Went to a Friday Fun Night at Cordova, IL just last night. Ran the trophy class. Last night musta been my night. The air was real sh*t last night. Couldn't bust out of the 14s early on. Thought something was wrong with my car, but I had a friend in an 11.80 Nova that was running 12.07 so I felt better about running so damn slow. Anyway, I've been really enjoyin bracket racing lately. Before tonight, I was out first or second round. Not last night. I had a blast and went out 4th round, but hell, made it to the quarterfinals.

On with the slips. * - denotes lane win

First Round:
# KX22______D571(me)
Dial 8.97_______14.00
r/t -.002______.052
60' 1.26_______2.08
1/8 5.6@119____9.1@78
1/4 8.96@148___14.04@99*
Left 1st .1021
Right MOV foul

I got lucky on this run, the car I was running against had a delay box. I've never had the rush of a fast car like that zip right by me at the line either. On to round 2!

2nd round
# D571_______546T
Dial 14.02______12.26
r/t .063_______.079
60' 2.06_______1.65
1/8 9.0@78_____7.6@87
1/4 14.02@99*__12.21@107
Right 1st .0255
Left MOV .0415

This one was super close at the strip, my friends watching at the finish line said he was maybe a foot in front of me.

3rd Round
I get a bye run, and I'm REALLY glad I did.
#D571
Dial 14.01
r/t .122
60' 2.08
1/8 9.0@78
1/4 13.95@100

Heh,...had that been against a car, it would've been real tough to judge at the line if I was going to break out or not. So I'm really glad this bye run happened.

4th Round
# D571______339
Dial 13.94______11.70
r/t .059_______.005
60' 2.03_______1.7
1/8 9.0@78____7.4@92
1/4 13.95@99__11.77@108*
Right 1st .0009
Right MOV .0009

Talk about CLOSE. That guy was extremely experienced. When I got back to the pits, my friend with the 11.80 second Nova told me he heard the other guy's name and just said "Uh oh", yea, one of those. He really jammed on the brakes and for some reason I let out. Had I kept in it, I might've ran a 13.94 and made it a lot closer. Same friend said it took a lil' bit for the win light to come on. Sounds like we almost confused it. Regardless, being that the race was within NINE TEN-THOUSANDTHS of a second, I didn't care that I lost. I was still happy as a pig wrapped in sh*t that I got so far. After going rounds,...I am so addicted to this, it isn't even funny.

Comments are welcome.

P.S. - If someone knows how to type up timeslips on this thing without f*cking up the spacing, lemme know.

 

Sounds like you had a ball Do you have any idea how much .0009 is in inches at 100mph? That's like 1/2 of an inch. Good racing.

 

No I don't know. I know there is a mathematical equation for it, but I have no clue what it is. But I do know it's a very very small distance between the cars. That's why I'm not pissed I lost that round. It was so close I didn't care. Probably be one of the closest races I'll ever have too. Thanks for the comment.