bobtile
Well-Known Member
I went out racing for the first time this year this past weekend. Raced at Lebanon Valley on Saturday and Island on Sunday.
Saturday, the car was slow and popped a couple times down track. I played with jetting but was doing the same thing all day.
Started out with a 9.91 @ 134 and slowed as the day went on. The final pass of the day was a 10.16@ 129.
The good news was that I was able to run the numbers I dialed all day and had decent lights.
I won the race Saturday!
Packed up drove home . I was a little upset because I wanted to race at Island on Sunday for their Mopar race but I knew the car was hurt.
Sunday morning I decided to quickly check wires and plugs to start.
#5 cylinder plug was broken.
I've been through this before and should have thought to check it at the track.
The short story is I need to air up my slicks to back into the garage or my collector hits .
#1 tube is close to #5 plug so it can crack the plug if it hits.
I hit last year when I parked for winter and forgot to check it.
Anyway, I changed the plug and went to Island.
The car ran good so that was the problem.
I had a good day there too.
I made it all the way to the finals and went red.
1 red light shy of doubling up for the weekend.
It was a good first weekend out for me.
I forgot to mention that I just had hernia surgery and the Dr. wanted me to stay out of the car for 3 weeks.
Glad I didn't listen to his recommendation.
Saturday, the car was slow and popped a couple times down track. I played with jetting but was doing the same thing all day.
Started out with a 9.91 @ 134 and slowed as the day went on. The final pass of the day was a 10.16@ 129.
The good news was that I was able to run the numbers I dialed all day and had decent lights.
I won the race Saturday!
Packed up drove home . I was a little upset because I wanted to race at Island on Sunday for their Mopar race but I knew the car was hurt.
Sunday morning I decided to quickly check wires and plugs to start.
#5 cylinder plug was broken.
I've been through this before and should have thought to check it at the track.
The short story is I need to air up my slicks to back into the garage or my collector hits .
#1 tube is close to #5 plug so it can crack the plug if it hits.
I hit last year when I parked for winter and forgot to check it.
Anyway, I changed the plug and went to Island.
The car ran good so that was the problem.
I had a good day there too.
I made it all the way to the finals and went red.
1 red light shy of doubling up for the weekend.
It was a good first weekend out for me.
I forgot to mention that I just had hernia surgery and the Dr. wanted me to stay out of the car for 3 weeks.
Glad I didn't listen to his recommendation.
