Re: Drag Racing Results

["Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>]

Craig,

Great runs!  What transmission are you using?  A higher final drive would 
cut a few tenths off that time easily.  How was the track, and what were 
ambient temps?  I really would like to go to Sac to race, all the strips in 
SoCal suck now that Pomona is out of the question.

Joe

>Hey Everyone,
>
>Well, I didn't hit my goal, but I did get very close and had a  really fun
>time. Some of you guys up in the Sacramento area should have come out and
>checked it out, or raced with us. Alex, Nate...Are you guys even on the 
>list
>anymore? Oh well, here's how it went.
>
>My car ran great, and I was very consistent with it. My worst time was a
>15.3XX and my best time of the night was...
>
>15.114 @ 91.XXX MPH
>
>I was shooting for a 15 flat, and would have jumped up and down screaming
>like an idiot if I broke into the 14.9's. Oh well, I got pretty close. I
>guess it's time for me to lose the stock exhaust and stick in a racing
>exhaust from TT. That should get me under 15. The most fun about the night
>for me was that I was racing against a guy in his Nissan 240 that had a
>Japanese Silvia front end on it. He was running a 2.4 liter 4 cylinder with
>rear wheel drive, and I beat him every single time! He asked me what I had
>because in his own words, as soon as I got my tires hooked up, I would leap
>a full car length ahead of him. It was close with us, and that's what made
>it fun. I think his best run was a 15.2XX, and I could see him out of the
>corner of my eye the whole way down the track.
>
>Randy showed up and battled with Kevin S. the whole night, but I'll let him
>tell his own story.
>
>Later -- Craig Williams
>1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (15.114 @ 91 MPH)
>1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For Wife & Son)
>2000 Saab Viggen (15.047 @ 94 MPH)
>Northern California, USA
>
>
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