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Friday's Car Club Challenge saw my best racing this season!
I managed a 14.508 on a 14.500 dial-in for the second round. With a 0.523 RT, it gave me a 0.031s total package! That may not be good for the hard-core guys, but for this rookie it seemed like a miracle.
Trying not to fall flat on my face, your's truely cut a perfect 0.500 light the next round! Easily the best racing day I've had all season.
Unfortunately I was a bit confused, thinking I had a by in the next round. Knowing that my last run was on the breaks hard, and the temperature was dropping, I was concentrating on a good 60' and ET to adjust my dial-in for the 1/4 finals. After my burnout, a "straggler" came running up to the line to race me? Ok, I don't mind him running next to me I thought.
Sleeping at at 0.922 light the bird ran 14.412 on a 14.380 dial in. Then I heard the announcement... oh man was I shocked... it WAS a race, there were no bys in this round.
Sad part is, just a 0.817 RT would have done it. *sigh* Lesson Learnt... ALL bys are solo runs, Test&Tune or other groups arn't paird up with us to save time. (Apparently the 8086 DOS 2.0 timing computer can't run 2 bys at the same time! lol)
In the end, Team NW Fbody did manage to win it all... that's 4 races in a row ... and are only 2 points out of the lead with 3 races remaining in the CCC.
quote:Originally posted by Steve in Seattle: '97 TA ragtop. SFC's help with weight transfer, but add a little weight. No hp-mods to speek of, excpet for the CAI I guess.
Everyone there was running about 0.3/0.4 slower than normal. That would fit about right with my car i'd imagine.
Looking for a 14.00 this Saturday. (13's will get me kicked off the track , need to get a 5-point roll bar to weld in).
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Well, I spent another day at the track yesterday. Best run was 14.365 @ 98.81... personal best, yet still a bit slower than I think I can wrench outta her. I heard a few guys mention they were about .1 to .2 seconds back of a typical "good" day (cool/dry). Temps were between 72 and 65*F. Humidity was as high as 74%.
Good part is I cut 0.5xx R/T's on all my runs. (.518 best) , the bad news was that I only took 3 runs. The first 2 were time-trials, the third was the first round of elliminations, which I for some reason decided to find 1st gear instead of 3rd. Thankfully everything sounds and runs fine. Glad I don't have a LS1 right now.
I had the option of running Test & Tune for the rest of the day, but considering the missed shift, which I've never done in a race, I figured I shouldn't push my luck.
I'm sure she's got a 14.2 in her if I get a cool/dry day. Powershifting a bit more might help as well (I still find myself lifting a bit between shifts...). Ditching these worn 27,000 mile Nittos for fresh meats will deffiently help with my 2.0+ 60 foot times though.
[ 04. August 2002, 10:15 PM: Message edited by: Steve in Seattle ]
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Easily the best racing day I've had all season. 
... and are only 2 points out of the lead with 3 races remaining in the CCC. 
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, need to get a 5-point roll bar to weld in).![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Thankfully everything sounds and runs fine. Glad I don't have a LS1 right now. 
