Bob Tom wrote:
>
> The Toronto Motorsports Park (TMP) web site finally put
> up the final standings of their 2003 bracket classes.
> I got sole possession of 5th place in the Street ET class
> (12 sec and up), finishing 3 round wins up on a guy that
> I had been tied with for most of the season :-) I was
> 3 round wins shy of tying the 4th place '66 Mustang :-(
> Mine was not only the only Dakota in the class but,
> except for Jim Knox's '91, I cannot recall seeing another
> Dakota racing at the track this season :-(
>
> I went to TMP today for a non-points bracket race.
> I thoroughly ticked off a Honda S2000 owner and his new
> VTEC engine in time trial #2 when I not only got him at
> the light (.596 vs .748) but ran away from him with a
> 14.598 to his 15.314. Wonder what he thinks of his
> $43,000 - 47,000 CDN car now :-P
>
> In time trial #4, I set a personal best of 14.29 :-) Completely
> unexpected in the 72F (shade), 53% humidity, 29.6" barometric
> pressure and 10 mph headwind.
>
> The bummer was that I lost in elimination round #3 to a '99 or '00
> Camaro with the Corvette engine when I was ahead of him and
> approaching 5000 rpms in 3rd and OD came on by itself dropping
> my rpms to 4000 :-( I got my best light of the day too
> (.524 to his .576), knew that I could hold him off as I was
> just getting the part of the rpm band where I begin making
> my biggest power gains, and only had to worry about breaking out :-(
> A win would have put me into the semis and a bit of prize money :-(
>
> Still looking for 50F weather, 30" plus baro. pressure, low humidity,
> and a tailwind wouldn't hurt :-) Pray for me, DMLers!
>
> Bob
>
Congrads on the new personal best ET Bob! - Got my fingers crossed for
ya man! :-D
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