December 11th, 2005 - MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. The dyno session is getting closer, although we have a few new hurdles that were not anticipated when the dyno date was announced. Our new car had the wiring harness permanently installed by the wiring wizard, Dennis , at Ness's shop. We used to take that out of the Beretta and use it at the dyno also. Construction of the dyno harness has proven to be challenging.....the hardware must be protected for use only in the aircraft industry. Further to that delay we have taken it upon ourselves to set up for Nicoseal honing and that process is full of mystery and secret potions. IGOR will prevail, his brother is coming along nicely, and the mighty arm of Mr. Parr {he only has one} will once again throw the hammer down on the throttle of the testing machine he so fondly calls "his dyno"......and as has become standard procedure {also written on the nose of the Cavalier} looks sideways and say "STAND READY".

October 15th, 2005 - It seems like an eternity since I put any encouraging words on tthis news forum, so I am about to.......IGOR is going to the dyno next month. It is with great trepadation that I say we are looking forward to it. After the first 2 or 3 pulls we will all take a deep breath and proceed to testing all the new parts and some new idea's. The only positive thing about not racing since July 20th is we go into the winter with our index intact. I'm quite sure we would of gone to Chicago this year and that was a slaughter of indexes....-200 ft. air, yikes! Brad is massaging the cylinder head, Ron is rubbing the block, Al is brain-storming, Steve is gathering and shipping parts, and I'm on the phone { I had to throw that in for all the people out there that were thinking it}. Stay tuned.....IGOR is coming.

September 14th, 2005 - We are all off to Toronto for "Super Steve's" wedding. As everyone in division 6 know's " IT'S STEVE'S FAULT", we can now go see how a man that is always at fault ,deals with marriage. Motor's blow up and we all know it is Steve's fault.....but what are we to think when his new wife, Leslie, says "that's not good enough". I guess titanium rods are the only answer. Bulletproof.....no fault here. IGOR is on his way back.....after the wedding. The more I think of it.......it's still Steve's fault.

August 25th, 2005 - We can now start the rebuilding process, with the peace of mind that the problem has been found. The mystery surrounding IGOR'S self destruction, 2 runs in a row, had everyone we know coming up with a new theory. Our Motec engine management system had the answer deep in it's memory bank. As with all problems during the developement of IGOR, this new found path of destruction {that we thought was all behind us now} has a twist of fate that could only find IGOR. Nonetheles, in a strange way it might make us better ....with a little help from our friends. And I must say....IGOR has friends....bigtime.
We will slowly put IGOR back together and go to Mission, make a run and come home and take it apart. If we see what we think we are going to see {nice rod bearings} then we will go back and make 2 runs and look again. If all is well......well who knows, what to do with the rest of the season will be looked at then.
This being said we are off to Ruby Lake for our summer vacation for some rest and relaxation{ with our 70 mph ski boat}. And to think that 3 years ago we were wondering if IGOR was going to good enough for a boat, let alone what he is doing now. We will post our Mission test results when they happen and again thanks for all your support.

August 3rd, 2005 - IGOR got hurt again at Seattle. After the 1st qualifying session we were #4, but we felt it should of been faster. Saturday's session proved to be mine-shaft conditions and career best E.T.'s were had by all......except IGOR. Our new challenge is to find the magic that seemed so easy from October to June. We will miss our Home-Track race ar Mission this weekend, yet I will pick up our 7.84 @ 170.74 National Record that we set at the rained out May race. That race is being run off on Thursday and until it is finished the records are not official. I hope that "easy" feeling comes back, because there is nothing easy about what's going on right now. Thank you everyone for all the kind e-mails and phone-calls.....IGOR will be back.

July 13th, 2005 - It is with great trepadation that I tell you, we will be in Seattle next week. IGOR has been abused on a whole new level.....yet there is hope. The period of bliss....qualifying #1 at every race has ended....reality has set in and in a convuluted way, we are happier. If Seattle proves to be a success, we will continue for the rest of the season....if not we are going boating with the plan to attack next year. We are so tired out right now, the only thing that could re-energize us is a low E.T. That being said.....it's all good if we go fast again.....stay tuned....

