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



Was the title long last drag time or Longest lasting drag time? My spell
checker went crazy!

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From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
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Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:12 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: 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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