Tom Welch
Enthusiast
Hello,
For those inquiring minds.......
We arrived at the track this morning at about 10:45 and the facility was soaked from last nights rains. They had to pump the water from the track area with large pumps and firehose. At around noon I made my first pass...which was my best pass of the day at 10.00. I began to run out of nitrous down track(same bottle since BG...damn I'm dumb!) and the mph slowed to only 136, the 60' time was good though at 1.42 and I wish I could have had that on the next two passes. After freshening the bottle, I brain farted on the next pass and stumbled at the line and almost died, resulting in a 1.60 60' time but the car pulled good downtrack and ran a 10.04 at 142.07
It was almost 4 hours before our next pass due to extreme heat and several cars breaking and oiling the track which required long and extensive cleanup. At about 4 pm I made the last pass, a 10.11 at 142.72 but the track was very slippery and I spun in first, second and a bit into third gear. The 60' time was the worst of the day for me...I believe my worst ever on slicks, a 1.62. Typical of a track gone bad by extreme heat and excessive street type cars with no prep between rounds.(there was over 100 cars on hand)
All in all, a good day for me though, as nothing broke, the horsepower was there as evident in the typical MPH for my car, and the rains held off until I started to leave at about 4:30. Wanted a 9 second pass in the 100 degree heat, and a better driver in my car could have done it for me today as I made stupid mistakes early when the conditions where more favorable.
It was good to see everyone who came out, Chuck 98/RT10, MES, Chris from SF, 99ACR Mike, and I was even cordial to Cudaman!
The only other Viper to run was Cudaman and I don't know what he ran. The track personnel had elected to not have the timing lights turned on for this event which was a bummer.
Tom
P.S. The OAT gauge in my truck said 101 Degrees F. I'm quite sure it was hotter than that though, out on the asphalt staging lanes.
For those inquiring minds.......
We arrived at the track this morning at about 10:45 and the facility was soaked from last nights rains. They had to pump the water from the track area with large pumps and firehose. At around noon I made my first pass...which was my best pass of the day at 10.00. I began to run out of nitrous down track(same bottle since BG...damn I'm dumb!) and the mph slowed to only 136, the 60' time was good though at 1.42 and I wish I could have had that on the next two passes. After freshening the bottle, I brain farted on the next pass and stumbled at the line and almost died, resulting in a 1.60 60' time but the car pulled good downtrack and ran a 10.04 at 142.07
It was almost 4 hours before our next pass due to extreme heat and several cars breaking and oiling the track which required long and extensive cleanup. At about 4 pm I made the last pass, a 10.11 at 142.72 but the track was very slippery and I spun in first, second and a bit into third gear. The 60' time was the worst of the day for me...I believe my worst ever on slicks, a 1.62. Typical of a track gone bad by extreme heat and excessive street type cars with no prep between rounds.(there was over 100 cars on hand)
All in all, a good day for me though, as nothing broke, the horsepower was there as evident in the typical MPH for my car, and the rains held off until I started to leave at about 4:30. Wanted a 9 second pass in the 100 degree heat, and a better driver in my car could have done it for me today as I made stupid mistakes early when the conditions where more favorable.
It was good to see everyone who came out, Chuck 98/RT10, MES, Chris from SF, 99ACR Mike, and I was even cordial to Cudaman!
The only other Viper to run was Cudaman and I don't know what he ran. The track personnel had elected to not have the timing lights turned on for this event which was a bummer.
Tom
P.S. The OAT gauge in my truck said 101 Degrees F. I'm quite sure it was hotter than that though, out on the asphalt staging lanes.
Go get 'em for me..
