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October 30th, 2015 found the Droolin Dragsters in Gray Summit, MO running singles and getting ready for the U-Fli championships that Started the next day – Saturday the 31st.   The tournament was the first for Carol and Sally, and they jumped right in and help keep us going as Friday we were swamped with having six dogs running in singles. The team showed up early Saturday and Ran our first race in costume – it was Halloween.   That was a challenge.  The weekend was great.  We won our division and for the ninth year in a row came home division Champion.

The Drooling Dragsters have  traveled to several tournaments since our last post.  We have been to , Chattanooga, TN and Clanton & Talladega, AL.  We ran two teams in Clanton the Hot Rods and Low Riders.  The Hot Rods came in Third on Saturday and the Low Riders had a clean heat.  It doesn’t sound like much but it was FAR improved from their last tournament when we couldn’t seem to keep them in the right lane.  We ran one team in Talladega and  although we didn’t place well we had several dogs get new titles.

The Droolin Dragsters traveled all the way to Wilmington, OH in April to compete in the Qualifier for the National Championships hosted by Reeking Havoc.  The raced Saturday and came in first place in our Division.  We are going to the Nationals in August!

Mac, Gary’s youngest border, was there to compete in his first tournament.  He raced in singles both Saturday and Sunday morning.  He did great for the first time on the tournament floor.  We were all stationed at strategic spots up and down the lane to keep him from crossing over but the boy surprised us, he stayed in his lane and even ran a couple of heats at 4.9.

Clarksville Canine Sports Associations Flyball Team the Droolin Dragsters traveled to Talladega, AL to compete in a NAFA Flyball Tournament on September 8th & 9th.  We ran as an open team, with Lee Short and her dog Brigitte running with the team as our height dog.  The team had a great weekend.  We took a whole second off of our seed time running three heats over the weekend that were less than 22 seconds, and came in Third in our division on both days.  It was Madison’s first attempt at running with the team and she showed us again what green dogs are capable of – crossing over.  She got a little more than she bargained for and she ended up being chased by a german shepherd.

Clarksville Canine Sports Association’s flyball team, the Droolin Dragsters traveled all the way to Kearney, NE to compete in the U-fli National Championships on August 24^th, 25^th, and 26^th. Three team dogs ran in singles on Friday.  Max and Griz were racing in the same division, Max came home with 1^st place and Griz took 3^rd place in their division. Mandy was racing in a different division, and even though this was only her second competition she came home with 1^st place in her division. The Championship tournament ran Saturday and Sunday and the Dragsters came home with first place in their division for the 6^th year in a row!