well the air was right. about 55 degrees or so most of the night. the track was another story. totally unprepped. in fact it started a huuuuge argument between racers and track officials about the track conditions that i thought was gonig to escalate to a fist fight. they basically said to the racers tough if you dont like it go home no refunds.

Me personally, i was all over the track launches were tough and i got off a few good ones. the conditions improved a bit as the night wore on with some guys puttin down some rubber.

here are my results.

.569 2.072 5.556 8.269@90.90 10.587 12.533@115.83
.487 1.785 5.443 8.264@88.32 10.634 12.611@114.26
.386 1.883 5.520 8.301@89.30 10.662 12.631@114.67
.685 1.741 5.370 8.151@89.08 10.509 12.476@114.72
.579 1.839 5.231 7.919@90.98 10.236 12.183@115.74
.581 1.755 5.101 7.775@91.56 10.081 12.015@116.68
.515 1.719 5.040 7.708@91.66 10.013 11.951@116.44
.403 1.906 5.249 7.935@90.34 10.259 12.238@114.47
.390 1.739 5.209 8.170@86.94 10.596 12.631@111.84
.465 1.740 5.074 7.771@89.70 10.114 12.101@114.23
.357 1.772 5.123 7.826@90.22 10.170 12.135@114.76
.387 1.696 5.164 7.922@90.19 10.279 12.254@114.25
.422 1.671 5.078 7.832@89.42 10.190 12.160@114.68
.222 1.740 5.164 7.917@89.06 10.269 12.264@113.83
.264 1.879 5.351 8.114@88.93 10.488 12.478@113.37


The first 4 runs were horrible. no traction on any launch. the 4th run was a 12.4 and i left at idle. all runs were regular shifting, ie letting off gas and using clutch. i did not try any power shifting tonight at all. i got braver towards the end and started messing around with 5k rpm launches on the last 4 runs or so. netted some ok times there.

here is my slip:

 

Congrats 'Bird!

 

Nice passes Bird! Jeez how much gas did you burn! That's alot of passes. It may not work for you but my car runs much faster if I cool it down for at least 30 mins. between hits. Try it some time. Congrats for getting into the 11's. Kev