The Blue Flame took on the locals at a unique venue known as Flashlight Drags today. 
These events are street car, heads up, 1/8th mile races at local airstrips with no starting tree or time slips. Cars are paired and lined up and the race is started with the starter girl turning on a flashlight. The winner trips a laser beam at the end of the eighth mile course. You can pair up with a 'grudge match' or run in the group known as 'fun runs'.
The local turnout was nothing short of amazing. I arrived 5 minutes before the gates opened and the entrance road was backed up to the highway. I soon learned I was 50 cars back as I signed in and was assigned car number 050. That number quicly grew, exceeding 100 race cars, and before the event was finished I had noted cars in the 190s. So almost 200 cars descended upon the airfield for a summer afternoon of local entertainment as well as several hundred spectators.
I soon lost count of the number of runs I had and the wins/losses. But it wasn't long before several drivers had seen the Lincoln perform and started picking out the Blue Flame as their opponent. One suprising call came from a new silver Z06 Corvette. After the start of the race, I noticed he had not jumped on me and I looked to the side and did not see him either. A quick glance in the mirror revealed nothing but his smoke trail and I knew he would soon be bearing down hard. Needless to say, the 'Vette outran the Lincoln but it was no gimme.
Three classes were picked by judges to race in eliminations, and the Blue Flame was proud to seed the "Steet Contenders" class much to the approval of the spectators but alas lost to an older hemi-powered mopar by a fender.
Enjoy the pics and check out some video @ http://imageevent.com/driller/racing2007.
These events are street car, heads up, 1/8th mile races at local airstrips with no starting tree or time slips. Cars are paired and lined up and the race is started with the starter girl turning on a flashlight. The winner trips a laser beam at the end of the eighth mile course. You can pair up with a 'grudge match' or run in the group known as 'fun runs'.
The local turnout was nothing short of amazing. I arrived 5 minutes before the gates opened and the entrance road was backed up to the highway. I soon learned I was 50 cars back as I signed in and was assigned car number 050. That number quicly grew, exceeding 100 race cars, and before the event was finished I had noted cars in the 190s. So almost 200 cars descended upon the airfield for a summer afternoon of local entertainment as well as several hundred spectators.
I soon lost count of the number of runs I had and the wins/losses. But it wasn't long before several drivers had seen the Lincoln perform and started picking out the Blue Flame as their opponent. One suprising call came from a new silver Z06 Corvette. After the start of the race, I noticed he had not jumped on me and I looked to the side and did not see him either. A quick glance in the mirror revealed nothing but his smoke trail and I knew he would soon be bearing down hard. Needless to say, the 'Vette outran the Lincoln but it was no gimme.
Three classes were picked by judges to race in eliminations, and the Blue Flame was proud to seed the "Steet Contenders" class much to the approval of the spectators but alas lost to an older hemi-powered mopar by a fender.
Enjoy the pics and check out some video @ http://imageevent.com/driller/racing2007.
