BME SKIPPING DENVER IS NOTHING NEW
Squelch the rumor mill;
there’s no hidden agenda behind Bill Miller and Alan Bradshaw’s absence from
Bandimere Speedway this weekend. The Mopar Mile High Nationals never ranks high
on the high-profile independent team’s preference list.
“It has never been on Bill’s
agenda to attend the
The BME team will join the
western swing in
Squelch the rumor mill;
there’s no hidden agenda behind Bill Miller and Alan Bradshaw’s absence from
Bandimere Speedway this weekend. The Mopar Mile High Nationals never ranks high
on the high-profile independent team’s preference list.
“It has never been on Bill’s
agenda to attend the
The BME team will join the
western swing in
“That’s Bill’s way of
keeping the perimeters in check,” Bradshaw said. “It’s a lot easier to race in
“We’re sorting out a bunch
of new parts and with that you have the usual learning curves. We have better
equipment but not the wisdom at this time on how to make it work better. All
year long, we’ve challenged ourselves with a supercharger program that wasn’t
working right and we have that fixed now.”
Bradshaw said the team
learned the viciousness of chasing problems can have a domino effect.
“Then the belts started
coming off of the car because of the new power the superchargers created. The
belt was the weak link and then we switched belts and once we
got that fixed then we discovered the fuel system would run lean and blow the
burst panels out.
“It’s like a domino
effect. Once you fix one problem then you see the next weakest link. As of
In every dark cloud, there
is a silver lining.
“I keep saying every
weekend that we are smarter than when we showed up, so we ought to be smarter
next time out,” Bradshaw said. “That’s my thought for the day.”