congratulations to our winners: Chic Wells (owner) and Johnny Coombs (driver) in Super Pro, John Madison in Footbrake, and Bobby Minter in Jr. Dragster.
Don't forget this weekend, we've got Friday Night Test & Tune + Top Dawg (Sep 3rd), and our $8K Labor Day Weekend Show (Sun Sep 5th & Mon Sep 6th).
Only two more weeks until the King of the Beach!
SBRA ET Bracket Racing this Sunday, Aug 29th
We've got only a handful of points races left in the season so everyone is pushing for finish line. Sunday's racing will feature Super Pro, Footbrake, Jr. Dragster, and Motorcycles! Gates open at 11am, time runs begin at 12:30, eliminations at 2pm. Car and driver are $45 for Super Pro and Footbrake; $25 for Motorcycles, and $15 for Jr. Dragsters.
Spectators are $10, kids 10 and under are free!
Excellent racing and congrats to our Sunday winners!
We had a great day on Sunday. Lots of folks cutting good lights, quick ETs, and running dead on to their dial ins. Heck we even had two .000 ETs!!
Big congratulations to all of our winners on Sunday's point race. They were Karly Gordan (1st place Jr Dragsters), Bobby Minter (2nd place Jr Dragsters), Chris Moren (1st place Footbrake), Jeff Gardiner (2nd place Footbrake), Steve Witherow (1st place Super Pro), and Derek Dellinger (2nd place Super Pro).
Thanks to everyone for coming out! Best of luck to Derek as he heads back to military service.
Sunday, July 11th - CBD Points Race
This Sunday, July 11th, we will be having our normal Colonial Beach Dragway points race. Gates will open at 11am, time runs will begin at noon, eliminations start at 2pm. Grudge matches are welcome. Junior Dragsters will be running within our normal program.
Spectators are $10, kids 10 & under are free, car & driver are $45.
Thanks for a Great Day!
Thanks to everyone for coming out on Saturday! We had a huge field, lots of family, friends, and spectators plus beautiful weather.... we couldn't have asked for more.
Have a safe and wonderful July 4th!
Massive 2 Day "Custom T" Jul 3rd & 4th Show!
We have a huge weekend coming up. Friday night we are going to have a Test & Tune + Top Dawg + Joe Slick's Show-n-Tell. Gates open at 6pm, spectators are $7, kids 10 & under are free, car & driver are $20.
On Saturday, July 3rd and Sunday, July 4th Custom T is putting on the "Independence Day Shootout". Highlights include: Quick 8, Quarter Mile Brothers Top Sportsman, Bradshaw's Rollback and Automative $1,500 Gambler's race, and Grudge Matches between Troy Henderson vs. David "ThunderWolf" Campbell, Hustlin Henry Butler vs. Freeman Brothers, Crusher vs. Bad Habit, and Lil Nasty vs. Bad Boys!
Gates open at noon on Saturday, spectators are $15, kids 11 and under are free. Gates open at 2pm on Sunday, spectators are $10, kids 11 and under are free. Its going to be an awesome weekend you don't want to miss!
Mustang Show & Bikini Contest this Saturday!
Our first Mustang Show and Bikini Contest is set to fire off this Saturday June 26th. We are going to have a Mustang Car Show (two classes: Garage Kept & Daily Drivers). Registration is 9am to 11am. If you would like to show your car registration begins at 9am. Its $10 for car and driver to show. The top 12 cars in each class will receive a trophy.
Following that we will have our 'Fords vs the Universe' dragrace (bracket style, cars will be divided into two classes - street legal and modified, no delay boxes allowed, transbrake OK). The owners are so confident in Ford that they will pay any racer driving a non-Ford $20 everytime they beat a Ford!! Eliminations will begin at 2pm. First place will pay $500, second will pay $200, third will pay $100, and fourth will pay $50 (30 car minimum).
After eliminations we will be having our Bikini Contest. All contestants are expected to arrive no later than 4pm. This is an open call and all fun loving, attractive, outgoing ladies are encouraged to compete. If you would like to compete in this competition or any upcoming competition please click here.
Here's the full schedule:
0800 - Track Personnel & Judges should be onsite
0900 - Gates open, car show registration begins
1100 - Car show registration ends, judging begins
1300 - Top 12 and Best in Show per class are awarded
1400 - Ford vs Universe Dragrace eliminations begins
1600 - All girls competing the bikini contest must be onsite
1600 - Ford vs Universe Dragrace completes
1630 - Bikini Contest registration ends
1700 - Bikini Contest begins
1800 - Gambler's Race and Grudge Matches run
We will also have a moonbounce, waterslide, DJ, and chill tent!
Spectators are $7, kids 10 and under are free.
Street Car Show
This Friday (Jun 4th) we will be having our normal Test & Tune (gates open at 6pm) along with our Top Dawg Race (since its the first Friday of the month). The Top Dawg Race is a quick 16 bracket style race that everyone is welcome to compete in.
This Saturday (Jun 5th) we our going to have a Street Car Show & Shootout. Everyone is welcome to show their cars, entry is $10 for Spectators, $10 for Show Car and Driver. Gates open to the public at 9am. Trophies will be given for the Top 25 cars and Best in Show. At 1pm all cars are invited to a bracket style drag race. For more information click here.
Memorial Day Weekend!
Thanks to everyone for coming out for our $8,000 ET Bracket Bash on Memorial Day Weekend. It started on Friday night with Joe Slick's "Show N Tell" Muscle Car Cruz. Beautiful rides and great people!
