Re: Sat Drags in Houston

From: Richard A Pyburn (rap777@juno.com)
Date: Mon Jul 20 1998 - 08:29:34 EDT


Damn, Gene!!!!
It was way hot Sunday, like Saturaday and most of the days before. Those
are great reaction times! Glad that Ram Air setup is workin' for ya. Wish
I coulda been there to see it.

Richard in SAp

On Sun, 19 Jul 1998 21:55:26 EDT DodgeBoyz3@aol.com writes:
>Hello list!
>
>Spent all afternoon and evening @ HRP for the Mopar truck shootout and
>the
>evening bracket racing. They wouldn't let us get any time trials in
>for the
>Mopar truck shootout so we just had to dial and race!
>
>I dialed 15.10 for the first pass. Very Hot!!! Mike can attest to
>this, glad
>I have Ram Air. Well, I broke out.........Went 15.03 on that 15.10
>dial. Oh
>well, at least I knew how it was running.
>
>After some more passes down the track, I settled down to wait for the
>"no
>electronics" class to start.........To make a long war story shorter,
>after 5
>rounds of elimination's, we were down to 1/4 finals. I had been
>lounging on
>the fence with a few others watching a 93 Mustang GT rip up the track
>147.88
>mph @ 9.82 sec. And the dammed car looked stock! Anyway I hear the
>track
>announcer saying they are one car short in the foot brake class,
>that's when I
>realized it was me!!!
>
>I hightailed it to the staging lanes just in time and cleaned off the
>tires
>and staged up against a Slushstang coupe covered in stickers. Here is
>the
>result:
>
>Mustang Dakota
>
>Dial,,,12.15
>Dial...15.00
>R/T....537
> .537
>60' 1.805
>2.197
>220 5.098
> 6.247
>1/8 7.838
>9.611
>MPH 89.32
>72.91
>1000 10.234
>12.534
>1/4 12.267 WIN>>
>15.011
>MPH 110.51
>90.64
>
>Temp......93F
>Bar.........28.80
>(heat index 101F)
>
>Some of the other times were:
>(all dial 15.00)
>R/T .541 15.059@90.09mph
>R/T .513 15.056@90.51mph
>R/T .534 15.064@89.92mph
>R/T .516 15.012@90.44mph
>
>My finall run I was paired up with real fancy pro street (76)
>T/A.........Well, I finally red lighted and fouled out..........R/T
>.499.....I
>didn't even take it all the way down at full speed.......a 1/4 mi run
>of 22.43
>sec.
>
>Its been really hot down here of late. Too hot for much racing.
>So I added a few bucks to my pocket for the wins and making it to the
>semis.
>Plus added another $$$ winner sticker to the rear window...Hell before
>long I
>may need a new window.
>
>BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>
>Gene in Houston
>

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