Congrats , Alan !!!
At 06:30 PM 2/7/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>Alan, I thought you were sayin the computer was canceling out all your
>mods. Damn nice times! Congrats and look forward to seeing that beast
>blast Sealy in March.
>
>Richard in SA
>
>On Sat, 06 Feb 1999 17:10:36 -0600 Alan Short <ashort@flash.net> writes:
>>Well, Swede and I made it to the Motorplex today. I can hardly
>>contain
>>myself, the results far exceeded my expectations. My times are now:
>>Run #1. We'll call this one some good news and some bad news.
>>I was super stoked to run and left my tranny in 2nd and hit the rev
>>limiter, totally blowing my own sage advice. Got the slip and
>>WHAT???14.785 @ 91.07!!! hitting the limiter and fumbling the shift!
>>
>>Run #2. Fool proof run, O/D off and in drive. By now the place is
>>PACKED
>>and it's taking a lot longer to get thru staging, so make it RIGHT!
>>RT .853 (sorry but safe)- 3rd & last run. it took about
>>an
>>hour to get to
>>60' 2.068 - the front of staging and while
>>in
>>line a T-Type
>>330 5.901 - Buick challenges me to a race.
>>I
>>know they're
>>1/8 9.147 - fast, but I'm cocky now so I
>>say
>>OK.
>>1000 11.954 -------
>>1/4........14.334 @ 94.67 - 3rd run. My 14.283 @ 94.58
>>
>>to his 14.130
>>------------------------------- @ 101.18. He just barely nicked me
>>going
>>thru the traps. Here's the breakdown of that race:
>> My R/T His T-Type
>>RT .797 RT .852
>>60' 2.031 60' 2.296
>>330 5.858 330' 6.106
>>1/8 9.104 1/8 9.220
>>1000' 11.907 1000' 11.883
>>1/4 14.283 @ 94.58 14.130 @ 101.18
>>
>>One hell of a race! What I'd give for some top end! Anyway, I am so
>>pumped I just can't sit still, I think I'll be grinning in my sleep
>>tonight! I just had to share this with the dml because many of you
>>are
>>part of the reason that I finally cracked the 14 barrier and joined
>>the
>>ranks of the faster '98-'99 set. I wish you all the same luck, it's
>>been
>>a long, fun road. Alan S.
>>
>
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