KMP Wednesday Night Grudge Racing

[Fred32v]

Fun night at KMP, joined by BP and the MostMint one.
My GMC Canyon and I went 3 rounds in Truck Eliminator.
Dialed in 14.95, sadly my race was close and I turned a 14.94.
As always, KMP is a good time.

[Basement Paul]

I went out with the idea of running my best ET in the S10. With the new drag shocks and my "race wheels", I thought this would be possible with the good air that was coming. My first pass was a promising 11.31 (best was 11.27). Second pass got me there with an 11.26. Third pass was only a .32 for some reason, but I was satisfied heading into eliminations.
I wasn't sure what class to run, but after some deliberation, and $100 on the line, I decided to run Animal. Five rounds later, I was coming home with the cash and the sticker cuz apparently, they still haven't figured out that they need trophies for race day.
My worst RT was in the finals and was a .06. I had a .01 in the 3rd round that saved me when I had a little tire spin and ran flat out a .44 on a .32.
Super fun night indeed!

-BP

[MostMint]

Managed to get the K&N kit installed into the red Caddy in order to see how much it would help

https://youtu.be/7RsibfqQB8A

The car was pretty consistent.

first time run 14.04
2nd time run 14.06 though I manually held it in 3rd since last pass it shifted right before the end of the traps. Then
last time run 14.03
Round 1 14.04 on 14.02 dial with just a touch of brakes
Round 2 14.00 on 14.01 double breakout mine was less
Round 3 13.99 on 13.97
Round 4 14.02 on 13.97 hard on the brakes about 10 MPH slower
Round 5 13.94 on 13.95 red bulb - runner up in stock class

In the final the car I was racing against was .5 faster than me and I got distracted by the bulb on the other side of the tree. I redlighted the last two time runs and really had my doubts if I would win any rounds.

The track mgt does not know how to put down glue, and can't figure out how to have trophies. I just got the trophy from May and now I'm back in the same boat. Grrr.

[TireSmoker]

Paul and I are thinking about heading out for the first time tomorrow, July 2.

Hope to see some of you there!

[Basement Paul]

What he said!

-BP

[TireSmoker]

Tough night for me at the track tonight.. I got there and made 1 pretty good pass. I got my timeslip, found a parking spot in the pits, and my car wouldnt restart after that. It would crank/fire/die. I had to throw in the towel and called Mason & Healy for a tow home.

Drove it there, no issues.

I made a pretty solid pass, considering the outside temp, plus I didnt really cool the car down. I went from 180 to 200 while they cleaned my lane after my burnout and with Carsten burning me down like Warren Johnston on the starting line. (ok, a lot exaggerated, but he was slow to stage IMO) But I still beat him on the tree, my lone victory for the night.

[Basement Paul]

I went there with low expectations for the management, and they were able to maintain that expectation. Not a big car count, but super slow getting in the gate and running the program. The positive is that the track was at least pretty good. My truck was consistent, but the new christmas tree and timing system threw me off a little thus leading to several close red lights including a .001 red in time runs, a .01 red, and a .007 red in eliminations. I'll just have to remember when I go back, to go and study the tree a little more as I did none of that last night.
The air wasn't good so I was running 11.8s which is to be expected. It was fun seeing some of the Wed night regulars I haven't seen since last fall, and getting to make a few passes at least.

-BP

[TireSmoker]

Weather looks great for tonight. I'm heading out for the first time with Maliboost in my trailer. Hopefully I'll get more than 1 pass this time.

[Basement Paul]

Either way, the trip home will be easier. And not so much conversation.
I'll be there with the Mini Pooper.

-BP

[TireSmoker]

I rode home in peace last night.

Made it out to the track for the first time with the trailer. I parked in the grass area next to the staging lanes. The problem with that, is everyone parks facing east/west, which made my awning near useless! Also, you can't put the truck tailgate down, the tongue jack is in the way. No biggie, just figuring out how everything works.

I made 3 passes, only 1 was a good one. I was in the staging lanes literally pulling onto the track, and I aborted my first run. Temp was already at 200 and looking like it was climbing. I wasn't gonna do a burnout and stage at 210+. Of course, right after I pulled off, it dropped to like 180, so not sure if I have an air pocket or maybe a sticky thermostat.. or?

On my next attempt, my burnout didnt go right, but I staged anyway, and just blew the tires off. 11.00. That was the end of time runs.

I went up for my first round elimination. I dialed 10.30, based on my 10.18 a few weeks back and thinking it was hotter. Other guy in a race Duster was dialed 11.30. He went red. I cut an .08 and went 10.22 on a 10.30. This was my only quality pass. I have good GoPro footage of me running him down, though.

2nd round elimination, i moved my dial down to 10.20. I got lined up with the dude in the silver F150, dialed 16.xx As soon as we were both staged, I got on the 2-step, and held it there for 6+ seconds before launching. I dont think that worked well -- 10.48 on a 10.20, with a terrible .29 light. I need to figure out a strategy for dealing with much slower cars like that.

All in all, a very good night! I'm gonna look for a place to race this weekend.

