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Double Duty for Canidae Racing – CANIDAE Racing Takes 1st at Dome Valley Sand Drags, Places 13th of 34 in Trick Truck Class
Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:00 AM PST
The BITD Parker 425 started a day early this year due to the 1st Annual Tuba Water 4.25 RC race Wednesday night before Time Trials. The CANIDAE Crew had three RC Trucks running this race. This race being Scott Whipple’s first time driving an RC Truck, he had his work cut out for him. After a few heats of battling, Whipple took 2nd in the Best of the Worst heat. A great showing for his first time driving a RC Truck. As the night wrapped up the team headed back to the house to rest up for and exciting day of Time Trials in the morning.
Whipple was 80th off the line of 89 qualifiers, 34 being Trick Trucks while 55 were Class 1500’s. After the practice lap and 79 others tearing up the track it was Whipple’s time to go battle on the rutted, wooped out, silty course. He qualified 44th overall and 19th in the Trick Truck class with a time of 5:54.124 and averaging a speed of 50.83mph.
The following morning Whipple headed to Dome Valley to qualify in the 3rd Annual Dome Valley Top Fuel Shootout. Whipple and the CANIDAE Top Fuel Sand Drag Team are the world record holders. The CANIDAE Trick Truck crew stayed to tech the Trick Truck.
Check out this awesome footage of the Best in the Desert
Parker 425 race from the CANIDAE Pet Foods Trick Truck Team!
At Dome Valley, the CA
NIDAE Top Fuel dragster crew blew away the competition with a blistering pass of 2.24 seconds at 169mph in 300ft. This earned Whipple 1st Place Qualifier and a New Track Record.
Back in Parker, the Trick Truck passed Tech Inspection and the pit meeting was underway while Whipple was back on the road again to Parker so he could start the Parker 425 in the CANIDAE #95 Trick Truck Saturday morning.
Before sunrise the CANIDAE Team was up and double-checking everything before the start. Whipple started the race and had a great first lap, making good time on the competition. It was the second lap where things got tough. Patrick Gailey had to hop out and change a flat tire letting two vehicles pass while doing so. Whipple - on a mission - was back on the gas!
Soon a unfamiliar noise started and they discovered it was a broken 3rd member. Whipple limped the truck to an area where they could fix the problem, but burned up the tranny in doing so. After about two hours of down time they put a new 3rd member and tranny in and the race was back in motion. As Whipple pulled into the pits at the end of lap 2, it was time for fuel and a new spare tire.
Scott Gailey took over driving duties for lap 3 so Whipple could drive back to Dome Valley to race his Top Fuel Sand Dragster in the main heat. 
Whipple won the main with a time of 2.25 seconds at 168mph. Meanwhile, back in Parker, Gailey was keeping a great pace lap 3 and brought the truck across the finish line. CANIDAE placed 13th of 34 in Trick Truck class at the BITD season opener, The Parker 425.
The #1095 buggy on display at contingency (the buggy Whipple and Gailey drove before moving up to Trophy Trucks) will make its debut race at the historic Mint 400! The buggy will be driven by Patrick Gailey aka CANIDAE Co-Dog and Robert Alatorre aka RADesigns.
Team Canidae would like to recognize all of their sponsors for their generous support including: Canidae Pet Foods, Lucas Oil, Tap It Brewing, Magnaflow Exhaust, KC HiLites, Torco Race Fuels, JE Pistons, Fox Race Shox, Geiser Bros. Design & Development, K&N Air Filters, Racepak, CalTex Freight, McKenzie's Performance Products, Specialty Fasteners, XRP Hoses and Fittings, Norco Tires, GET Performance, RSP Shock Prep, Satterlee Racing Engines, East West Clutches.
