... 1/4 mile at a time.
I took advantage of a rare opportunity and drove the '96 to the Mason Dixon Dragway today to battle the Mustangs from the Northern Virginia Mustang Club at one of their track rental drag days.
The forecast had been a bit iffy, but it cleared out overnight and drill bit and I headed out across the mountains in the wee hours of the morning. Good thing we left early as there was quite a bit of fog along the way. But once daylight started to break, the skies were clear and it turned out to be a decnt day at the track.
My 2nd run was the best of the day with a 14.26 ET at 94.6 mph. I tried adjusting tire pressures but it went steadily downhill after the first few runs. Finally after realizing 14.26 were gonna be the numbers of the day, I hunkered down and tried to steal the perfect light and experimented with launch techniques to see if I could improve the sixty foot times.
Track conditions weren't very favorable though and time after time I detected wheel spin. Once the temperatures started to climb I decided to just beat on the car and see what she could handle.
Once the hotlapping was done I pulled back to the pits and counted the time slips. I had managed to eek out 25 runs down the track and the best I had at the tree was a 0.007.
Drill bit took some video with the BlackBerry, and I'll see if I can get some of them downloaded later.
I took advantage of a rare opportunity and drove the '96 to the Mason Dixon Dragway today to battle the Mustangs from the Northern Virginia Mustang Club at one of their track rental drag days.
The forecast had been a bit iffy, but it cleared out overnight and drill bit and I headed out across the mountains in the wee hours of the morning. Good thing we left early as there was quite a bit of fog along the way. But once daylight started to break, the skies were clear and it turned out to be a decnt day at the track.
My 2nd run was the best of the day with a 14.26 ET at 94.6 mph. I tried adjusting tire pressures but it went steadily downhill after the first few runs. Finally after realizing 14.26 were gonna be the numbers of the day, I hunkered down and tried to steal the perfect light and experimented with launch techniques to see if I could improve the sixty foot times.
Track conditions weren't very favorable though and time after time I detected wheel spin. Once the temperatures started to climb I decided to just beat on the car and see what she could handle.
Once the hotlapping was done I pulled back to the pits and counted the time slips. I had managed to eek out 25 runs down the track and the best I had at the tree was a 0.007.
Drill bit took some video with the BlackBerry, and I'll see if I can get some of them downloaded later.