BLOWN38
SCCoA Member
Went down there to check it out. See if it was still a hugh event, it was. Went up there friday for the early bird test session. Think I ran an 11.13 first pass with some tire spin. Was a 1.67 60'. Let some air out of the tires and went back up. Pulled a 1.54 60' and ran a 10.98 at 125 I think it was. Worked on the marauder the rest of the day. The trans started slipping in 2nd gear. Only got a 10.9 out of it.
Saturday came around and I pulled up to the lane for the first pass. Staged and took off to a 1.54 60' got into second gear and the IC tube blew off again. thought dang it there goes a wasted run. While putsin down the track I look up at the score board and see a .000 RT. Went thru the traps at 15 something. I decided to see if I could limp it back to my pit cause the place was packed. Got back spitting and sputtering.
Got back and figured I had some time to get the IC tube back on. I tried to crank it back up to make room for another car and nothing happened, dangit. And about 5 mins later they called us back up for another run. Time to start hustling. Luckily I had some practice from the KY meet. I was thinking I'm gonna miss this round(this would have been bad, find out later in my story), but I was DOING WORK. They finished up the cars in the lane for first round time runs and came over the air and said they were prepping the track. I was like good a couple more mins to do work. Got the tube back on and made it to the lanes. Made my second pass with a 1.52 60' and ran a 10.88.
Then the waiting commenced. 11 hours, yes 11 hours went by and we finally made our 3rd time run. I went a 10.86 with a 1.54 60'.
Ok sunday time. We get there at 8:30 am get the cars ready and get called to the lanes at 9am. Make the time run at 9:15 and get a pooey 1.6 60' and run a 10.86. Get back to the pits and set tire pressure and wait for round 1 elims that are supposed to happen a 11am. That time goes by and we are watching some racing, 1st round of Pro elims. Then at about 2pm they say they are gonna run 2 rounds of pros then 2 back to back of brackets. Well the 7 second 4 bangers and v8s alike are busting all over the place. Oiling the track down every other run. Finally 8pm comes around and they call 1st round of brackets. Ok we're ready, I've had the car dialed since about 12pm. Dialed a 10.80 figured that would be good. Got to the burnout box and had to race a 9.0 dialed civic. Got staged, lights came down and I took off on the 3rd yellow to a .-004 red light. Thought oh well its time to leave this place anyway. Car ran a 10.97 but I guess it would of been a close race if I was in the positive on the light.
Saturday came around and I pulled up to the lane for the first pass. Staged and took off to a 1.54 60' got into second gear and the IC tube blew off again. thought dang it there goes a wasted run. While putsin down the track I look up at the score board and see a .000 RT. Went thru the traps at 15 something. I decided to see if I could limp it back to my pit cause the place was packed. Got back spitting and sputtering.
Got back and figured I had some time to get the IC tube back on. I tried to crank it back up to make room for another car and nothing happened, dangit. And about 5 mins later they called us back up for another run. Time to start hustling. Luckily I had some practice from the KY meet. I was thinking I'm gonna miss this round(this would have been bad, find out later in my story), but I was DOING WORK. They finished up the cars in the lane for first round time runs and came over the air and said they were prepping the track. I was like good a couple more mins to do work. Got the tube back on and made it to the lanes. Made my second pass with a 1.52 60' and ran a 10.88.
Then the waiting commenced. 11 hours, yes 11 hours went by and we finally made our 3rd time run. I went a 10.86 with a 1.54 60'.
Ok sunday time. We get there at 8:30 am get the cars ready and get called to the lanes at 9am. Make the time run at 9:15 and get a pooey 1.6 60' and run a 10.86. Get back to the pits and set tire pressure and wait for round 1 elims that are supposed to happen a 11am. That time goes by and we are watching some racing, 1st round of Pro elims. Then at about 2pm they say they are gonna run 2 rounds of pros then 2 back to back of brackets. Well the 7 second 4 bangers and v8s alike are busting all over the place. Oiling the track down every other run. Finally 8pm comes around and they call 1st round of brackets. Ok we're ready, I've had the car dialed since about 12pm. Dialed a 10.80 figured that would be good. Got to the burnout box and had to race a 9.0 dialed civic. Got staged, lights came down and I took off on the 3rd yellow to a .-004 red light. Thought oh well its time to leave this place anyway. Car ran a 10.97 but I guess it would of been a close race if I was in the positive on the light.