shots from the garage...
Well Muscle Cars at The Strip went pretty good. Out of the box Friday I went .008 and then .055 on the tree on test hits. Worst 60 was 1.31 on the first hit and a stack of 1.24-1.25 slips after that. Air was damn good for Vegas and the crew had the track on point all weekend. Was great hanging out with my central CA friends as well as some Vegas peeps I hadn’t seen in quite a while. Unfortunately the Friday night race my lights went horrid and I mumbled past first round and got blasted second round. Saturday hits more of the same. Sunday R1 (no test hits…. straight into the fire!) I went .020 and covered my opponent. 2nd round the same with an .042…… but despite winning we didn’t make R3 as a suspicious valve train noise arose. Hope to get the car out next week and dig into that. Being we usually stop racing at the end of may, I might just drag Bracket Betty out of the corner and throw her in. Been a few years since we’ve done that. Close to 300 passes on SLO-KID so maybe we’ll freshen her up.
The best part, I was actually excited to be there despite the costs. It’s NOT a cheap hobby….. but we all know that.
No wheelie bars!! I trust the shocks!! (Of course altitude has a calming effect too). That’s as high as she goes these days.
Well Muscle Cars at The Strip went pretty good. Out of the box Friday I went .008 and then .055 on the tree on test hits. Worst 60 was 1.31 on the first hit and a stack of 1.24-1.25 slips after that. Air was damn good for Vegas and the crew had the track on point all weekend. Was great hanging out with my central CA friends as well as some Vegas peeps I hadn’t seen in quite a while. Unfortunately the Friday night race my lights went horrid and I mumbled past first round and got blasted second round. Saturday hits more of the same. Sunday R1 (no test hits…. straight into the fire!) I went .020 and covered my opponent. 2nd round the same with an .042…… but despite winning we didn’t make R3 as a suspicious valve train noise arose. Hope to get the car out next week and dig into that. Being we usually stop racing at the end of may, I might just drag Bracket Betty out of the corner and throw her in. Been a few years since we’ve done that. Close to 300 passes on SLO-KID so maybe we’ll freshen her up.
The best part, I was actually excited to be there despite the costs. It’s NOT a cheap hobby….. but we all know that.
No wheelie bars!! I trust the shocks!! (Of course altitude has a calming effect too). That’s as high as she goes these days.