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Sunday Nov 18th @ 42
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:57 pm
by Basement Paul
There's two weekends left to give it a shot at good times. I plan again to try to make it this Sunday. The gates open at 11am. The forecast for Sunday is partly cloudy and 44 degrees. This looks like a good shot for good times.
Stories to watch- will the S-10 break into the low 15's?
Will mostmint's Vette make it down the track clean and keep up with BP's S-10?
Will Fred32v try to make it into the 100mph club, and get his T-shirt?
Will MarkSS327 be able to get a 12.999???
Will the Rookie be able to get the SS into the 13.7's with his new found ability to launch?
-BP
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:46 pm
by MostMint
The Vette will be there. Thinking about putting a video camera on board.
Saturday at 42 - the 24th
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:34 pm
by Basement Paul
I'm going to try again tomorrow in the truck, and if that doesn't work, I'll try again on sunday. The forcast for tomorrow is partly cloudy and 42 degrees!
-BP
Early Report
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:26 pm
by Fred32v
Here is an early picture from the Dragway 42 web cam showing the two combatants beginning to stage up for their duel.
Temperature about 40 degrees.
BasementPaul ran a career best with this S10, a very nice 15.20 seconds at 89.2mph. Great time for a pretty much stock V6.
However, MostMint's 1975 Vette also ran it's all time best of 14.88 seconds at 92 mph. Smiles all around!
Early Report
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:27 pm
by Fred32v
Here is an early picture from the Dragway 42 web cam showing the two combatants beginning to stage up for their duel.
Temperature about 40 degrees.
BasementPaul ran a career best with this S10, a very nice 15.20 seconds at 89.2mph. Great time for a pretty much stock V6.
However, MostMint's 1975 Vette also ran it's all time best of 14.88 seconds at 92 mph. Smiles all around!
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:12 pm
by Basement Paul
Yeah, I'd say I'm more than satisfied with the 15.20. It would seem that the new y-pipe has done it's job. The truck is more than .4 faster than it's best and almost three mph faster. I may have given up a couple hundreths in the 60ft department, but I'd say it's more than worth the tradeoff. I was a in a bit of dismay when on our first pass, with nearly identical reaction times, the Corvette of mostmint, drove away from me from mid track on. In fact, until I got my timeslip, I was a bit worried...
I backed up my 15.20, with a .21 and a .22.
After the racing, I put on the winter tires, which are actually a set of 80's camaro wheels off of the '79 Trans Am.
There was a '79 trans am at the track in black primer with the same wheels I intend to put on mine. Seeing this one tells me that black primer is not the way I want to go with mine. Definitely need to paint it.
Here's some pics from today...
-BP