We had near-perfect conditions last night. Clear, cool, and low car count. Unfortunately, despite getting there at 6:30, we only got 1 time run before eliminations. Tony and I ran heads up, which was his first pass with the new 350. Previous best with his 307/2bbl was 16.80. His first run was a strong 14.16 @ 94, and he clearly let up early, not knowing where the finish line was. The Cobalt ran a 14.29 @ 100.
Eliminations were up next, and we both ran in Stock class. I went first, and despite miserable reaction times, I had the guy covered, and hit the brakes. Tony took my helmet, and dialed 13.99. Had he not been asleep at the tree, he could've pulled it out, running a very respectable 14.02 @ 101. In the 2nd round, I was dialed 14.25 against a Fox mustang dialed in at 14.21. I killed him on the tree (rather, he killed himself with a horrible tree) and I was in front of him and pulling away before 330 ft, again hitting the brakes for the win. The 3rd round would be my undoing. I came up against a 4th gen Z28 dialed in at 13.65. He had a good enough tree to beat me and my car bobbled on the 1-2 shift, slowing me to a 14.4x. He ran 13.69 and took the win. The bummer of it was that had I won, I would've been in the final, as the ZL1 Camaro pictured got the by-run, and then didn't show up for the next round, leaving the guy I lost to in the final against a new '11 or '12 5.0 mustang dialed in at 12.85.
Both of us would get our best runs on the final time run of the night. We lined up, and I got a *perfect* launch with my car, netting me a 14.10 @ 103. (with .043 reaction time!) Tony had a great run too, beating my ET by going 13.95 @ 101.
The pic of the timeslips are all Tony's. Carb has a *terrible* bog in transition, but once going pulls strong.
So, he had his first-ever pass in the 14s, and then his first-ever in the 13s. I made 5 passes without lighting up the red bulb and went a couple rounds.
-Dave
