Today's recap:
There only appear to be eight of us:
Doug Duell
Doug Poplivitch (67 Fairlaine - Green)
Barry's Pig
DW's Thunderbolt
Wilson's Blue/White Chevelle
C/NSS tan 63/64 Chevy
Me
The High Voltage car
Far cry from last year when we had about 21-23 cars.
The three Dark Horse cars aren't here
Skip, Kurt, Jake II, and 00-Joe aren't here
I guess more could show up tomorrow -- but they'll have to register and tech in and will most likely miss the first Qualifying.
Doug ripped off a 9.52, changed his carbs and the car would bog and then do 9.4s for 2 runs, switched his old carbs back and did a 9.504
Barry did a red-light 9.48 and then shifted his Powerglide from 2nd to first for a 10.2
DW is having problems with his car -- doing a high 10 and a low 11. He thinks it is a carb issue and has parts being overnighted
I really don't know what the other four cars are up to.
On the Vitamin C car -- today was the first time I ever sat in it. I barely got the new seat belts fastened and there' no adjustment left. I was told to launch the car at 4500 and shift at 6800. I did that and got a .016 RT and my ET was a 10.86. I thought that was a good pass for the first time. I bought a set of belts from Barry -- and the were the right size. After Dallas installed them I launched at 4500 and shifted at 6500 -- and did a 10.89 -- My RT sucked. I was real confused.
For the third and last pass I figure I can slow the car down by launching at 2000 and shifting at 6000. Well that got me a 10.79 -- with my best 60' -- so much for launching at 4800! My RT was late again. The launching at 4800 didn't sound right when he told me that -- and I had to ask if he was sure. Dallas was launching that hard when he ran the car a couple of weeks ago.
I guess I'll try to Deep stage and shift at 5600 (if I can catch it fast enough on first to 2nd) -- and hope the deep stage helps my RT and slows the car a 1/10. My 4-speed launches so hard compared to this car that it must be affecting my RTs. Anyway -- I have (hopefully) three Qualifying passes Saturday to figure it out.
It was a lot of waiting because the right lane was down and not fixed until 4:30. They were to close at 5:00 but ran until 5:30.
Got to get up at 6AM to be at the gate at 8AM -- as Qualifying starts at 9AM. |