Well, here we are at the end of the points season and our final points race. Going into the races, we sit 12th in points with only competing in 3 points events. Since we are so far out of the points hunt, it is time to continue testing and seeing what we can do to make the car even better. Plus, it is time to say thank you to my wife and one of my crew members with giving them a ride-along in the car. Kathy's ride was first and boy, she was not ready for what a launch feels like. She tried filming it with her phone and almost whacked herself in the forehead when we launched. After the pass, she had a big grin on her face for hours. Next was Elliot. Again, not knowing what to expect he almost lost his phone on the launch and all I heard at the big end was 'Holy Sh*t'. Nothing like going from 0 to over 90 mph in 1/8th of a mile. Since I cannot go faster than 14 seconds in the quarter mile, all we could do was a 1/2 track pass but it was enough to have some fun.
So, on to our night. We managed to qet the number 1 qualifier position with a .5058 light which gave us the bye into the first round. Next round we went up against Rich in his 32 Ford coupe. Since we were chasing him, he got the first light and turned it red. The next round, we got paired up against John again and I was trying to make him worry and wanted to cut a good light. Well our light was too good by .003 and we turned it red. Oh well, just need to go back to the basics and stop trying to be cute with close lights and stuff like that. However, we still managed to make it to the semi-finals and had them thinking and worried.
Next month will be a two-day event on Friday and Saturday, just for money, trophies, and bragging rights. We are going to try a few things and see what we can do to make the car a little bit faster. These changes will actually reduce the load and wear on the motor while picking up a few hundredths of a second. After next month, the track will shut down and get a major face-lift including a new racing surface. So almost all of our run data will become worthless and we will be back to playing the guessing game. Oh well, that is OK though as everyone else will be in the same boat.