SHELDON BISSESSAR WINS THE 4TH OF JULY PRO EXTREME DRAGSTER

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SHELDON BISSESSAR WINS THE 4TH OF JULY PRO EXTREME DRAGSTER RACE IN KENTUCKY USA

The Trinidad Rocket driving his methanol powered supercharged hemi dragster wins his 4th consecutive race for 2010.



The IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour at Mountain Park Dragway Clay City Kentucky saw Sheldon qualifying in the number one spot Friday night with 3.90 seconds at 186 MPH run. With two more qualifying runs on Saturday, Sheldon still managed to hold on to the number one spot. Rocky Flanagan of Tennessee and Melissa Hudson of Florida held on to the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively.

Sheldon won the first elimination round on Saturday. This however came at a price. After taking the car back to the pit area, a rear crankshaft seal was found to be leaking. This required taking apart the entire bottom half of the engine, repairing and reassembling just in time to make it to round two. Sheldon again won this round putting him in the finals up against Andy Johnson.



10:30pm in front of a sold out crowd, jet trucks and 4th of July fireworks, Sheldon the “Trinidad Rocket” came up to the starting line for the big final showdown against Johnson, winner takes all. The two cars left the starting line with lightning quick reaction times and speed. Sheldon was ahead at half track. However 300 feet before the finish line, the car shook the tires violently and veered to the right side of the guard rails. Sheldon quickly corrected this by pedaling the throttle and steering the car back into the groove preventing disaster. This caused the supercharger belt and intake manifold panel to burst shutting off all power to the car. Sheldon’s car was on a very strong run and with the momentum he managed to reach the finish line first to take yet another big win!

Four in a row for Trinidad and Tobago!!!!