Re: This Weekends Bug Nationals at SIR Recap

[Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

Hey Shannon, you should be running quicker than 16's if you have a 2l 16v.
I know you haven't raced before but something just doesn't seem quite
right. 




Rich Deede
2000 GTI GLX
1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Shannon Fenton wrote:

> All
> 
> 	Well I think its safe to say it was hot enough for everyone. The action on
> the track pretty hot as was some of the...spectators. I didn't see much of
> the car show but what I saw was pretty boring except for some of the air
> cooled stuff. Maybe I've been spoiled by ND but I wasn't that impressed by
> anything there except the Momentum group and the 1.8T Roc with Owen and
> Riley's red machines. I was more into the racing anyway, Id rather go than
> show.
> 	After stuffing ourselves at Dennys that morning we arrived late enough to
> miss all the qualifying. I walked around for awhile before realizing they
> were starting eliminations. I went and had the car teched which meant he
> made sure I was wearing pants and not shorts. So I went into the eliminator
> cold, as Im sure you all know my 2.0 has been having probs so I figured I
> would only get one run anyway since I have never dragged before so I dialed
> in at 16.00 flat. My first run I really smoked the tires off on the launch
> and got a 1.8 sec R/T and a 16.01 1/4 mile...I WON! With that lousy RT even.
> In the lane back to the pits my cooling fan came on and my oil pressure
> light was lit for a couple minutes or so then went out. On my second run I
> launched a little better but with still too much wheel spin. Stayed in 2nd
> too long and turned a 16.31, but with a R/T of 1.089 (hey im learning ok). I
> was knocked out by the TT Rabbit, a scary machine coming up from behind you
> after a healthy handicap. You can hear the scream of the supercharger for
> the entire 1/4 mile. I did one more fun run and ran a 16.34, cant remember
> my R/T though, beat a 16V rabbit. Wathced the 1.8T Scirocco run consistantly
> in the 14's running 18-19lbs (was that right Riley?) of boost and having
> some pretty serious traction issues it seemed. As he went down the track you
> could see when the car was on boost beacuase it would suddenly torque steer
> twoards the side of the track! What fun that must be....
> 	I was disappointed that with all the list members there only three stepped
> up to the plate! Riley, Chirs Delong, Andy Murphy (who missed the eliminator
> due to missing a shift and blowing out his clutch), were the only real men
> present for the Scirocco List that day. Overall a really fun day and I got
> to really meet Owen and Riley and be jealous of thier clean machines. Thank
> goodness that Rileys cams werent dialed in so at least I can say I was the
> fastest 16V Roc of the day. All go and no show......
> 
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> Shannon Fenton
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> sfenton@amazon.com
> 
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