Let me start off by saying it was a blast meeting some of you guys again, and others for the first time. I had a great time. Special thanks to Derek who led us to the track and John for letting us crash at his place Saturday night.
I had on OK day. My best two runs were the first two. On the 3rd run I missed second, and it was a pain in my butt every run after that. Out of 6 runs I missed 2nd 3 times. On the last run I asked the guy handing out the timeslips if he'd seen my second gear because I can't find it. It was bad. I lost way too many runs thanks to my lack of being able to drive.
OK, so here are my runs and the drama that goes with each.
RUN 1 -
Best run of the night. Seems to be on par for me. I usually get my best run on the 1st or 2nd pass. Bad thing is my tach freaked out on me (my fault for not screwing the gauge cluster back in after doing my gauge faces) so I was "racing by ear", more or less. I got a great launch, but I hit the rev limiter before the 1 - 2 shift. Got a good 1 - 2 after that, but hit the rev limiter *AGAIN* before the 2 - 3. What I failed to notice was the second time I hit the rev limiter the car turned off. I coasted for the last few hundred feet of this pass! Yes... this was my best run (as sad as that is).
60' ........... 1.759 !!!! <-- Stock clutch, BTW.
1/8 ET ...... 8.276
1/8 MPH ... 76.125 <-- LMAO!
That's what coasting a few hundred feet will do to your MPH. Ths was a great run... up until the car shut off.
Had things been a little different there, I am positive that I would have got a 8.1 or maybe even a 8.0 @ 84 - 85 MPH. That was my goal. A 8.2 or quicker with a trap of 84 or faster. I got my goal, but I should have been a little better than that. It was all down hill from there. Oh, I also managed to beat a certain member of this board on this run... WITH MY ENGINE OFF, but I won't name any names.
Run 2 -
I lined up with a 2G Talon. He had the usual upgrades apart from the fuel pump. Big 16G turbo, 3" exhaust, etc. Really nice looking car. He got a better RT by .2 of a second, so it looked like he got me off the line. We both had lousy 60' times (he got a 2.130), but it was a good run. I beat him by almost a full second. He ran a 9.324 @ 76.130
60' .............. 2.041
1/8 ET ........ 8.535
1/8 MPH ..... 84.261
That was my best trap speed ever in the 1/8. Had I ran at the 1/4 the night before on Friday I would have at least one 12 second slip in my collection right now...
Run 3 -
Let the horrors begin. From here on out my driving ability must have decided to sit the rest of the night out. I could not buy a clean 1 -2 shift to save my life. I lined up with an old muscle car. We staged, the lights dropped, and...
VR-4 ......................... Muscle
.560 ........... RT ............... .097
1.758 .......... 60' ............... 1.706
9.558 ....... 1/8 ET ........... 7.372
73.043 ...... 1/8 MPH ........ 83.432
That was my best 60' ever... but I choked on the 1 - 2, and was not able to recover. It may be a good thing, though, because right as the other car was crossing the traps he blew his driveshaft in half. One part spun out in to my lane then rolled back over in to the middle. Had I got a clean run I would have been all over that drive shaft running ~85 MPH. It sucked that I tanked the 1 - 2, but I think it paid off in the long run.
Nothing else worth talking about happened after that. I blew the 1 -2 on run #4 and lost to Sean Johnson. I pulled a full on slow - mo granny shift for the 1 - 2 on run #5 (and lost to John Adams by .2 of a second). On run #6 I again missed the 1 - 2 and lost to Sean Johnson again.
It just was not my day... but, it was a blast getting together and racing with the East TN crew. They're a great bunch of guys and a huge credit to 3Si.
Again, thanks to all for such a great day of racing. Hope to see you all again next season!!!
I had on OK day. My best two runs were the first two. On the 3rd run I missed second, and it was a pain in my butt every run after that. Out of 6 runs I missed 2nd 3 times. On the last run I asked the guy handing out the timeslips if he'd seen my second gear because I can't find it. It was bad. I lost way too many runs thanks to my lack of being able to drive.
OK, so here are my runs and the drama that goes with each.
RUN 1 -
Best run of the night. Seems to be on par for me. I usually get my best run on the 1st or 2nd pass. Bad thing is my tach freaked out on me (my fault for not screwing the gauge cluster back in after doing my gauge faces) so I was "racing by ear", more or less. I got a great launch, but I hit the rev limiter before the 1 - 2 shift. Got a good 1 - 2 after that, but hit the rev limiter *AGAIN* before the 2 - 3. What I failed to notice was the second time I hit the rev limiter the car turned off. I coasted for the last few hundred feet of this pass! Yes... this was my best run (as sad as that is).
60' ........... 1.759 !!!! <-- Stock clutch, BTW.
1/8 ET ...... 8.276
1/8 MPH ... 76.125 <-- LMAO!
That's what coasting a few hundred feet will do to your MPH. Ths was a great run... up until the car shut off.
Had things been a little different there, I am positive that I would have got a 8.1 or maybe even a 8.0 @ 84 - 85 MPH. That was my goal. A 8.2 or quicker with a trap of 84 or faster. I got my goal, but I should have been a little better than that. It was all down hill from there. Oh, I also managed to beat a certain member of this board on this run... WITH MY ENGINE OFF, but I won't name any names.
Run 2 -
I lined up with a 2G Talon. He had the usual upgrades apart from the fuel pump. Big 16G turbo, 3" exhaust, etc. Really nice looking car. He got a better RT by .2 of a second, so it looked like he got me off the line. We both had lousy 60' times (he got a 2.130), but it was a good run. I beat him by almost a full second. He ran a 9.324 @ 76.130
60' .............. 2.041
1/8 ET ........ 8.535
1/8 MPH ..... 84.261
That was my best trap speed ever in the 1/8. Had I ran at the 1/4 the night before on Friday I would have at least one 12 second slip in my collection right now...
Run 3 -
Let the horrors begin. From here on out my driving ability must have decided to sit the rest of the night out. I could not buy a clean 1 -2 shift to save my life. I lined up with an old muscle car. We staged, the lights dropped, and...
VR-4 ......................... Muscle
.560 ........... RT ............... .097
1.758 .......... 60' ............... 1.706
9.558 ....... 1/8 ET ........... 7.372
73.043 ...... 1/8 MPH ........ 83.432
That was my best 60' ever... but I choked on the 1 - 2, and was not able to recover. It may be a good thing, though, because right as the other car was crossing the traps he blew his driveshaft in half. One part spun out in to my lane then rolled back over in to the middle. Had I got a clean run I would have been all over that drive shaft running ~85 MPH. It sucked that I tanked the 1 - 2, but I think it paid off in the long run.
Nothing else worth talking about happened after that. I blew the 1 -2 on run #4 and lost to Sean Johnson. I pulled a full on slow - mo granny shift for the 1 - 2 on run #5 (and lost to John Adams by .2 of a second). On run #6 I again missed the 1 - 2 and lost to Sean Johnson again.
It just was not my day... but, it was a blast getting together and racing with the East TN crew. They're a great bunch of guys and a huge credit to 3Si.
Again, thanks to all for such a great day of racing. Hope to see you all again next season!!!