When rain set in after round one of eliminations at Mike Beland ' s Cash Days 4, the party simply moved under awnings and into trailers until the bad weather subsided. Karaoke was sung( was that really singing?), shots were drank, and good cleanish fun was had by all. And when the sun shone again Sunday on Shelby, North Carolina ' s Shadyside Dragway, hangovers were hydrated, turbos were spooled, and rubber was burned. THE hot event on the gasolineburning, Harley-Davidson, motorcycle drag racing calendar ran on and its $ 25,000 cash payday distributed- mostly to two legends of the Grudge game. For the two top tier Pro Bagger and Street Bagger classes, Cash Days 4 looked much like a repeat of 3. At the end of the day, " Burnout Bruce " Emanual was sitting on " Boosted Bob " and " Trailer Park " in the winners ' circle answering a thick phone made out of cash. The Pro Bagger field boiled down to Emanual on " Boosted Bob " and Shanon Poor. Shanon got an. 056 to. 101 jump at the tree, but( let ' s change the name a bit here) " Bruceted Bob "

drove around 5.02 at 152 mph to 5.30 at 139 for the win. It was Bruce vs. Tony Boone in the Street Bagger final, and once again, Emanuel and " Trailer Park " took the win. " Always an honor to run against Bruce Emanuel," said Boone. Always displaying a much more quiet and humble persona in person than he does online, Bruce had a premonition that he wouldn ' t sweep all three bagger classes this year. Sitting on last year ' s winner " Moonshine " in the now sun-drenched lanes before the start of round two of True Street, he said " There ' s a lot of riders in this class this year." And one of them was his teammate. " Dez is a good rider." True enough, Bruce lost to Dez Cue on " Noisey Boy " in the semis when " Moonshine " failed to grab third gear. " Had an. 050 light to his. 146," reported Bruce. " Yep, I had a chance to sweep it again. Missed a shift. We gonna replace the transmission." Dez then had wheelie masterblaster Desmond " Kill Bill " Spaulding on the Hawes Racing Bike in the final, and this time it was Kill Bill with the win. No one ' s yet caught up to Jason Crisp ' s new-for-last-year build, as he again won Non-Bagger. He even raced

the same final round opponent- A1 employee Andrew Hefner. Crisp took the tree with an. 035 to Hefner ' s. 067, and ran a 5.53 at 126 mph to Andrew ' s 5.71 with a turbo-pumped 132 mph trap speed. Robbie Bryant took out Cash Days 3 Gamblers Race winner Byron Cass in the ET Bracket Race final. Cass also runnered-up in Friday night ' s Gamblers Race, with Bryce Creek taking the win. " After three years in a row of being put out in the finals or semifinals by Byron Cass, I finally got it done Friday night in the ET Gamblers Race in the finals against him," said Creek. " I ran a 7.07 on a 7.05 dial against his breakout 5.91 on a 5.97 dial. It was a reaction time win!" Rain didn ' t stop the wild-style events of the Old Town Revival( OTR) Spring Fling. The Minibike Misfits races, Hippy ' s Minibike Hillclimb, Rebel Spirit Burnout Pit, WIFMIX Freestyle Stunt Shows, Hot Rod Row, Run What You Brung, and live music just got sloppier and more fun than ever. " Even though the rain came through Saturday afternoon, we still had a great night and finished up strong Sunday," said promoter Beland. " Nothing can stop the highest paying,

lowest cost race of the year! Cash Days 5 is booked for 2027 so don ' t miss it! The only way to lose is to stay home!"

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