> Hello there dml'ers!
> Last night (Fri 7 May) I went to the TX Motorplex for some test & tune
> and the TOYO tire street legal brackets.
> There were 4 R/T's there, 2 Black cc's(Randy David was 1 of them), 1 Red
> cc, and my Purple rc. The 2 other guys in the cc's we didn't know, but
> we met them later and they pitted with Randy and I.
> They were running Mopar headers, K&N 10"Open elements and ran between
> 15.3-15.1. They were FAST for basically stock cc's. The Red one had a
> ground force lowering kit, 2-3 I think. Looked subtle, but good. I
> really couldn't tell it was lowered at first.
> I had an eventful night, starting with poor traction even though I run
> BFG Drag Radials(245 45 17). I finally got the air about right at 17lbs.
> During test & tune, my best run was 14.45 @ 92.8 against a '99 Mustang
> that ran a 14.69 @ 94.2. My rt was .631 to his .632 and I still won by
> 1/2 a truck at the end. Who said R/T's are slow?
> As for the TOYO brackets, I was glad to have Randy for my "crew". He
> knows a lot about bracket racing, and was a big help in figuring out
> what to dial in. He gave me some very good tips on racing strategy and
> helped me video tape the test & tune session. Thanks a lot!
> I dialed a 14.50 and won the 1st round against a Mega Ricer. He dialed
> too slow and ran me down like a gun shot. He broke out big time though
> with a 12.01 @ 93.3 on a 12.30 dial in. I talked to him later, he was
> pissed because he had his 1st 11 second run going and spoiled that too.
> It was his 1st time, I'm sure he'll get it right soon.
> I ran a 14.51 @ 93.10 on my 14.50 dial w/.536 rt, so I would have been
> hard to beat in that round.
>
> Next round I draw another Fast Ricer on a 13.50 dial. I try too hard and
> red light a .478 rt and would have broke out on top of that w/ 14.44 @
> 93.78 on the 14.50 index. He had a slow rt of .907 but ran a 13.88 on a
> 13.50 index so he had me all the way around.
> Go home loser!
> All in all, I had fun and learned a lot for my first "bracket" style
> race. I've raced heads up at test & tune and street raced for years, but
> never raced a bracket before.
> I will continue to race on Fri nights, as it is a points series running
> throughout the Summer and the points winner gets a set of TOYO tires. I
> can also use the experience for the upcoming Import/Domestic rain date
> on June 28th. I am still entered and am now glad it was rained out. I
> don't have the experience to win yet, but by the time the 28th of June
> gets here, I should have everything down pat.
>
> Alan S.
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