Went back out to LSMP friday night for the street stock bracket race.
Track conditions were horrible and during TNT I could only muster a 2.26 60' (yuk, spinage!)
Made some decent ET's with crappy 60's.
Went 14.26 @ 100.6 and 14.22@100.69 and 14.25@100.99 in NINETY ONE DEGREE HEAT..all were 2.25 or 2.26 60'
Just before round 1, the track officials decided to PREP the track.
WTF???
After the track was sprayed, drug and prepped they called for "round 1" of street stock.
WTF???
With no TNT on the new surface I just "drew a number out of the hat".
Since the street stock race is 1/8th mile and I had ran a best 1/8th of 9.35 I dropped .02 off and dialed a 9.33
60 foot improved and I hit the brakes at the finish line running a 9.30 on a 9.33 dial in {BUZZER SOUNDS} I had lost round 1...
{kicks stuff around my pit area)
After round 1 of street stock they call the "no electronic/Footbrake Jackpot" to the lanes.
Two of the street stock racers came over, dropped $20.00 in my car and instructed me to "head to jackpot"!!
SO I did, I wiped the .03 off the 9.33 dial in and ran with a 9.30 for round 1 of Jackpot.
The Jackpot was $260.00 and I made it to the final round before breaking out by.0046! ran a 9.2954 on a 9.30 dial in.. but pocketed 130.00!!!!
130.00 paid for my gas, the trip, breakfast and I gave half the money to the two guys who paid for my jackpot entry fee {spread the weath..right?)
After all was said and done, I put the car back in the beams for "ONE FINAL PASS" of the night.. with only 20 minutes since my last pass I didn't think it was going to be a "GOOD PASS".. but I ran it anyways.
result..
2.26 60 {back to crappy starting line)
6.14 330 time
9.25 1/8th mile 80.3MPH
11.97 @ 1000'
14.15@100.3
Baro 30.1
Humidity 58%
Temp 87 Degrees
only .16 away from my first 13 second pass!!
COME ON FALL TEMPERATURES!!!!!
Then.....
The bad news.
Somewhere along the line friday night I snapped both alternator bolts.
I didn't realize it when we left, and we made it home..safe and sound/TIRED.
Saturday morning I went for a drive, belt started squealing..
opened the hood and my alternator was laying against the coolant crossover tube.. WTF????
I put my hand on the alt.. and it was "just laying there".
Spent all day saturday getting the broken ends of the bolts out of the block and failed at finding "GOOD" replacement grade 8 bolts.. so I temporarily put some grade 5's in it.. to get the car HOME.
Today I am working on getting the proper bolts in the alt...
GOOD RUNS FRIDAY.. CAR HELL on SATURDAY...
Still happy on Monday cause "the car went well"!!!!
Track conditions were horrible and during TNT I could only muster a 2.26 60' (yuk, spinage!)
Made some decent ET's with crappy 60's.
Went 14.26 @ 100.6 and 14.22@100.69 and 14.25@100.99 in NINETY ONE DEGREE HEAT..all were 2.25 or 2.26 60'
Just before round 1, the track officials decided to PREP the track.
WTF???
After the track was sprayed, drug and prepped they called for "round 1" of street stock.
WTF???
With no TNT on the new surface I just "drew a number out of the hat".
Since the street stock race is 1/8th mile and I had ran a best 1/8th of 9.35 I dropped .02 off and dialed a 9.33
60 foot improved and I hit the brakes at the finish line running a 9.30 on a 9.33 dial in {BUZZER SOUNDS} I had lost round 1...
{kicks stuff around my pit area)
After round 1 of street stock they call the "no electronic/Footbrake Jackpot" to the lanes.
Two of the street stock racers came over, dropped $20.00 in my car and instructed me to "head to jackpot"!!
SO I did, I wiped the .03 off the 9.33 dial in and ran with a 9.30 for round 1 of Jackpot.
The Jackpot was $260.00 and I made it to the final round before breaking out by.0046! ran a 9.2954 on a 9.30 dial in.. but pocketed 130.00!!!!
130.00 paid for my gas, the trip, breakfast and I gave half the money to the two guys who paid for my jackpot entry fee {spread the weath..right?)
After all was said and done, I put the car back in the beams for "ONE FINAL PASS" of the night.. with only 20 minutes since my last pass I didn't think it was going to be a "GOOD PASS".. but I ran it anyways.
result..
2.26 60 {back to crappy starting line)
6.14 330 time
9.25 1/8th mile 80.3MPH
11.97 @ 1000'
14.15@100.3
Baro 30.1
Humidity 58%
Temp 87 Degrees
only .16 away from my first 13 second pass!!
COME ON FALL TEMPERATURES!!!!!
Then.....
The bad news.
Somewhere along the line friday night I snapped both alternator bolts.
I didn't realize it when we left, and we made it home..safe and sound/TIRED.
Saturday morning I went for a drive, belt started squealing..
opened the hood and my alternator was laying against the coolant crossover tube.. WTF????
I put my hand on the alt.. and it was "just laying there".
Spent all day saturday getting the broken ends of the bolts out of the block and failed at finding "GOOD" replacement grade 8 bolts.. so I temporarily put some grade 5's in it.. to get the car HOME.
Today I am working on getting the proper bolts in the alt...
GOOD RUNS FRIDAY.. CAR HELL on SATURDAY...
Still happy on Monday cause "the car went well"!!!!