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I don't have any buddies that do the 1/4 close to me so I had to go do some 1/8th action with another. Had a blast my first time ever on a track, though my 1st 4 runs were rather embarrassing. On my first 2 runs I found out very quickly that you need more than a 2 gallons of fuel in your tank. The 3rd run was typical newbie. I ground gears going into 2nd on the G lol, and my 4th run was an attempt at a good launch just like Greg. 6k+. Doesn't work for my car lol. Spun and spun and kept on spinning. 2500-3000 is about it on 175mm street tires.
Then came my 5th run. I got off the line much better but somewhere around this time in the morning I hadn't quite figured out how to hold my car with the ebrake cause the launch pad was a little downhill backwards. Needless to say my clutch was slipping well into 2nd gear on run 5. lol Run 6 was good. I had finally got my reaction time down to the .018 to the .038 range for the rest of the day. The dial in race was cool. I figured what the heck, I'll try a 10.3 By the time it was my turn someone had already gotten a .005 so I figured my money was a $10 donation to the winner. I gave it my all. Got back to the pits and they told me I was winning at that point with a 10.308 Evidently the .005 guy redlighted or something. Well the last guy pulled of a .005 So I almost made rookie of the day. lol
Stock BP/ G-tranny. Rio front end cut 1.5 coils, stock Festiva rear end. That's it nothing special but was a good enough of a combination to make for a fun day. Though I did find later in the day that, like Rob told me, the BP really flattens out at 5500 or so. If only I woulda' listened to him and shifted earlier.
If I woulda' reacted in this race (below) like I did in the above race I woulda' been in the 9's BUT if if if if if.
Still can't trash talk ya Greg. Cause I suck and you are a Festiva Racing Machine.
Then came my 5th run. I got off the line much better but somewhere around this time in the morning I hadn't quite figured out how to hold my car with the ebrake cause the launch pad was a little downhill backwards. Needless to say my clutch was slipping well into 2nd gear on run 5. lol Run 6 was good. I had finally got my reaction time down to the .018 to the .038 range for the rest of the day. The dial in race was cool. I figured what the heck, I'll try a 10.3 By the time it was my turn someone had already gotten a .005 so I figured my money was a $10 donation to the winner. I gave it my all. Got back to the pits and they told me I was winning at that point with a 10.308 Evidently the .005 guy redlighted or something. Well the last guy pulled of a .005 So I almost made rookie of the day. lol
Stock BP/ G-tranny. Rio front end cut 1.5 coils, stock Festiva rear end. That's it nothing special but was a good enough of a combination to make for a fun day. Though I did find later in the day that, like Rob told me, the BP really flattens out at 5500 or so. If only I woulda' listened to him and shifted earlier.
If I woulda' reacted in this race (below) like I did in the above race I woulda' been in the 9's BUT if if if if if.
Still can't trash talk ya Greg. Cause I suck and you are a Festiva Racing Machine.
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