Jack, I seen Shane's truck run 14.3's at Cecil County, which is a .5 tenth
faster. If you get out on a good cool day and run at a track that is close
to sea level, you shouldn't have a problem getting into the low 14's with
that truck.
Good job, and keep runnin' hard
Later
Scott Miller
Shelby Dakota #322
94 V-6 Dakota Sport
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of W. Jack
> Hilton III
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 7:58 PM
> To: dakotart@egroups.com; dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Ran at the Nats
>
>
>
> So I ran my truck at the Nats this weekend , and although I bested my
> pervious best , I was a bit disappointed .
>
> My previous best was a 14.85@91.40 at the All Mopar Southern Nationals in
> Reynolds , GA on May 30th .
>
> I was only allowed a total of 4 runs all weekend at the Nats ; 2 on Friday
> (I arrived too late for my first run) , NONE on Saturday (they called us
> for a time trial first that morning , but I couldn't hear them in the swap
> meet area) and one time trial on Sunday followed by my first Eliminations
> run .
>
> I ran a 14.95 and a 15.05 on Friday , but I had forgotten my by-pass belt
> .I picked one up Friday night on the way back to town . I ran a
> 14.93 first
> thing on Sunday , so I dialed in at 14.93 . I then ran a damn 14.79 and
> broke out .
>
> Yes , I did run my best of a 14.79 , but with adding the headers and the
> new F&B Stage I I expected to do better . I talked to Shane Baker
> who has a
> Black RC R/T and he was off on his times too , and some others had
> mentioned that National Trail was not a very fast track . Shane
> ran a 14.80
> on a 14.80 dial-in on his first eliminations run , but he red-lighted .
>
> I will run again at the Chrysler Classic at Moroso this September , and I
> am sure I will run better . I expect to run solid mid-14s wit the truck
> like it is .
>
> One thing did make me feel better though : Mopar Performance had a Flame
> Red Regular Cab that they ran down the track Saturday and Sunday . The
> announcer was talking about how this truck won a race in Dallas previously
> , and how it had all this Mopar Performance crap under the hood ,
> including
> a reprogrammed SBEC and a Gen II , and yadda yadda yadda. The truck was
> even piloted by Jim Nance I believe , one of the Pro Stock
> drivers . He ran
> a 15.88 on Saturday and a 15.44 on Sunday , so I laughed my ass
> off and was
> proud of my truck none the less !
>
>
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> W. Jack Hilton III
>
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