It turns out Grillmaster Mitch's injury from the OKC gravity race was something he wasn't able to just "walk off" and he'll be spending a couple of days in the hospital.

We wish him a speedy recovery!

Just added some great Gravity Shoot-Out photos from Erick.

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Another great Gravity Shoot-Out! A fun day of racing and great food. Extreme wind but at least it was in our favor. Everyone did a few fun runs then we switched to elimination racing. Here are the classes and the winners...
Car: Thad
Bike: Darren
Trike: Darren
Power Wheels: Tom

I've also got a few individual speeds that we took with GPS units...
Thad (car): 31.1 mph
Wess (car): 30.1 mph
Cody (bike): 28.5 mph
Randy (car): 27.2 mph
Mitch (bike): 27.1 mph
Randy (bike): 27.8 mph
Erick (Power Wheels) 17.0mph

Thanks to everyone!

Photos...
2 pages of our photos here.
2 pages of Erick's photos here.
River City Cyclists has photos and a video.

Videos...

Several Coasters took a road trip to OKC this past Sunday to attend and participate in the Rebuilding Together Construction Derby. This was part of our Weekend Of Gravity Racing In Oklahoma. This race was different from others as it required a 6 person team consisting of a driver, 4 pushers and 2 recovery people. The pushers have a 15 foot run to push and get the racer rolling down the hill. Once at the bottom the retrievers would catch the racer and push it up to the scales. This type of race gets more people involved and with the pushers has a huge effect on how well the racer does. As a group we had 3 racers competing. Wess and his racer Transcendence, Thad in Second Wind and me driving Thad's Radio Flyer. For being the first time at this event and this type of race the Coasters did an excellent job. It didn't take the Pushers long to perfect their method and to push me and the Radio Flyer (aka "the Wittle Wed Wagon") to a 2nd place win in the amateur category. The Radio Flyer also took the "Best Exemplifies RT Mission" award. Thad competed in the Pro class and got some good runs in but was eliminated before the finals. Wess after one practice run and a time trial run had an axle break. He and Dave hauled the racer over to the Ozarka teams shop where they were able to weld it back together. After returning with the fixed wheel he unfortunately broke the steering rod and wasn't able to compete. Lucky for Wess though his racer looks fast even when sitting still.
The racers weren't the only thing breaking down. We had a couple of Pushers with calf and knee injuries. Talk about "taking one for the team"!
Thanks to Thad for getting us involved, the pushers for their hard work, the girls (aka "speed Bumps") at the bottom of the hill, Randy's Mom & Barbara for the photos and video and everyone that came down to cheer us on. Also thanks to the companies in OKC who sponsored us.... Geo Testing and AAAA Wrecker.

OKC's News 9 story and photos here.

Photo Slideshow here.

Video...

A few of the Coasters attended the Sand Springs Derby gravity race in Sand Springs, Oklahoma this past Saturday as part of our Weekend Of Gravity Racing In Oklahoma.
Wess raced his car Transcendence, Thad raced his Second Wind car and Jose raced Thad's Radio Flyer. Thad took 3rd place in the Adult Competitive division and had the fastest car there. After the finals there was a "Grudge match" between Thad and the 1st place winner in which Thad won. Jose went undefeated in the Novelty class although they didn't give out awards for speed in this class. This was a really nice event and a fun time.

Photo slide show here.

Video...

Tonight instead of pub pedaling, several of the Coasters attended a "practice push" to prepare for the upcoming gravity race in OKC. Thad & Les will be competing in the Rebuilding Together Construction Derby which requires a push start. That's where the rest of us come in.

Also I think we owe the ICT Roller Girls a plug since we destroyed most of their fliers making paper airplanes at the Garage with Wes having probably the best design. We also learned that one of the members of the ICT Roller Girls organization is the Daughter of a Coaster.