Dusty Bradford
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For those that have been keeping up with my car. Last night was the first competition passes in the local radial tire class, EZ Street. It was a last minute deal that I decided to run since it was a shot at $1500 with free entry and I needed the practice. The race was held at an older drag strip. The track was scraped of the old rubber early in the week and the test and tune nights were rained out so there was no rubber for us to run on. It was a peddle fest and the one that could figure out a way to get down the track would come out on top.
I qualified #2 with a 6.02 at 129 behind a BBF powered mustang coupe who put up a 5.74 at 124. He didn't use the nitrous until half track so you have an idea how bad traction was.
I drew a first round bye and put up a 5.70 at 129. This was leaving very soft and barely ramping the boost in. This turned out to be the second fastest pass of the night with the BBF coupe going a 5.68 against me in the finals.
2nd round I ran the 632 Fulton powered 68 Camaro of Donnie Key who ended up red lighting. I think my .402 light in qualifying had the other guys a little jumpy
Since I spun I lost lane choice in the finals to the coupe who put me in the bad lane. He ended up getting me by 2 cars...His 5.68 to my 5.95. There were only four 5 second passes all night. My two and the coupe's two.
I have to say the AMS-1000 boost controller from Cal Hartline paid for itself the first night. If not for it's amazing boost control I would have never made it down the track. 1 pound of boost on a 383 with a 98mm is a big difference. This controller never varies more than .5 of boost. I was able to control launch boost and ramp speed at such a close tolerance even the progressive nitrous controllers couldn't touch it. If anyone out there needs the best boost controller on the market, give Cal a call.
Thanks Cal for talking me into it. I know you wanted an update but I left the track just after 2am, just in time for me to be at work at 5am. The track was an hour and half away
Sleep is for pansies 
I qualified #2 with a 6.02 at 129 behind a BBF powered mustang coupe who put up a 5.74 at 124. He didn't use the nitrous until half track so you have an idea how bad traction was.
I drew a first round bye and put up a 5.70 at 129. This was leaving very soft and barely ramping the boost in. This turned out to be the second fastest pass of the night with the BBF coupe going a 5.68 against me in the finals.
2nd round I ran the 632 Fulton powered 68 Camaro of Donnie Key who ended up red lighting. I think my .402 light in qualifying had the other guys a little jumpy
Since I spun I lost lane choice in the finals to the coupe who put me in the bad lane. He ended up getting me by 2 cars...His 5.68 to my 5.95. There were only four 5 second passes all night. My two and the coupe's two.
I have to say the AMS-1000 boost controller from Cal Hartline paid for itself the first night. If not for it's amazing boost control I would have never made it down the track. 1 pound of boost on a 383 with a 98mm is a big difference. This controller never varies more than .5 of boost. I was able to control launch boost and ramp speed at such a close tolerance even the progressive nitrous controllers couldn't touch it. If anyone out there needs the best boost controller on the market, give Cal a call.
Thanks Cal for talking me into it. I know you wanted an update but I left the track just after 2am, just in time for me to be at work at 5am. The track was an hour and half away
Sleep is for pansies 
Sounds like you could have just as easily won (just a matter of who gets better traction or had the better lane), but that must be nice to make some $$$ racing, hell even if it just covered gas expenses, etc.. 
