Blackened300a
11-25-2014, 11:04 PM
Since our Etown meet was rained out, I wanted to get on the track at least once in 2014. So this Sunday I went and met up with Derek (Comin in hot) on Sunday morning. Temps were in the low-mid 50s so it was a good day for racing. My previous best run on 255/55 Nitto 420s was a 12.6@109 so my goal was to run faster then that since I am now running 295/45 NT555s.
First run after a 2 hour cool down didn't work out so well since the track was cold and I was pretty much the 3rd car to run for the day so far.
I raced Derek and went a traction limited 13.0 for my first pass.
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noizHr0kzus
Second run I faired better. The track had some rubber down and I had a hour cool down. I lined up against a new modded 6.0L GTO.
I also backed my tire psi down from 18psi to 16psi to try and get the car to hook. Well it hooked and I pulled my best 60' time of a 1.73 and went my fastest time of 12.45@108mph. I pulled away from him off the line pretty good, but he started running me down fast after the 60' and reached my rear door before he missed a gear and couldn't recover before the finish.
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yYBBjwEgZ_Y
Last run of the day I decided to try stalling the converter off the line instead of flashing like I usually do. I lined up against a C4 corvette who pulled a great reaction time and even pulled a 1.8 60' time. I pulled a 1.77 60' time and went a little slower at 12.60@107mph. Flashing is a much better method of getting the car off the line and quicker on the top end rather then stalling.
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The picture that was taken by the track photographer was my best launch of the day at 1.73 60'. Almost looks like I can get daylight under the front tires with a little more power. :burnout:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/blackened300a/0164C15D-6DB3-4F6C-9C4E-E74FAC467F83_zps5efaw6lh.jpg
We shall try another meet again in April.
First run after a 2 hour cool down didn't work out so well since the track was cold and I was pretty much the 3rd car to run for the day so far.
I raced Derek and went a traction limited 13.0 for my first pass.
5Whi5tbiD6Q
noizHr0kzus
Second run I faired better. The track had some rubber down and I had a hour cool down. I lined up against a new modded 6.0L GTO.
I also backed my tire psi down from 18psi to 16psi to try and get the car to hook. Well it hooked and I pulled my best 60' time of a 1.73 and went my fastest time of 12.45@108mph. I pulled away from him off the line pretty good, but he started running me down fast after the 60' and reached my rear door before he missed a gear and couldn't recover before the finish.
i4vFxn6aJNU
yYBBjwEgZ_Y
Last run of the day I decided to try stalling the converter off the line instead of flashing like I usually do. I lined up against a C4 corvette who pulled a great reaction time and even pulled a 1.8 60' time. I pulled a 1.77 60' time and went a little slower at 12.60@107mph. Flashing is a much better method of getting the car off the line and quicker on the top end rather then stalling.
5FjADKzs_nY
ldQuXD8k5pk
The picture that was taken by the track photographer was my best launch of the day at 1.73 60'. Almost looks like I can get daylight under the front tires with a little more power. :burnout:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/blackened300a/0164C15D-6DB3-4F6C-9C4E-E74FAC467F83_zps5efaw6lh.jpg
We shall try another meet again in April.