Great day for drag racing!. Suns out, clam breeze, and 78 degrees. Big crowd of people and a lot more cars this year then last. Off to tech, lines are long! Should I scale the car? why not, 2960! heavy pig. First pass was a nice shake down, Clutch is a little soft but the track is very sticky. Add a little weight to the clutch and back to the lanes. Cars leaves good nice and straight, go through the gears, Clutch still a little soft. Not a big deal no real racing today, good time for tuning. Jump from 4 grams to 8 grams just to make the clutch respone to change. Car leaves hard, hit the tires hard on every shift. But still a good pass. Now sit, relax, talk with friends, think about the tune up for the morning.
6.37 a.m. is that rain? yes its raining. Good I can sleep inn! 8.30 a.m no rain but ground is wet, people starting to stir. COFFEE!!!! Racing suppose to start at 10 a.m. but with the rain we may be a little late. Decide to go with 5.5 grams on the clutch. Change the carb jetting and get ready for the only time trail today. Try to get all the water off the car before going to the staging lanes. Heat the tires and stage. 6500 2 step, pop the clutch, and just shake the tires hard!!!! It has to be from water in body somewhere?? First round of elims, come out of the water box ready for action. Stage the first bulb, then the second, the guy gets 3 bulbs. First yellow, on the two step, last yellow let the clutch go, .018 light, front end is very high in the air, second gear, still in the air, =car settles and starts to run hard. Caught him just before the finish. What a run, 1.28 60ft on the back wheel. Car ran very well, nothing to change. Second round, two second spot. Stage, off he goes, Let the clutch out and in the air it goes, .030 light. Charging hard trying to catch this guy, he hits the brakes hard at the line and I blow by. He breaks out, .43 on a 50. Next round!!. Third round. SAtaging guy lets me I should get the BY, if there is one. If not, I get lane choice... No BY, I get the right lane. Come out of the water, never got a change to focus on what I needed too. Watch the guy leave and I went RED early!!!! I was just pissed! Had to sit down and collect myself... Oh well thats racing . My buddy Jason took him out the next round : ). Jason went on and made to the finals and got the runner up position. Turned out to be a great day of racing... Next time!!!
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