Congrats, Michael!! Good run!
Richard in SA
On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:58:33 PST Michael Clark
<markiiidakota@hotmail.com> writes:
>I tried to send this last night but it never got posted. gonna try it
>
>again:
>
>
>Just getting back from HRP tonight. Didn't see anyone from the list.
>
>Just as
>well because the place was more crowded than I have ever seen it.
>Waited for
>two hours to run! Only did one tonight and I finally broke into the
>14's!
>
>Better numbers all around. The starting line was pretty wet, no
>avoiding the
>water so I spun my wheel a little longer than usual before I staged.
>
>Launched
>around 1500 - 1600 rpms and kinda eased into the throttle. 1st gear
>rubber
>hooked after that. I raced a late model 1/2 ton chevy that sounded
>mean....
>well his bark was much worse than his nibble. He did a massive
>burnout... I did
>a short squeak... Up until about the 330' I thought I was going to
>have
>some
>competition, but then I just eased on ahead of him and steadily pulled
>
>away...
>gosh must have been 4 or 5 car lengths at the end... heh heh heh aint
>
>Dakotas
>great? Anyway here's the numbers:
>
>60' 2.399
>
>1/8 9.601 @ 75.62
>1/4 14.86 @ 92.67
>
>Paying attention to the 1/8 mile now because that's what we'll be
>running at the
>Houston meet in March at Sealy. By then I'll have the stage I TB from
>
>Frank and
>Bruce and we'll see what I can shave off that.
>
>I also wieghed my truck with me and just over 1/4 tank of gass and
>probably
>10lbs of junk inside. 3,795lbs. I also brought my camera and got
>some
>good
>audio of the run. When I get my primary computer out of the shop I'll
>
>post some
>new sounds...
>
>I'M IN THE 14 CLUB BABY YEAHHH! .... Ohh behaaave....
>
>---Mike, near Houston.---
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