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Nov. 24, 2005 Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Stay tuned, news is upcoming.

Nov. 7, 2005

Guy may have a big announcement to make in the hear future regarding his racing in the 2006 season. Stay tuned!!

Nov. 1, 2005

Guy wins his second Divisional title in a row and also a top ten national finish with a semi final finish at Reynolds Georgia.

The final event of the season for Guy and the team was a Lucas Oil event in in Reynolds Georgia. The results are here.

Oct 6, 2005

A big break in racing for Guy and the Boyz from 'Bama, finally saw then in competition at Chicago for the Ameriquest Nationals and the special "Jegs Allster" race. The Jegs event was the main reason for travelling North, as Guy was the Division two representative in the Top Alcohol Dragster class.

Click here for the results. Points are also posted.

August 10, 2005

Gainesville final got run in August after two previous rain delays. This race was one for the record books as only three drivers who had originally qualified for the race were back for rescheduled event. Four that did not make the original field were inserted in the field, and Guy benefited as the best qualifier out of those that returned (he was originally the #3 qualifier). He received the bye run in round one. This was one of the few large fields in Division 2 with 16 cars originally trying for the eight car field. Final results are here.

July 31, 2005

Sorry for the delay in posting....................

Guy and the "Bama boyz" had a couple pretty good outings lately and are making a noise in Division 2 as well as the National standings. Results from the last two divisionals are here.

After a win at Montgomery Alabama and then a win a a race that actually did not have to be rescheduled, Bristol Tenn Lucas Oil event Guy is back on top of the Div 2 standings. He is also in the top ten (8th) nationally

In Top Alcohol Dragster at Bristol, Kelly earned his second straight title here when he defeated recent Lebanon Valley Dragway winner Karen Benkovich of Fanwood, N.J. In the final, Kelly, who hails from Wadley, Ala., ran 5.627 seconds at 253.33 mph, to take out Benkovich, who laid down a 5.700 second pass at 244.07 mph. Full results are here.

July 30, 2005 Montogmery Alabama............. The first win of the year for Guy and the team. Results are here

June 20, 2005

Englishtown, New Jersey

Results are here.

Photos will be up in the next couple days.

June 7, 2005

Division 2 must be jinxed as another race had to be scheduled due to the weather. South Georgia Motorsport Park in Valdosta Georgia was supposed to be the place for the fourth Division 2 event of the season, But this one hardly got started, as Friday had delays throughout the day and When the event was called on Friday the Top Alcohol classes, of which only four cars in either class were present were only going to get one hit on Saturday noon before final elimination's got underway later in the day. Well on Saturday, Rain interrupted festivities all morning and the plug was finally pulled just after 1:00pm

From Division director Bill Holt, "Rain continues to fall and Division 2 Director Bill Holt has postponed the remainder of the fifth NHRA Division 2 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event to August 5-6. Friday, August 5, will be qualifying and time trials. Saturday will be elimination's.

"Those dates were previously announced for the twice-rained-out elimination's from the third Division 2 Lucas Oil event, at Gainesville, Florida. In order to minimize additional travel for Division 2 competitors, those elimination's will be held at South Georgia Motorsports Park on Sunday, August 7, instead".

May 17, 2005

Guy was back in action last weekend at Atlanta for the Southern Nationals. It was an event that favoured the blown cars and the 'Boys from Bama' wanted to get their first win of the season. Unfortunately the weather did affect the event.

Go to the results page for all the numbers

April 1, 2005

Montgomery Alabama was supposed to be on tap for this weekend, but like a tap that would not shut off, the second Division 2 race in consecutive weeks has been postponed. Guy and the "Bama team will have to wait until the Southern Nationals for their next event.

Hopefully!!!!

March 28, 2005

Gainesville Lucas Oil rained out again. They will try it again the first weekend of August.

We will have a huge photo gallery up from the Gainesville National event (Gatornationals) later this week.

March 21, 2005

March 18, 2005 The Gatornationals...........our team's favorite race of the year.

This event is oneof the most anticipated races on the NHRA tour for many teams, as Bob Frey said on DRC, this is the "Big Go Easr"! This event has been ofn the schedule since the late 60's and the fans flock to the fabled Gainesville Raceway for the premier event in the South East. We have high expections for Gainesville , and hope to be one of favorites this weekend.

