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FRIDAY
So Friday night we went out the the Albuquerque Dragway to test and tune in preperation for the Saturday night No-Bull All Out race. I tuned the Vega very conservative due to the bottom end of the engine being completely stock. The Vega ran 10.5X @ 125.9X with a 1.50 sixty foot time. I thought that MIGHT be eough for the 10.0 street class so what the hell.
SATURDAY
So on Saturday we all meet at Yearwood Performance on Eubank and the cruise to the track went very well. It was a blast. I decided not to make any time trial runs and waited around for the 1st round. Trmn8er went 10.0 and I believe I saw Badnews run a 10.3X. The Finchstang ran some 10.4X passes and the Tiger ran 11.3X.
ROUND 1
I draw Badnews for the 1st round. Finchstang gets a bye run (rookie luck) and Trmn8er draws the Tiger. So here we go on round 1. I do a good burnout, purge the nitrous and I am ready to go. Or am I? The Vega launches from the line and rips a blistering 1.89 60 foot time. About this time I am thinking, geee, something just doesn't seem right. By this time Badnews is LONG GONE!! The Vega seems to be running unusually slow. I look down and notice I FORGOT TO TURN ON THE NITROUS!!
DUMB ASS!!!! Just before the 8th mile I flip the switch and run some 11.8X or something. I lose. EPIC FAIL.
RUN IT AGAIN
So I decide I MUST make another pass, just to try to save face. I pull back into the lanes and this time, I run a 10.5X at 125.9X. It is amazing what happens when you actually use the nitrous all the way down the track.
THE WORSE PART
The 10.5X pass was BY FAR faster than ANY single pass in the 10.0 Street Class rounds of eliminations. In the final round both cars went 11.1X. Shoulda Coulda Woulda.. blah blah blah.
Anyway that is my EPIC FAIL story. I LOSE.
RESULTS
Finchstang gets the Bye run in round 1.
TRMN8R beats the Twin Turbo Tiger in round 1 but hurt the motor and didn;t make it to round 2.
FINAL
Finchstang Vs. BADNEWS in the Final. Finchstang wins with a 11.1X to a BADNEWS 11.1X.
Congrats to John the Finchstang (even though he cheatedrunning no mufflers )
Don't forget who helped you out all night with a generator
EDIT: Feel Free to laugh I did!!!!
So Friday night we went out the the Albuquerque Dragway to test and tune in preperation for the Saturday night No-Bull All Out race. I tuned the Vega very conservative due to the bottom end of the engine being completely stock. The Vega ran 10.5X @ 125.9X with a 1.50 sixty foot time. I thought that MIGHT be eough for the 10.0 street class so what the hell.
SATURDAY
So on Saturday we all meet at Yearwood Performance on Eubank and the cruise to the track went very well. It was a blast. I decided not to make any time trial runs and waited around for the 1st round. Trmn8er went 10.0 and I believe I saw Badnews run a 10.3X. The Finchstang ran some 10.4X passes and the Tiger ran 11.3X.
ROUND 1
I draw Badnews for the 1st round. Finchstang gets a bye run (rookie luck) and Trmn8er draws the Tiger. So here we go on round 1. I do a good burnout, purge the nitrous and I am ready to go. Or am I? The Vega launches from the line and rips a blistering 1.89 60 foot time. About this time I am thinking, geee, something just doesn't seem right. By this time Badnews is LONG GONE!! The Vega seems to be running unusually slow. I look down and notice I FORGOT TO TURN ON THE NITROUS!!
DUMB ASS!!!! Just before the 8th mile I flip the switch and run some 11.8X or something. I lose. EPIC FAIL.
RUN IT AGAIN
So I decide I MUST make another pass, just to try to save face. I pull back into the lanes and this time, I run a 10.5X at 125.9X. It is amazing what happens when you actually use the nitrous all the way down the track.
THE WORSE PART
The 10.5X pass was BY FAR faster than ANY single pass in the 10.0 Street Class rounds of eliminations. In the final round both cars went 11.1X. Shoulda Coulda Woulda.. blah blah blah.
Anyway that is my EPIC FAIL story. I LOSE.
RESULTS
Finchstang gets the Bye run in round 1.
TRMN8R beats the Twin Turbo Tiger in round 1 but hurt the motor and didn;t make it to round 2.
FINAL
Finchstang Vs. BADNEWS in the Final. Finchstang wins with a 11.1X to a BADNEWS 11.1X.
Congrats to John the Finchstang (even though he cheatedrunning no mufflers )
Don't forget who helped you out all night with a generator
EDIT: Feel Free to laugh I did!!!!