July 11th, 2005 - We have figured out how to turn a good thing into a disaster. The fast... trouble free.... IGOR has turned into a monster. We drive over the crankshaft at 150 mph in Seattle and through a feat of monumental proportion, we fix it in time for Woodburn, only to tear it up again on the first run, with an apparent rod bolt failure. This was painful, our new crankshaft is hurt on it's first run. Stay tuned for the motor damage report. This sure is a lot of work....I hope we can make it back soon....if not IGOR will be put back on the dyno for more torture, to prove his worth. What happened anyhow? I remember....you go from hero to zero overnight. IGOR will be back.....after a serious regroup.

June 22nd, 2005 - Boise proved to be tougher for us than we have been used to lately. When the smoke cleared we were #3 and not particularly happy with that. Nonetheless, the 17 car field gave us a bye in the 3rd round, but I lifted too early in the 2nd round and lost going -47 @ 140. My 1st lesson in how much win light to not take. Seattle started out good but in the 2nd qualifying session IGOR lost the #3 rod journal from the crank complete with the whole rod. We drove over it at 150mph. The damage has ended up to be minimal, cyl. head was untouched, no water in the oil, cam was untouched, some bent valves. 12 new: lifters , push-rods, rocker pivots, valves , 6 new rods and pistons and we are good to go. We were 10 runs away from rods and pistons, so we have all the parts. The new crank for the new motor is sitting in the box. IGOR will be back......sooner than later,,,,,,probably Woodburn July 8th. Thanks for checking in.

June 1st, 2005 - We are off to Boise Idaho, potato country, IGOR is wondering what the altitude track will have in store for him. The drive through the Snohomish mountain range is beautiful and gives us a break from the same highways we always seem to go down. Stay tuned as we will try to update throughout the weekend. If not check out dragracecentral.com and click on drag news at the top right of the page, then watch the Competition Eliminator qualifying and eliminations. Bye for now...

May 17th, 2005 - IGOR'S rampage continues. Our home track Mission Raceway proved to be the fast track that we all knew IGOR would like. He liked it a lot. We qualified low at a 7.84 @ 170.76 and backed that run up wiyh a 7.91 @ 169.20 to set a new world record. IGOR has now been taken apart and inspected for wear and tear. 52 runs since any major repairs have been done (that in itself is a record for IGOR). Our new Liberty clutchless transmission has now been looked at also for the first time in 52 runs.....it looks like new. Boise Idaho is our next stop on the divisional tour, June 3rd. This will be the first factored altitude track we have run at with the new car so we are looking forward to that....no index hits to worry about. We will put a link in to view and or buy the new IGOR shirt in one of the sections. Thanks for checking in and watch for our new sponsor announcement in the next few weeks.

April 23rd, 2005 - Seattle National-Open - Qualified #1, set the 1/8th mile record, and will be in the final, that will be run at Mission on May 12th prior to the running of the points-race. Pacific Raceway has an 8:00 pm curfew so all remaining cars will be run off at that time. It is hard to imagine how fast this thing is going to be at Mission....it's all good.

February to April 2005 - First and foremost I must apologize for the "No News"; there is so much news I cannot decide where to begin. There will be monthly updates from this day forward. We made the trip to Phoenix with 1 run on the new Cavalier, a new clutch in the can with no runs on it, and no data on what the car might want. This is not the way to go to a national event altough the potential for success was large. The first run was a little scary, but with Al's perfect clutch calls and Don Ness with the chassis calls that simply defyed belief (We basically left the phone on), every run was faster than the previous and the track was tough to get hold of in high gear. The 7.94 at the 1st Phoenix race was a happy moment and it made Al and Don look pretty good. Steve, Dolly, and Geoff adapted to the new car like they had been running it as long as the Beretta. Brenda loves the new air-chute, "it's a piece of cake to pack with no [as Brenda says] boigner in it.[the little spring chute]. We qualified #3 with 42 cars there, won the "Best Engineered" award complete with a cheque for $1,000.00, won 1st round and lost 2nd round due to a poor light. We were happy and looking forward to the next weekend at Phoenix for the points race. The air was not as good ,yet we ran 7.93 and qualified low in the first session. If not for that "rain" word the air was 1500' better for the 2nd session but we were shut off as I staged the car. 1st round was a guess as to where to put the weight ,as we did not call Ness , for reasons we are still trying to figure out and of course we were wrong. I aborted the run on the 3rd gear change as the gaurdrail was coming up fast. Homeward bound with a smile.....IGOR LIVES.

