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Hi all, I just wanted to give everyone an update on our summer.  We have been very busy once again taking the cars to various venues in and around Edmonton.  The season started off with the Police and Fire challenge in Las Vegas back in April where we lined up against 14 different teams.  Of course we were the only team representing Canada and I’m proud to say I was runner up.  We took down 3 cars and both the Challenger and Mustang ran personal best times of 9.80 and 11.85 respectively.   Sgt. Scott Graham from LA County Sheriff’s organized a great event and had lots of prizes for all to take home.  This is a great opportunity to evaluate our program with the other teams and compare notes.  One area of improvement we recognize is standardizing our racing apparel and image.  We want to thank Profox Race Gear and Mobil 1 oil for teaming up with us and providing new SFI race suits.  These will be ready for 2015 season.

Once we returned back to Edmonton, we began a hectic schedule of community and school displays for May and June.  In the beginning of July, our home track Castrol Raceway held the IHRA Nitro Jam series.  The IHRA staff are a great group and allow us each year to participate in their exhibition feature during the 3 day race.  In total, we had 6 police race cars, including Scott Graham who drove up from Los Angeles.   The crowd loved the show and we appreciated all the hospitality and media coverage.

The rest of the month saw us at more community events and charity car shows.  The K-Days parade was cool this year as we were with all the Edmonton Police Service vehicles starting with their 57 Chev panel delivery (former bomb truck) then progress through the years with different patrol cars ending with our futuristic race cars. (sorry photos of the parade haven’t been sent to me yet)

To date, we have attended over 35 events and still have many bookings right up until the end of September.  Our next appearance is Hot August Night which will be this Wednesday, August 13, in front of 15,000 race fans.  We will feature all 4 of our cars and again put on a good exhibition show.

I have attached a few photos from this year, but also check out our Facebook page at Blue Line Racing Association as I update the site more regularly.

Hope you’re having a great summer and thank you for your continued support.


Mike

Photography by Digital Moments

Photography by Digital Moments

Photography by Digital Moments

Hi all, for those of you I haven’t seen over the summer or for those who don’t follow us on Facebook, here’s a short update:

We’ve had a busy summer making appearances both on and off the track.  The Challenger has been running real well and consistent in the 9.8’s and is a real show stopper.  In August, the mega Mopar Action series made a stop at our local racetrack where I decided to enter and see if I could compete with it.  Well I ended up winning the Challenger shootout, running a 9.981 on a 9.98 dial.  See this link for the write up.  We also had some friendly competition when the Saskatoon Police Service brought their 2006 Caprice out to Edmonton for a weekend.  A couple weeks later, we traveled to Saskatoon and showed off our cars at their track.

The Mustang is running better, turning a 11.88 on street tires.  Thanks to Chris at CCMR for the tuning and once we can get traction with slicks, the times should improve.  The Duster is still running great with consistent 10.0’s times.  We have had several requests for passengers to ride in one of our cars which is always great to promote the sport and program.

The weather is still holding out nicely so I hope to get out to the track a couple more time in September before everything gets put away for the winter.

For photos and videos, check out our Facebook page under Blue Line Racing Association

Take care.
Mike