The Blue Line Racing team had a very busy season both displaying and behind the scenes. Our season began in January at the Edmonton Auto Show where we had on display the Challenger, Mustang and Tiburon. We were selling our die cast replicas of the Challenger which were made by Green Light Collectables. The next couple of months were filled with school displays and community appearances.
Over the winter we had negotiated a deal with SMS Supercars in Corona, CA to finish the Challenger. In April, the Challenger was transported down to California where it is currently still sitting. They are to build and install a supercharged hemi engine, plumb and wire the car, and finish any other necessary components to complete the car. JW supplied the transmission and other manufacturers (TTI Headers and AEM) are within a couple of blocks of the car and have joined in the efforts to finish the Challenger in time for the 2010 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Mickey Thompson has provided us with space to display the car at this show.
Our racing season kicked off in May at both Castrol Raceway (drag racing) and Statotech Park (road course) and the cars performed very well. The Street Legal Drags component at Castrol Raceway saw record attendance for early in the season. The Team travelled around Alberta with the cars, Lethbridge down south, Lloydminster and Provost out east and Drayton Valley. One trip to the USA was to Spokane Raceway Park at the end of July, where we presented the Street Legal Program to the Spokane Police Dept. and made exhibition runs down the track in front of a great crowd. We even made front page in the Spokane Review!
The Duster, however, took the tranny out after the first night and sat in the pits as a static display. Once returned home, the spare trans was installed and the Duster was back on the track for the next weekend. For the most part, we ran our cars as an exhibition program this year, and were always greated with smiles and handshakes. The organizers gave us premium pit space, putting us front and center to the spectators. (maybe thats why we went thru 5000 picture cards) We would lilke to send out a special thank you to Bob and Alex Michaud for lending us the use of their stacker trailer for a few of the shows. This made logistics very easy to get all of our cars to one venue.
Other displays included; Stollery Children’s Hospital, Brain Injury Awareness, Chiefs of Police Conference, and Edmonton Indy. All in all, we made 54 appearances to excess of 500,000 people.