September 26th, 2004 - Countless months of hard work, dedication, inovation, and a whole lot of care by the whole staff at Ness Racecraft have resulted in a thing of beauty. Igor now has a new set of legs! The photos speak for themselves.

August 25th, 2004 - The Ness Racecraft Cavalier is getting close to completion. Igor is in Blaine, Minnesota and he gets put in and out of his new chassis on a daily basis. Every bracket has a purpose, every move is a decision by committee. Ness has the override on all discussions, but if you know him, this is the way it must be. Dennis, Jimbo, Andy, Greg, Brian, Brent, Jerry, and the entire Ness workforce create "their" race-cars.

Igor's race-car is soon to be a reality. When you are waiting for the birth of a child, there is no pushing the fast button. The wait is soon to be over... Stay tuned! The saga continues.

June 20th, 2004 - The new IGOR t-shirts have arrived! Fresh off the press, in blood and bolts, a new IGOR shirt is just what you need! Check back soon to purchase yours online! In the mean time, please email rob@inlinesix.com for ordering. Shirts are available in white, grey, black, and in both t-shirt, tank top, hooded sweatshirt. Click here to see them!

Seattle points race proved to be a challenge in the 90 degree heat. Igor's new power level has proven to be difficult to harness. In spite of this rather delightful problem, he runs fast anyhow! Our 1.07 60 foot times are now 1.13, but the new Don Ness™ Cavalier is one month away, and Igor is excited! We are headed to Woodburn, Oregon for the July 8th points race, leaving from there for Minneapolis to pickup the new car, and heading for the Chicago points race on July 18th. Any further sleep required will be taken now...

June 14th, 2004 - Woodburn Oregon. New World Record.

May 16th, 2004 - The longest winter in history is over. A new Igor made his best power ever... on the DYNO... (key words). Our 8.19 @ 163 showing at the Mission points race proved once again that you don't race dynos. We managed to put on an embarassing performance, running slower than we ever have. 8.19 @ 163. With the mystery still fresh in what was left of our minds, we returned to Mission 4 days later. Al had a theory, Ness was mad at us for not calling him from the race, he was sure about what was wrong, I had a headache that wouldn't go away, but there was a glimmer of hope. We returned to the scene of the crime, examined the evidence, did the water burnout, and proceeded to run 8.00 @ 169. That's right. This is not a misprint:

September 11th, 2003 - What a season this has not been. At the Woodburn points race, Igor's block developed an irrepairable crack. On June 13th, we shipped a new block out for all the specialty machining processes we needed to get done, and today we heard that the block is nearing completion. We never dreamed it would take this long, but we are resolved that it is a stronger Igor. Les Davenport and Shaun at Acceleration Enterprises have built us a new induction system and, with a little luck, we may pick up the last few races of the year at Vegas and California. For all our fans that have emailed and phoned us to ask what's going on, thank you for your support and, in the famous words of Arnold... Igor says.. "I'll be back"

June 4th, 2003 - We leave tomorrow morning for the Woodburn, Oregon points race with high hopes of success. Our testing at Mission Raceway Park this past Sunday proved rather encouraging, with Igor in his freshly welded and rebuilt-state giving the best 330 foot time ever before track conditions forced an aborted run. In Igor we trust?

February 15th, 2003 - A clip of the ESPN "Sportsman Spotlight" done on Igor and the Harrison Racing Team has been posted in the Media section. Click here to be taken there.

January 25, 2003 - Recent Dyno Testing has been hugely successful. A commonly known phenomena in racing is that when more power is made, something breaks. Our plans to attend the Winternationals in Pamona, California will have to be cancelled, as a result. We are on track to continue our development and should be ready for the Las Vegas National Event in April.

