My family has been going to the local track with me since the season started. Its mainly an oval track but they run 1/8 mile street drags on open Fridays. We've been having a blast, but they kept trying to get me to try my car. My family is all girls, a 9 year old and a 23 year old, with the wife in on it to boot, they gave me the enterance fee in my fathers day cards. Was told that was all it was allowed to be used for.
So I had a week to figure if my car was ready to take the abuse, or if I was ready to abuse it like that. With a couple new black patches on the road and a few full stomp highway trips I figured it was ready. I've kinda been babying it with only about 6 hundred miles on the new motor.
Well it was hot here Friday so it was kinda cookin sitting in the car, dripping just sitting there but nerves might have been helping that too. First timers run alone first pass, turned out it was my best time of my 5 passes 9.12. I got 4 passes in trials and 1 pass in the competition, I know, OUT IN THE 1st ROUND!! Bad thing is I got beat on a holeshot, I never got the light down, again nerves maybe.Staff said"when you see the amber GO." I thought I was but only got one pass with reaction less than 1 and that was the competition pass. So I guess I did improve and learn something.
All 5 passes were 9.1 to 9.3 and my group time is 9.00 to 9.99 so I'm at the right end. I want to get better off the light, but man it happens so fast once your ready its hard to remember what happened for next time.
All in all it was a blast, would love to go again. I had a friend come in with me to help,turns out he knows the half owner of one of the fastest cars there a 69 Camaro. He thinks he'll get a ride in it,they let riders along in the trials. I want a ride in a 66 Comet that looks like a wild ride,jumps all over all the way down the track. These 2 are usually the final in the 6.5 and under class but I guess theres a couple faster Camaro's being rebuilt.