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Fred 86 GN
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Latest trip to Tri-State on "test and tune" netted three more "wins" for the GN!
I did not expect to win any of the matchups, but I am finding out that a car that traps over 110mph can reel in many fast starters!
First car was an early 90's Mustang. Bright orange with a big wing on back wearing big and little rubber. Had a rough idle and loud exhaust. In the staging lanes I noticed that the young dude did not have a helmet on...but the dragstrip is often a little lax on such things during T&T. We stage after I do my quiet little burnout and he does a loud one. Lights go down, I am more concerned about building boost and trying to run a time than running him, so I cut a piss-poor light and he jumps ahead. He was ahead for about 330 feet. I passed him in second and put fifteen car lengths on him by the end. 12.7 to a 14.1. No wonder he didn't need a helmet...
Second car was a mid-80's camaro, all stripped out running slicks and no exhaust with a big cam. This guy had a helmet. Once again I am trying to get a good launch (and failing) so he jumps two cars off the tree. Even without locking my converter (oops) I reel him in by the 1000' mark and put a car on him by the end. Harharhar...
Third car I thought was really going to hand me my head. It was a 60's camaro, tubbed, race car with a cage with an older guy wearing a jacket and helmet driving it. This time I cut a decent light, and surprisingly he didn't blow by me. He just faded back half-a-dozen cars or so by the end. I ran a 12.6 to his 13.4. Lucky me, I guess!
Just goes to show, don't sweat what they look or sound like, the only thing that matters is how they run! At least at the dragstrip.
I did not expect to win any of the matchups, but I am finding out that a car that traps over 110mph can reel in many fast starters!First car was an early 90's Mustang. Bright orange with a big wing on back wearing big and little rubber. Had a rough idle and loud exhaust. In the staging lanes I noticed that the young dude did not have a helmet on...but the dragstrip is often a little lax on such things during T&T. We stage after I do my quiet little burnout and he does a loud one. Lights go down, I am more concerned about building boost and trying to run a time than running him, so I cut a piss-poor light and he jumps ahead. He was ahead for about 330 feet. I passed him in second and put fifteen car lengths on him by the end. 12.7 to a 14.1. No wonder he didn't need a helmet...
Second car was a mid-80's camaro, all stripped out running slicks and no exhaust with a big cam. This guy had a helmet. Once again I am trying to get a good launch (and failing) so he jumps two cars off the tree. Even without locking my converter (oops) I reel him in by the 1000' mark and put a car on him by the end. Harharhar...
Third car I thought was really going to hand me my head. It was a 60's camaro, tubbed, race car with a cage with an older guy wearing a jacket and helmet driving it. This time I cut a decent light, and surprisingly he didn't blow by me. He just faded back half-a-dozen cars or so by the end. I ran a 12.6 to his 13.4. Lucky me, I guess!
Just goes to show, don't sweat what they look or sound like, the only thing that matters is how they run! At least at the dragstrip.
