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Update...long..latest drag times for those interested



This is for the Mad Bastard if nobody else cares .

The day Sunday October 15th the place Rock Falls WI . I arrive shortly after 
8 am and the weather looks like it could rain but it turns out ok after all 
plus the clouds kept the temp down , "this is HP weather" I am thinking to 
myslef as it stays in the 50s . So I proceed to empty the car of its spares 
and tools , put the ole wrinkle walls on , add my aerodynamic aids and 
stiffen up my Tokicos . 

As I go to tech I notice a surprising amount of Dodge Omni turbos , better 
stay away from them they gots turbos ya know ...lol .... I think the Honda 
crowd wasnt in the know until the red one layed down a mid 13 at well over a 
100 . After that the crowd went over to see what made that boxy hatchback go 
. 

On to my runs now....As you know my quest for the 13s was not met at my last 
outing and I made a promise to myself to get there before the season was over 
. This was going to be the day I could smell it . So here I go up to the line 
for my first run of the day ("shakedown" for you NHRA guys) . Get in the 
water attempt to heat the meats up a little but my ebrake wont cooperate so I 
just smoke em and make sure to not go past the starting line . Ok I launch 
the sucker at 6 grand and get a nice pull of the line  (1.96 60' ) despite 
the car lunging to the right about 2 feet and waking me up . Do my usual 
watch the tach and shift on time and all the usual drag stuff . "Well that 
felt like a low 14 I think " I say to my car . Get my slip and holy cow 
13.947 on the first run . Next run a 14.0 and on my third I manage my lowest 
time of a 13.882 @ 95 MPH .  The rest of the day was 14.0 - 14.1 because for 
some reason I cant get a good 60 ' anymore today . 

We did break up into brackets later in the day and I proceeded to take the 
class win with a big fat trophy to prove it . The final race was of course 
the best with me taking the win by .19 over a AWD turbo talon . I had him off 
the tree , he had me on the launch but in the end I beat him by a nose 
despite identical 1/8 th mile time . 

"Today was a good day" 
                  Ice Cube

Jasin 
MK1 all motor turbo eater

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