December 24, 2002 - Merry Christmas to all our friends and fans. IGOR has been hard at work on the dyno over this holiday season, and has shown some encouraging results. This new found power may trigger a trip to the Winternationals in February, 2003. Confirmation of our schedule will be posted in early January. Thanks go out to to everyone for all your support and may "Happiness is a low ET" find it's way into your heart this Christmas!

August 22, 2002 - As most of you are aware IGOR has made his debut in a few news paper articles. Click on the links below to see them!

Harrison heats up (North Shore News)

Driving in the fastest lane (Vancouver Sun)

From zero to sixty (North Shore News)

August 18th, 2002 - Race City Motorsport Park, Calgary Alberta. Calgary sits at 3500 feet above sea level. This was a new challenge for IGOR as we have never run or tuned for altitude race tracks. it was a pleasant surprise that we found the sweet spot in the tune-up and the clutch. We qualified number one for the first time in our carieer. The signifigance of this was particularly satisfying as the fastest car in our division was at the race. We made it to the final round, where a clutch problem surfaced and slowed us down. All in all a fun and uplifting weekend. We are off to Yakima, WA for a Lucas oil series points race, August 23rd and 24th. The points race is heating up.

July 27th, 2002 - Pacific Raceway, Kent, Wa. Igor ran as well as we could of hoped. Running 8.01 at 166.24 miles per hour was good enough for the 11th qualifing spot out of the 32 car field. We were able to make it through two rounds of competiton. During the course of the race we were interviewed and filmed by ESPN. A brief showing of this footage was done on Sunday morning at 11am on NHRA Today. The full showing will be Saturday, Aug 10th at 3pm ET on ESPN2. Our next race is at Race City Motorsports Park home of the Canadian Nationals in Calgary, Alberta. Canada on Aug 16-18.

July 20th, 2002 - Mission Raceway, Mission BC. Our first run was an 8.04 at 166.66 miles per hour! When it came time to back-up the run, we weren't sure if we could do it because the conditions were dropping steadly. But these concerns were unjustified because we ran 8.08 at 165.83 miles an hour, which backed up the first run. Also, since this race was a national open we were also able to set the 1/8 mile record as well. So the new WORLD RECORD for the 1/4 mile is 8.04 at 166.66 miles per hour, and the 1/8 miles WORLD RECORD is 5.10 at 134.24 miles an hour

July 14th,2002 - Woodburn, OR After finnally, beating the bad air and track conditions we managed to run 8.13 at 164.47 miles per hour. This is faster than the record we set at Somona. We backed up this run with a run of 8.03 at 166.85 miles per hour. This however was more then 1% of the 8.13 so the WORLD RECORD is now 8.13 at 164.47 miles per hour.

June 29th, 2002 -The weekend in Sonoma, CA started off good by running 8.073 at 165.01 miles per hour on our first qualifiing run, which was faster than the current world record. We backed up the run with 8.154 at 162.78 miles per hour. Howver this was not within 1% of the 8.073 run, so we currently hold the WORLD RECORD at 8.154 at 162.78 miles per hour.

June 1st, 2002 - IGOR has landed! Today Igor ran the fastest he has ever run, putting the Don Ness Beretta to a blazing 7.98 at 167 miles per hour in bad air, hot temperatures, and sub-par track conditions. Click here to see video of the run.

April 7th, 2002 - IGOR is BACK! The dyno gods have smiled upon us and given IGOR a new lease on life. Every single pull produced more power, and after 9 pulls, we stopped. Count on IGOR being at Mission in 2 weeks to prepare for the May 5th points race. Is this 2 year trial of human and mechanical patience coming to a successful conclusion? Stay tuned...

March 22, 2002 - After some time spent on the dyno, we have been encouraged at the positive results we have recieved. Igor is in perfect health, and making more power than he has in the last 2 years.

March 1st, 2002 - We won first place in the Vancouver Motorsport show this weekend. At the show, we debuted the new "Parr Patriot" aluminum CNC connecting rods, made by Ron Parr, IGOR's trainer and owner of IGOR's dyno. These are the first aluminum connecting rods to be produced and sold by a Canadian company, and IGOR is proud to have them on his crank.

A substantial order of these rods has been placed by one of the largest mail order companies in the United States. You heard it here first!