(Tommy) Welcome back to your flag to flag coverage of the 3rd Dragon’s Tail Road Rally.  After a thrilling and tense mêlée the cars are now heading for home.

(Smokey) Tommy during the break I heard Grand Sport Racing owner, Greg Carpenter express concerns about his car releasing those flames out of the hood scoop when the big Weber downdraft carbs aren’t kept throttled up.  At this late stage in the game he cannot afford any mishaps and after this stellar performance by his driver Earl Essex, it would be a shame to blow it now.  Some of the other owners are already congratulating him as if this thing is already in the bag, but he’s still not so sure.

(Tommy) Especially now that he is being challenge by Clutch McCoy in the Ghia for Piston Slap Racing.  Both cars are running shoulder to shoulder and each driver keeps looking back to the other and smiling.  They seem to be enjoying this …

And just when you think it’s going to come  down to the wire, Earl Essex looked over at Clutch McCoy, waved bye bye, and with a burst of flame, he smashed the throttle and was gone!

(Aurora) Grand Sport Racing Slays the Dragon!

(Smokey) Momentarily stunned, Clutch McCoy shakes it off and crosses the line claiming the second spot on the podium.

(Aurora) Mean while it remains a 3 way tie for 3rd between The “Red Fish” for Strummer Racing, Jake the Snake in the Rocket City Cobra and Team Powell’s smooth running Ford GT.

Jeremy Clarkson in the Strummer Racing Ford MklV  releases some extra weight, (his co pilot Richard Hammond) by the road side without slowing down, and manages to cross the line first.  Followed closely by Team Powell and then Rocket City’s Cobra, rounding out the top 5.

(Tommy) Roberto Asconi in the Red Ferrari ran a clean consistent race, poured it on at the end and claims 6th for Team owner Tom Bowman.

(Smokey) Spud Boy managed to climb back into the race and follows in the yellow Ferrari for Nonesuch Racing.

The Junkabilly Racing Corvair ran a good chase proving that it could be safe at any speed.

Bubba comes home for Team Purple.  He had plenty of speed,  but couldn’t find the rhythm to gain any ground.

Following closely is Skabby in the Mako Shark for Cornhusker Racing filling out the top 10.

(Tommy) On Skabby’s heals comes Noah Vale for Pappy and the Kid Team A in the 1950 Olds and then ushering in Team B in the 1953 Mercedes 300s.

Bud Henry wore himself out in the previous leg of the race, but manages to bring the GTO in for Next Century Technologies.

Lance Ross the lll for Outlaw Hippy Racing eager to get this race over and extinguish his craving,  bounds from a still rolling VW (no parking brake!) and rushes to the Burger Joint noticing the largest hot dog he has ever seen!

Both Palliden Spencer in the Mustang for J.L.M. Racing and Harry Gumala in the Toyota for Normal Racing had smooth running cars, but just couldn’t conquer the esses.

(Smokey) Everyone has rushed on to the track to congratulate Earl Essex of Grand Sport Racing.  He truly conquered the course from start to finish.

What an amazing performance!

(Aurora) I’d have to say across the board, the competition was fierce!  Each team really brought their A game and raised the bar!

(Tommy) Indeed!

Well on behalf of Smokey and Aurora we’d like to thank our Sponsors for their continued support of the Dragon’s Tail Road Rally.  And remember, when you are in need of something to get your motor running, consider supporting one of these fine folks and tell them you heard about them from the Dragon’s Tail!

Congratulations to all of our competitors for a fun and exciting race.  Your particapation and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated!

And Finally, Thanks to all of you that have followed the 3rd Dragon’s Tail Road Rally.  We hope that you have enjoyed it as much as we have!

Until next time!

	2018 Dragon’s Tail Road Rally Standings after Heat 5 of 5
	Driver/Car	Team/Owner	Heat 1 Laps	Heat 2 Laps	Heat 3 Laps	Heat 4 Laps	Heat 5 Laps/sect	Total Lap/sect	Movement this heat	Position at Start of Race
1	Earl Essex 1965 Shelby Cobra  white w/blk	Grand Sport Racing owner Greg Carpenter	15	15	17	15	17.13	79.13		1
2	Clutch McCoy 1964 Karmann Ghia white w/ yellow	Piston Slap Racing owner Tom Hobgood	15	15	16	16	15.15	77.15		8
3	Jeremy Clarkson Ford MklV  red w/white	Strummer Racing owner Harlan Welch-Scarboro	15	14	15	15	16.5	75.5	+1	9
4	Will Speed 1966 Ford GT light blue w/orange	Team Powell owner Bill Powell	14	15	15	15	15.27	74.27	+1	7
5	Jake Snake 1966 Cobra 427  Blue w/ white	Rocket City Racing owner Dave Parker	15	14	15	15	14.27	73.27	-2	4
6	Roberto Asconi Maroon ’64 Ferrari 330 P4 red	Scuderia Ferrari owner Tom Bowman	14	14	14	15	15.23	72.23		6
7	Spud Boy 1962 Ferrari GTO 250 yellow w/orange	Nonesuch Racing owner Dan Cocke	13	14	14	15	15.24	71.24	+2	2
8	Carl Scarborough, Jr 1963 Corvair  beige w/ blue	Junkabilly Racing owner Scott Scarboro	14	13	15	14	15.1	71.1		11
9	Bubba 1969 Chevy Camaro Purple	Team Purple owner William Milholen	14	14	14	14	14.12	70.12	-2	3
10	Skabby 1965 Chevy proto Mako Shark	Cornhusker Racing owner Mark Boesen	14	13	15	13	15.7	70.7	+1	5
11	Noah Vale 1950 Oldsmobile White/green w/ flames	Pappy and the Kid Racing  Team A owner Jeff King	13	14	14	15	14.5	70.5	-1	13
12	Otto Glide 1953 Mercedes 300s Gray w/ white stripe	Pappy and the Kid Racing  Team B owner Eric Shuck	13	14	14	12	13.6	66.6		14
13	Bud Henry 1969 GTO orange	Next Century Technologies owner  Joel Hardin	13	13	13	14	12.7	65.7		15
14	Lance Ross III 1964 VW Beetle Yellow w/ flowers	Outlaw Hippy Racing owner Sal Matthews	13	12	13	12	13.15	63.15		16
15	Palliden Spencer 1966 Ford Mustang GT 347 blue w/ white	J.L.M. Racing owner  Yobear Jones	12	13	12	13	12.24	62.24		10
16	Harry Gumala 1966 Toyota 2000 GT  maroon w/ blk	Normal Racing owner Brian Bueschel	12	12	12	11	12.29	59.29		12

Note: Track has 31 sections