Mike Puckett
SCCoA Member
Well, I started the day by accidently cutting off a Honda big time when changing lanes on I-85; he was right in my blind spot. Fortunately, I had just punched it and taken off like a shot and pulled away from him. Whew, duh! Beeeep honk, honk, honk. Finally, at Atlanta Dragway I easily beat a 70's Dodge Charger in my 1st time trial but on my 2nd time trial when I launched, it yanked me back in the seat so hard that I pulled it out of gear into neutral. By the time I got it back in gear I only ran a 14.67 with a 3.2, 60' time. Oh well, on to eliminations. I dialed in a 13.35 since I was a tad slower than last time. Well, my 2 pit mates had a Camaro and an Olds Gutless and they were ragging my *** about my Ford. All in good fun you understand. Of course, they constantly tweaked on theirs and I never touched mine except to feel how hot it was. Well revenge and the last laugh were mine as I eliminated both of them one after the other. And they didn't want to talk about it back in the pits, either. I got your classic brush off there. I then took out a lady driven 98 Mustang for my 3rd win. On my last run against last years champ (he wanted a rematch) I again got him off the line with a .553 r/t. But we double broke out and he was closer. I'd dropped my dial-in to 13.25 since it had gotten chilly but ran a 13.197. The Mustang ran a 13.822 on a 13.85 dial-in. But hey, what a way to break out, huh, I even got another sub 2.0(1.967) 60' time. That was my 3rd fastest time. All my elimination run r/t's were sub .600. I've got that light figured out for those .5xx r/t's. I have to launch as I see the light increase in intensity but not when it 1st comes on. If I wait till that last yellow is fully lit then I run a .7xx and if I launch as it comes on I'll red light. If they switch to LED's I'm dead, it'll screwup my timing. I should be either still in the points lead or tied for the lead with 160. People are starting to notice this Super Coupe. 3 guys came over to talk about it during the evening. It was another good night.