Torkman15
11-11-2007, 12:06 PM
Well I decided I had a bad case of headsandcamitis so I called in sick and went to the track 11-10-2007 cold and not much sun but enough to take the nip out of the air. The track guys gave us a treat by seperating the street tires and ricers from the drag tire crowd. That made for some very good track conditions. I ran a set of worn out BFG drag radials (thanks ruqwikr) and was pulling the wheels about 2 feet in the air. The track photog only got the first pass where I set the 2step down to 5500 motor bogging RPMs. I made good numbers for my lil346 M6 10.50s and a 10.60something @130.
The day was killed by 3:00 from 2 oildowns almost back to back by the street tire guys then an 8 sec Nova snuck up into the lanes with the last of the sh!t tire guys. The air was getting the fall nip back by the cloud cover (the baro was falling fast) the track got cold and this guy comes out on a full mojo everywhichwayandveryloose pass...whadya think happend? You were right if you said he got intimate with the wall trying to push the balancer a little further onto his Gianinno 680 Bigblock motor. I think he was so trying not to cry he wouldnt even talk while trying to load up his car in his enclosed trailer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/torkman15/Drag%20car%20wrecks/8sec65Novacrash002.jpg
Still a good day to help me get thru the winter and look forward to running when its warmer also a lesson to be learned about running in the cold and putting yourself right where you shouldnt be. Wrong place, wrong time and wrong group of cars in the lanes.
The day was killed by 3:00 from 2 oildowns almost back to back by the street tire guys then an 8 sec Nova snuck up into the lanes with the last of the sh!t tire guys. The air was getting the fall nip back by the cloud cover (the baro was falling fast) the track got cold and this guy comes out on a full mojo everywhichwayandveryloose pass...whadya think happend? You were right if you said he got intimate with the wall trying to push the balancer a little further onto his Gianinno 680 Bigblock motor. I think he was so trying not to cry he wouldnt even talk while trying to load up his car in his enclosed trailer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/torkman15/Drag%20car%20wrecks/8sec65Novacrash002.jpg
Still a good day to help me get thru the winter and look forward to running when its warmer also a lesson to be learned about running in the cold and putting yourself right where you shouldnt be. Wrong place, wrong time and wrong group of cars in the lanes.