Thanks to Michelle in the blue 67 Camaro on Sassyracing.com.
She and her brother were doing the videos from the grandstands.
http://www.sassyracing.com/ChrisChow/
I have some videos, but they were from behind to see if my car was leaving straight...most of the time
On my solo run against Joe's '56 Chevy, I hit the rev limiter at 8900 rpms shifting into 3rd gear. Nice to have a MoTeC on board
On Saturday:
I qualified 3rd in my class with an 8.5 at 159 with my best 60foot of 1.30. Not bad for stock rear suspension and 10.5 x 29.5W tires. We made another pass with more boost but my ET slowed to an 8.59 at 161 with a 60 foot of 1.35. We were done for the day.
On Sunday:
We strolled into the Bellagio from late lunch, we skipped on the 3rd round of qualifying and we brought my car back from the hotel to get it ready for the first round of eliminations. We were a bit surprised that Mike with the maroon '57 showed up and qualified 2nd with an 8.4.
My 1st round of eliminations against a 72 blown Camaro from
Colorado. His name was Dave. Nice guy, dropped by and expressed a few positive compliments along with his crew. He couldn't make a full pass. I ran an 8.88. But I had to let off 3rd gear because I wasn't pointed straight when I started off the line. Dave aborted his pass at mid track.
My 2nd round was against the #1 qualifier Joe Barry who was driving an orange '56 Chevy. He has a 3-stage nitrous system
on a big block Chevy. It's a full tube chassis and SFI certified.
It's a beautiful car and also sports a Lenco tranny. I staged for a good 2 minutes when his crew guy tripped the lights with his foot. I should have left the line. The starter backed me off the staging beams as I shook my head in protest. At this time, they found water dripping from Joe's engine bay.
I got the automatic win and ran a leisurely 8 second pass and I
didn't have to pull the 'chute.
My final run against the Mike the "Stickman" Pritchard in the
maroon '57 Chevy wasn't without it's problems for me.
My line lock solenoid locked up and I couldn't complete my rolling
burnout. Luckily I turned off power to my accesories and stabbed the brakes a few times to get it to release pressure to my front brakes. Still no rolling burnout tho'. I got up to the line to start spooling the T-76's turbos and the tree went down with my .455 light to his .511. Yes! However, my 60 foot was the worse of the evening with a 1.44 to his 1.40. I was doing 130 in the 1/8th mile and his '57 was doing 129, but he had already caught me with better traction. I saw his car in my periphery as we shifted
through the gears. We were side-by-side all the way until about 200 feet from the finish line. At that point I saw a
small/quick bursting orange glow from his hood scoop and...he dropped back. He ran an 8.9 at 129 to my 8.7 at 160 and I lit the win light!!!
My car weighs 3610lb with me in it.
At Vegas my wife, my Dad and his girlfriend, my #1 pit crew member from Idaho, Shawn Miles and his wife Heather, Peter and Jen from the SVB crew were there to cheer me on.
And thanks to:
John Gianoli at Reggie Jacksons did the entire refreshening of my
twin turbo small block Chevy.
John Mackenzie at Fasttrackperformance.com for all the parts that
make my car hit the track with consistency.
Thanks to Len at Performance Transmission of Las Vegas for his great hospitality and last minute use of his lift.
John Wilde for relaying the latest tech information on suspensions and the use of his Art Car 8" converter.
BTW. Special thanks to Alex for use of his F350XLT turbo Diesel
duelie, tow vehicle. Nancy and I were pampered with XM satillite radio, GPS navigation, DVD player with THX sound
She and her brother were doing the videos from the grandstands.
http://www.sassyracing.com/ChrisChow/
I have some videos, but they were from behind to see if my car was leaving straight...most of the time
On my solo run against Joe's '56 Chevy, I hit the rev limiter at 8900 rpms shifting into 3rd gear. Nice to have a MoTeC on board
On Saturday:
I qualified 3rd in my class with an 8.5 at 159 with my best 60foot of 1.30. Not bad for stock rear suspension and 10.5 x 29.5W tires. We made another pass with more boost but my ET slowed to an 8.59 at 161 with a 60 foot of 1.35. We were done for the day.
On Sunday:
We strolled into the Bellagio from late lunch, we skipped on the 3rd round of qualifying and we brought my car back from the hotel to get it ready for the first round of eliminations. We were a bit surprised that Mike with the maroon '57 showed up and qualified 2nd with an 8.4.
My 1st round of eliminations against a 72 blown Camaro from
Colorado. His name was Dave. Nice guy, dropped by and expressed a few positive compliments along with his crew. He couldn't make a full pass. I ran an 8.88. But I had to let off 3rd gear because I wasn't pointed straight when I started off the line. Dave aborted his pass at mid track.
My 2nd round was against the #1 qualifier Joe Barry who was driving an orange '56 Chevy. He has a 3-stage nitrous system
on a big block Chevy. It's a full tube chassis and SFI certified.
It's a beautiful car and also sports a Lenco tranny. I staged for a good 2 minutes when his crew guy tripped the lights with his foot. I should have left the line. The starter backed me off the staging beams as I shook my head in protest. At this time, they found water dripping from Joe's engine bay.
I got the automatic win and ran a leisurely 8 second pass and I
didn't have to pull the 'chute.
My final run against the Mike the "Stickman" Pritchard in the
maroon '57 Chevy wasn't without it's problems for me.
My line lock solenoid locked up and I couldn't complete my rolling
burnout. Luckily I turned off power to my accesories and stabbed the brakes a few times to get it to release pressure to my front brakes. Still no rolling burnout tho'. I got up to the line to start spooling the T-76's turbos and the tree went down with my .455 light to his .511. Yes! However, my 60 foot was the worse of the evening with a 1.44 to his 1.40. I was doing 130 in the 1/8th mile and his '57 was doing 129, but he had already caught me with better traction. I saw his car in my periphery as we shifted
through the gears. We were side-by-side all the way until about 200 feet from the finish line. At that point I saw a
small/quick bursting orange glow from his hood scoop and...he dropped back. He ran an 8.9 at 129 to my 8.7 at 160 and I lit the win light!!!
My car weighs 3610lb with me in it.
At Vegas my wife, my Dad and his girlfriend, my #1 pit crew member from Idaho, Shawn Miles and his wife Heather, Peter and Jen from the SVB crew were there to cheer me on.
And thanks to:
John Gianoli at Reggie Jacksons did the entire refreshening of my
twin turbo small block Chevy.
John Mackenzie at Fasttrackperformance.com for all the parts that
make my car hit the track with consistency.
Thanks to Len at Performance Transmission of Las Vegas for his great hospitality and last minute use of his lift.
John Wilde for relaying the latest tech information on suspensions and the use of his Art Car 8" converter.
BTW. Special thanks to Alex for use of his F350XLT turbo Diesel
duelie, tow vehicle. Nancy and I were pampered with XM satillite radio, GPS navigation, DVD player with THX sound
.congrats on the win.
and turn up the boost. 
