Kambusters Racing was impressed following their annual show in Yorkton where they set up to entertain hundreds of spectators at the 7th Annual Prairie Thunder Drag Race.
It wasn't just loud.
It was heavy-metal concert loud.
There were people, cars and ear plugs everywhere.
And the ground shook.
The name 'Prairie Thunder' is quite the appropriate name given to the race day which comes by the City of Yorkton only once a year; judging by the numbers on the decibel reading, once a year is probably enough.
According to Kambusters Racing the day was "just phenomenal."
The rain even held off. Almost fully completely.
"This year, you can say, it was ninety-nine per cent flawless," proclaimed Brad Bloodoff, president, Kambusters Racing.
"Other than one little sprinkle (of rain) scare, it was ideal."
It couldn't have been much better. The crowd turnout was awesome.
"...and the wind kept the mosquitos away," he joked.
"Yesterday and today - just phenomenal," he said around 6 p.m., Sunday evening after handing out the final awards on the day, including to Yorkton's Ryan Hall and Carey Gleason.
"For us, it's so much easier," says Bloodoff of the weather conditions when the rain holds off, adding that a rescheduling of a race such as this are near impossible because many of the racers come from all over central Canada.
It was an awesome day of racing for the hundreds of spectators that showed up Sunday morning at the Yorkton Municipal Airport
but for Bloodoff and his crew of 20+ workers from Kambusters the day started the night before when they had the inevitable task of getting to the track long before any spectators showed up, in order to prep the track for the one event that only comes around once a year.
"By noon on Saturday, we started setting up. I was getting text messages pretty much all day," he joked at the end of the day on Sunday.
He estimated that about 150 racers from all over central Canada showed up and Bloodoff suggested that most of them were there to witness vehicles known as alcohol funny cars.
"They were very impressed. They are looking forward to coming back again," says Bloodoff of the two drivers of the funny cars, Darrell Webb and Sherry Bodnarchuk.
Bloodoff said that seeing them racing head-to-head, for himself personally, will qualify as the highlight of the day.
"They come here and have some fun. Watching Sherry and Darrell go heads up down that track, and the crowd...just awesome."
Bloodoff added that it's race days like Sunday's that prove that Yorkton is quickly becoming an hotbed of racing enthusiasts and that since their stop here last year, it's only growing.
Webb and Kevin Therres, who was part of the action last year, both suggested that Yorkton is even farther ahead in terms of racing fans and overall excitement than some of the larger cities farther west.
"Kevin, as always, he puts on a heckuva show," Bloodoff acknowledged following the last racers of the day, turned evening.
This was Therres' second showing in as many years at the Yorkton track. After having recovered from a very serious crash last summer, Bloodoff was glad to see him back in one piece.
"He just puts on a phenomenal show."
Bloodoff suggested that the position that Therres sets himself up in, is likely one of the reasons why motorsports are really starting to pick up popularity within the city.
Bloodoff said that when Therres isn't actually in his 2007 Corvette Bio-Diesel Jet car, he's sitting outside of his trailer with his family and of course, his prized bad-boy on display for the public to see.
He had been signing autographs earlier in the day.
"That's why he's pitted where he is," observed Bloodoff.
All did not look so hot for Therres early in the day.
In one of his first head-to-head races against Bodnarchuk, Therres' Corvette fishtailing near the end of his race in a car he says he's still getting used to.
Therres was not hurt this past weekend, and according to Bloodoff, laughed off the fish tail.
"He was peddling it," says Bloodoff. "It's racing," the racer told Bloodoff afterwards, who added that anytime you get vehicles with this kind of power, it can make anyone nervous.
Bodnarchuk was pretty cool about the race, too, says Bloodoff. "She's so laid back."
There's always the safety issues," he said. "At speeds of 130-150 miles-per-hour, you've always got concerns. All you really want to do is see the day go by smoothly."