[Basement Paul]

The Mini got it's first drag racing action, most likely of it's life. I got two time runs in, one was a 15.44 and the next was a .32. I drew the bye run in the first round and went a 15.15 on a 15.30 dial. so I had to dial down obviously for round two. I put a 15.10 on the window and on the brakes ran a 15.08 after knocking two mph off at the line.
For round three I dialed a 15.01. It seemed to be getting cooler and the car sat for awhile so I figured I was good. Wrong. I treed my opponent, but the car seemed to lay over a little on the big end and I was over .2 off my dial. Night over.
No big deal though, it was a fun night just hanging out and trying to go rounds. My only red light was on the bye (-.005).

-BP

[Basement Paul]

Last night I was up in the air as to which car to drive, and out of laziness was about to get in the Ranger, but when I went in the garage and looked at the Mustang with the top down, I decided it really wanted to go because the weather was nice and the air was good. I was hoping the new coil packs and plugs would get me into the 12's. I got three time runs (in order): 12.88, 12.81, and 13.14 all over 112mph, one was just over 113 and I was hitting the rev limiter just at the stripe in 3rd gear.
Since there was an oil down and the track was getting colder, along with the temperatures, I knew I would be fighting traction at this point. First round I dialed a 13.1 against a BMW sedan. He somehow ran over a full second under his dial and never lifted. I ran a 12.94 at only 100mph for the win.
Round 2 was against Alex in his Subaru wagon. He dialed a 17.95 to my 12.85. I gave him almost a tenth on the tree and had real traction issues but at the stripe he had a solid six car lengths on me but he never lifted (!!!) and broke out by .02 giving me the win. I was on the brakes at that point just in case to a 13.44 at 101.
Round 3 was against Matt Capparusio in his Magnum wagon. He's usually pretty good. I dialed a 13.2 (I'm still guessing) and gave him a full tenth on the tree too. This was a little closer and I saw him hit his brakes. My gut said to hit mine too as I wasn't going to catch him but I stayed in it. Double breakout. But he went 14.248 on a 14.24 dial to my 13.163 on a 13.2 dial. If I would have even just tapped the brakes a hair, I would have chopped enough off. Oh well, to be honest, I didn't expect to even win one round with this car, and was totally happy to finally have a 12 second run with it.

It was a nice night, and totally fun to just hang out. Going a few rounds was a bonus for sure.

-BP

[TireSmoker]

Had a GREAT wednesday night at the track! As mentioned in the other thread, I took the Chevelle out to race for the first time since May 2024. I really just needed to make a few passes for the Buckeye Skips thing. First pass was a little disappointing at 12.48 @ 107. The datalog showed it too rich, too much for the AFR control to correct. I made a quick tuning change and the next pass went 12.40 @ 108. I kind of expected to be going 110, but Paul and John were 3mph slower than last week.

I decided to run Stock class with Paul. My RTs on my time runs were pretty awful, and they remained that way through eliminations. I drew an Audi in the 1st round and had a 1.x reaction. Caught it easily and lifted.

Round 2, I had to run Alexander in his Subaru. I was concerned about this one, honestly. But, I got him on the tree .163 vs .176. He had an .04 first round. But I went 12.42 on 12.40. He went 17.757 on a 17.76, broke out by .003. But I had him at the stripe anyway.

Round 3 was against Chris Louis who was out there in matching SUVs with his kid. This was another good one. I beat Chris on the tree, .223 to .258. And it was enough, because he ran right on his number, 16.253 on a 16.25, while I went 12.433 on 12.40. I got him at the stripe by .005!

Round 4 was the semi-final round. It was me, Paul, and a guy in a truck. Paul and truck-guy had already had bye-runs earlier, so I got the bye into the final. I made a good pass, and ran right on my number, 12.404 on 12.40. I was ready for the final!

Round 5, It was me and Paul for the final. He's in the left lane, I'm in the right. Ignore Matt Caporuscio's name on the timeslip, he must be in there under car 216.

Dialin
12.18 vs 12.40
RT .13328 vs .14176
ET 12.17593 vs. 12.39541

I hit the brakes, thinking I might've had him covered. It was super close. I was down to 97mph from 108. If I dont hit the brakes, I break-out by more.
Paul wins by .00796

[Basement Paul]

Yeah, my final was really in the semi-finals against a Ram truck dialed 13.99. I just wanted to get to the finals with Dave. The Ram went .05 on the tree but I put up an .02. It was a double breakout too, but he went .96 and I went 12.194 on a .20 dial. It was super close at the stripe too.
Once in the finals I didn't really care if I won or not, it was just super fun racing Dave, and having it be THAT close was pretty crazy. When my win light came on, I actually thought Dave hit the brakes too soon and really didn't think I broke out. Either way TireSmoke was represented well last night!
The Vette was super consistent with the new tires. My best ET was in the finals with Dave, the 12.17, and my worst was in the 3rd round against Neil in his Charger where I went .24 on a .20 on the brakes. John and I had a solid race too in the first round, he cut a .118 light to my .013, so I made it pretty hard for him. He went 12.10 on a 12.02 dial and I went .21 on a .17 with a stab of the brakes at the stripe. But my 60' times were ALL 1.75-1.76. That helps me a ton. Next time out I will go back to letting the car shift itself now that I know it won't break the tires loose and shift into 2nd immediately. This may help my consistency even more.

They are having some uphill truck race in a couple weeks I may check into with the S10. Not sure what they're doing with classing, etc. If they're going to stick me in with some 4x4 diesels, I won't waste my time as I'm quite certain this will be a no-prep scenario and I know it's only 1/8 mile.

-BP