Sunday we started early (at 0930) and had a good first showing our new Jr. Dragster program. The most juniors we had ever seen was 6 cars. Sunday morning we got 15! We seperated the juniors into two groups (8 & 9 and 10+). Time runs started at 10am, eliminations at 11am, and we were done by noon. Thanks to all of the great parents and juniors who made it a success. In the 8/9 group, congrats to Ricky Reed first place and Jacob Glenn second place. In the 10+ group, congrats to Ashley first place, Jeffrey Budwash second place, and Michael Webb third place.
After the Juniors, we got the big cars rolling and had a nice field. The Southern Outlaw Top Sportsman put on a good show and got the crowd pumped up. Even though the footbrake was down by 15 cars (from our 60 minimum) we goosed the pot and paid $1,700 to win.
Monday was smokin hot and we worked hard to get our schedule compressed so that everyone could get home before the traffic got terrible. We had another nice field and goosed the pot again to cover some of the missing 18 footbrake cars from our 60 car minimum. Eliminations were great and the Match racing (Billy Meadows vs Troy Henderson and Henry Butler vs Woodrow Clark) was even better. Big props to Billy and Henry for their wins!
As always as new owners we learned a few things:
Lessons Learned
- 1) There was a problem in the Super Pro semi-finals where the tower wasn't able to read a digital display on a dragster. They called down to the line and got the same number back (it was difficult to see in the glare of the sun). The racer staged up and saw the number but continued. He thought that we had some bulbs out and assumed the number was correct. Unfortunately because our dial-in time was less he red lighted and got eliminated. His level of upset was compounded because he had the opportunity to split money and decided not to.
Even though no one was happy about it we had to abide by the track rule that the driver is ultimately responsible for confirming the dial in prior to staging. Frankly, it sucked for everyone involved.
We apologize for our mistakes in this. We are going to be checking and repairing any lights that are out and look for other changes to our procedures to help avoid this in the future.
- 2) Even though we published to pay the top 16 spots (the way tracks used to pay) the lack of round money and clear delination of rank caused confusion. In the future we will pay round money and award based on final, semi-finals, and quarter-finals as before.
- 3) We had a lot of racers coming up into the tower to receive their prize money prior to the end of eliminations. Even though its always nice to see the drivers this caused some problems for the folks trying to run the track, announce, and complete eliminations. We are going to decide how best to handle this.
The weekend was a big success if a bit short of perfect. There were a lot of familiar faces and even more new faces. We really appreciate everyone giving us a chance to show them what the New Colonial Beach Dragway is all about!
PS - And here's a photo of the most important race this weekend!
Big Memorial Day Weekend Coming Up!
Memorial Day Weekend is already upon us (what the heck happened to spring??) and we've got a full schedule. Friday, May 28th we are going to combine our Test & Tune with Joe Slick's Muscle Car Mania show. Gates open at 6pm, time run begin at 6:30. Car and driver are $20 (to test & tune), spectators are $7 (kids 10 and under are free).
Our official Memorial Day show runs Sunday, May 30 through Monday May 31st. On both days we will running our $8,000 ET Bracket Bash with a special appearance by the Southern Outlaw Top Sportsman on Sunday and our Nitrous Invitiational Match Racing on Monday. Plus, we will have a DJ, water slide, and moonbounce. Car and driver are $65 per day to race, spectators are $12 on Sunday, $15 on Monday or $20 for 2-day pass (kids 10 & under are free). Gates open at 11am.
Dragsters, Dragsters!
Thanks to everyone for coming out on a beautiful Sunday. We had a nice big field again (especially considering the other shows going on that day) and a big thank you to all of the Dragsters that came out. Its nice to see all of the new faces and 150mph + runs!
Congrats to all of our winners: Shawn Smith (MC), Ronnie Webb (Jr.), Seth Phillips (Footbrake), Brian Molliston (Super Pro). Great job!
Fantastic Day!
We had our first Custom T's Metro Outlaw Shootout. Even with the cold weather it was a great success! Custom T, Monster, and crew did a super job and lived up to their excellent reputations paying out over $6,000 in purse money!
Congrats to Hustlin' Henry Butler and Ricky Walton for taking 1st and 2nd! Thanks to all of the spectators and racers for coming out.
Huge Weekend Coming!
Wow! We got a lot in store for this weekend. On Friday night we have a special Test & Tune including a Mustang GRUDGE MATCH between Mickey 'Big Daddy' Fonzo and the Lee Brothers AND our Top Dawg (Quick 16) race. Gates open at 6pm, time runs begin at 6:30pm. Spectators are $7, car and drivers are $20, kids 10 & under are free.
On Saturday we are going to have our biggest event yet of 2010 ---- Custom T's Metro Outlaw Heads Up! This is a huge collection of big money grudge matches, gambler's races (all cars welcomed!), and test & tune. Drivers and cars include Short Dog, D.C. Sniper, Henry Butler, Kelly Brothers, Joe Smith, Maurice Bea, Ricky Walton and many, many more.
Gates open on Saturday at 2pm. Spectators are $15 for men, $10 for women, and $20 for couples. Kids 11 and under are free.
Click here to see the flyer and come on out!
84 Cars for Sunday's Bracket
We want to thank everyone who came out for our ET Bracket race on Sunday. We had 84 cars split evenly across Super Pro and Footbrake. We love to see a field that big and to pay out those bigger purses!
Congrats to Travis Taylor and Perry Mason for their wins!
Fantastic Weekend Ahead!
I just checked the weather and it looks fantastic for our Test & Tune on Friday Night! Gates are going to open at 6pm, time runs begin at 6:30pm and run until at least 9:30pm. Spectators are $7, car and driver are $20, kids 10 & under are free.
See you there!
Lil Marc