For results from the 36th Gatornationals go here.........

March 1, 2005

Guy qualifies #3 but will have to wait until March 26, 2005 for elimination's

Results for this event are here

The rain hit Florida this past weekend, with qualifying complete and elimination's yet to begin. With the rain continuing through Sunday and Monday, the decision was made to postpone the event until Saturday, March 26.

Guy completed qualifying in the #3 spot with a best of 5.423/261 mph that he ran in the second round of Qualifying Saturday afternoon.

In the first round he went 5.44 @ 261. When final elimination's get underway in four weeks, Guy will face John Finke in round one.

Feb. 25, 2005 Guy Kelly Gainesville pre race press release courtesy SpeedZone Magazine

The 'Boyz from Bama' have redemption on their mind this weekend when they hit the track at Gainesville Florida. After dominating the field at Bradenton three weeks ago, only to lose with a red light in the final round to Artie Allen, Guy knows he can't let chances like that fall by the wayside again. Guy had this to say after Bradenton, "when you have the best car on the property, you have to take advantage of your opportunity. It is not very often in this sport that you can compete and say, "we had the best car period"! But to walk away without the win, that leaves a bad feeling in your gut. This class is so competitive, that there are usually five or six cars at a divisional that can come out with a win. The first race was not like that, we were on our game and the rest of the cars for whatever reason struggled a bit.
"The thing is I did not do anything differentand knew I had a performance advantage in the final round (Where Guy inexplicably red lit). I just let one get away".

This weekend at Gainesville, the team not only wants to get back in the win column; they want to win the only Division 2 event they did not win in 2004.
It will be a tougher test this weekend in Gainesville than three weeks ago in Bradenton, as more hitters are expected to compete, and the ones that struggled three weeks ago will have their act together.
You can expect to see a number of cars run 5.30's and 5.40's this weekend, It will be a good test and good tune-up for the National here in two weeks. Every race is important, nationally or divisionally, as you walk away 85 points for the win at either. Crew chief Ronnie Swearingen and clutch Specialist Denny Savage are both very familiar with the Gainesville facility, as Ronnie runs the Hawley Drag Racing School there and Denny works for Hawley as well.

Feb. 18, 2005

We are back in action next weekend at Gainesville, Florida for the second Division 2 Lucas Oil Series event. After the red light loss in the Race at Bradenton, we want to get back in the winners circle. We are the defending champ at this event and are very excited to be at the premier facility in the state of Florida. Check back next Saturday night and Sunday for all the results.

Go here for the results from Bradenton.

Feb. 7, 2005 Bradenton Lucas Oil results

(photos courtesy Bryan Epps, BME photography)

Saturday first qualifying run with the wheels up. (Epps photo)

The season is upon us, with the first race this weekend for our team. Bradenton Florida will make history this weekend as it is is the start to the entire NHRA season, a week before the Winternationals. The "Boys from Bama" are excited to not only defend our win here last year, but also to defend our first Divisional championship. We tested three weeks ago at Bradenton and got the data we needed and are looking forward to mixing it up against our buddies in the South East.

The rest of the site will be up and running in the next few days, so check back often. The marketing and team pages up and active

NHRA Marketing had this preview for this weekend's race (It is cool to be the favourite, but it means we have the bullseye on our backs).

TAD competitors will try to unseat reigning champion Guy Kelly who dominated the division last year, winning five consecutive races. He started the season with a semifinal round appearance at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla. Then kicked it into high gear at Montgomery Motorsports Park in Alabama and at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil, Ga., when he beat former division champion Michael Gunderson in the final rounds. At the next event, at Bristol Dragway in Tennessee, he beat Robinson, Ill., racer Marty Thacker. At Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds, Ga., Kelly beat Arthur Allen and finished the season with another win over Thacker in Gainesville.

TAD and TAFC scheduled to make qualifying attempts 3 and 6 p.m. Elimination's begin Sunday at 9 a.m. TAD and TAFC will run first round of elimination's at 1 p.m.

Check back often to keep tabs on the team as we try to defend out Division 2 title and move up in the National standings from our #9 spot from 2004. Click on all the links to the left to stay up to date.

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