This appearance in Long Beach, CA was coordinated by one of the High Speed Motorsports sponsors, Curtis & Christensen Auto Parts. The benefit was hosted by the Sultans Car Club of Long Beach with the Long Beach K-9 Officers Association. 100% of all proceeds went to the support, training and purchase of police K-9 dogs. The High Speed Motorsports team displayed the car from 9am - 2pm and fired it twice. They also had numerous people sit in the car and take pictures. Driver, Sean Bellemeur also took pictures and signed autographs. The event include a very cool K-9 demonstration. The dogs did some drug / bomb sniffing, car searches and suspect take downs. The HSMS team will be back next year if their schedule permits.

 

 

Although the weather was overcast, there was a large turn out of hot rodders and fans.

In the car was the president or one of the officers of the Sultans Car Club. He was all smiles and joking till just before they started the car, then got a very serious look - "what was I thinking" kind of look.

 

As always, the sound of a 3000 horsepower dragster engine on nitro attracts everyone in sight.

Sean presented a check from High Speed Motor Sports to the K-9 Officers assn. / MC of the event.

Through out the day the dogs went through their paces - They use the Belgian Malinois almost exclusively for the K-9 patrols. They are amazing dogs, between 22" and 26" tall and only 50-60 lbs - but in one of the demonstrations a single dog pulls a grown man all the way out of a culvert pipe by the guys foot! After you see thisdemonstration a half dozen others, you will do EXACTLY what any K-9 officer tells you to do! Those dogs just love their jobs too. LB K-9 also has bloodhounds - Lucy is the famous one, but there was a puppy there too.