I got home yesterday from Mexico, swapped the DR's onto the Aero and drove down to Woodburn for the Friday Nite Fun drags. Not very many cars there but I had fun. I raced a VERY suped up old Caddy, a Magnum, a Jeep and two suped up old Dodge's(Darts?). Temp was 75 degrees.
I havent been out in a couple of months and had to re-learn launching on the not prepped track. My gas tank was 3/4 full too. But I figured it would be fun to get out and play.

First run was against the Caddy. I did a 12.36@112.19mph, he was waaay behind. I got a soft launch(which turned out to be good) and a slow RT(.445). He got a .183 RT.

Second race I tried to launch hard and spun the tires down the track for a 13.06@111.46mph and a 2.2 60'. Beat the other guy but he only ran a 15.1.

Third race I tried to launch a little slower and still spun so I let off and then got back into it. Ran a 13.16@111.48 with a 2.1 60'. The Dodge was in at 13.49.

Fourth race I went to the soft launch, RT was .313, 60' was 1.99 and I got a 12.5@111.82mph. The other guy had a 13.1.

Fifth race was 12.5@111.82mph with a 2.0 60'. The Jeep ran 14.1.

There was a Porsche CaymanS there, but it was an older gent and he must have been just out to see what it would do. He had to re-stage a few times and ran a 15 second run when I was staged behind him. A guy with a pretty modded Fox body wouldnt race me. He said he was doing low to mid 13's and didnt want to get embarassed. He works on MB's and knew what I had. Several folks came over to look at the car and find out what the heck was under the hood.

P.S.: The belt wrap kit worked great! No slipping on any run. I want to get it on a sticky track for a better test with a hard launch. But I am very happy so far.

 

Hello Mike,

good to see you and your car back on the track. Good luck!

 

The DA gods will smile on you sometime soon. Get that launch down now so when they do your ready.

 

good runs,,, "I'll be back" and you are.,, jim

 

Sounds like you had a good time for a friday night.. How was the track preped???

The 12.36 on your first run is sweet. It looked like you got the track/care dialed in by runs 4 & 5. Good to see the belt wrap is workin' great for ya.

Was it a test & tune night; do the prep the track prior racing?

Your lucky to have two track options so close that you can drive to them with the DR's on.

Damn 4 hour drive me over the grapevine - perhaps before summer is up.

 

Yes, it was a test and tune night. If they prepped the track it was used up by the time I got there. Maybe I should have let a little more air out of the DR's. I was running about 28 pounds.

 

I run 15 lbs in my DR's for excellent traction.

 

I had my worst 1/8 time on Saturday in Knoxville. DA was horrible and it was about 97 outside!!!! My best run so far was a 8.6 but my average out of 8 runs on Saturday was 8.8 @ around 82 mph. Boooooo

 

great runs....