Tony was kind enough to let me try his Nitto 555R drag radials. 275-50-15. I know the track wasn't the greatest, but these things just didnt work well for me. My best 60ft was only 1.78. I'll probably give them another try, but I certainly couldn't just hammer off the line with them like I could my M/T ET Streets. The final kick in the balls was when I went to go home, I left the Nittos on and threw my street tires in the trunk. I didn't even get from the snack bar to the exit due to them rubbing on my fender lips, so I had to change tires before going back home. They were fine during racing because I didn't have all the weight in the trunk. Since I need to buy tires this year for racing, I think I'm gonna suck it up and get real slicks or ET Streets and keep changing tires at the track.
I lost in the first round, I dialed a 12.75, cut an .04 light, and ran a 12.85 @ 101, hitting the brakes, but he went 10.47 on a 10.39 with an .02 light. MOV was .0330. That's a pretty good race. I shouldn't have hit the brakes, though.
A 'lousy' night at the track is still better than a good day at work, and I drove the Corvette to work today, top down both ways, so it was a good cool-car day.
-Dave