Return to Vegas has Demke doing Double Duty
Courtesy of 801 Racing
Las Vegas, NV – Sherriff Chris Demke is on the case – fear not racing fans. The investigation resumes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend where Demke and his Deputy’s are looking to close two separate cases. 
First up is the search for a litter bug and a Regional title. Somehow a scrap of paper interfered with the timing lights during last weekend’s Regional event making it necessary to re-run the finals. The second case involves another National Event win. Both cases involve procuring a certain statuette named Wally.
“We are returning to the badlands of Las Vegas to take care of some unfinished business,” said Sherriff Demke. “The posse is busy preparing my mount, and I am looking forward to finishing what I started last week.”
The case file shows that during last weekend’s Vegas Regional event final, there was a timing light malfunction at the finish line. Demke and Jim Whiteley were blazing down the quarter mile with Demke leading the race. Just as the cars were approaching the finish line, a piece of paper tripped the lights. There was no way for NHRA to determine the winner. So on Saturday during the third round of qualifying, Demke and Whiteley will match up to determine the winner of the Regional Crown. Litterbugs are not invited to this round.
“It’s going to be tough to be Whiteley twice in one week,” said Demke. “We have the confidence of two straight National Event wins behind us.”
The second order of business on Sherriff Demke’s hit list is to capture the SummitRacing.com event win. This workload involves qualifying well, going rounds, and overcoming the tricky weather and track conditions. Having fresh run data from the track is a gold mine. Luckily for those downwind of the Peen Rite pits, Demke’s posse were not sitting around the campfire eating beans. Instead they have been fine tuning the Peen Rite/801 Racing Dragster. Crew Chief Jerry Maddern, Kevin Watson, Mike Demke, Joe Cole, Ronald Mann, and little cow poke Adam Rhoades have Demke’s eight-shooter ready to fire down the quarter mile. The team stopped by the general store and picked up some 801 Racing 70W Oil, along with a few aluminum tidbits. With supplies in hand, Sherriff Chris Demke and his Deputy’s are on patrol, and closing in on their prey.
