The Spectrum Illumination Frantic Fueler team has had it's share of disappointments this season.

We attended the Night of Fire at Cedar Falls, Iowa along side our old friends the Orange Crate.

Needless to say it wasn't one of our best outings, we left the track feeling lost. We tried to soften up things to get down track and the car responded by turning left hard at 800ft and giving Dragster Dave a handful of greif.

Hoping for a rebound we went into Cordova for the 56th annual World Series of Drag Racing.

We left out on Friday to put a test squirt on the car. The car was hoped up with a fresh blower and everyone was feeling pretty good about the car. We get in the lanes and fire her up, sounding real strong Dave jams down on the loud pedal and HUGE flames shoot out of both headers. Very quickly things go bad and Dave lifts and shuts it down. Back in the pit we find a mess of busted valve trane parts. Working into the night the team gets everything ready for Saturday.

Saturday brings some cold weather in and everyone questioning their tuneups. We get the Frantic car ready to match up with our old friend the Orange Crate. Everyone is in and ready for the big show. Dave and Radar do the burnouts and get back to the line. A flash and they blast down track, Dave has to pedal it at 300 ft and Radar is flying. Suddenly a large bang and a HUGE fire ball erupt from the Orange Crate at 1000ft. We all haul ass to the top end, Dave is ok and Radar is out of the car but suffered burns to his face an hands. Later Radar headed to the Hospital for a quick check up but otherwise ok.

This was the beginning of a difficult night at the track, our friend Jim Crownhart and his son Dan also got together at the top end with their Jet Cars both suffering major damage, but luckily both drivers are fine.

We left Cordova feeling lucky the car was in one piece and we can race another day.

The Next stop will be this weekend as we head for our Michigan tri-fecta, Frankenmuth on Friday (11th)

then on to Martin for the Funnycar Nationals (12th) and finish up on Sunday (13th) in Hickory Corners at the Gilmore Musuem for a static display. This weekend will conclude our scheduled events for 2009, we would like to Thank all of our families, friends and fans for your continued support.

Stay tuned for updates on the Frantic Fueler.

C'ya out there.