joelster
06-12-2010, 04:24 PM
Had a freakin blast! I ended up running in "mod" class which is 0-9.10secs without electronics (delay boxes, etc). I could have ran "top" class which is 0-7.99 but the tech guy recommended that I didn't. I short shifted it into 3rd because the tranny has been giving me problems and it ran pretty damn good considering. I ran a 7.35, 7.34, 7.31, 7.30, 7.30, all around 93.5-93.8mph. I can get another 100lbs out of it and I have a new tranny on the way with a brake and a lower 1st gear to get the car moving faster. I'd love to run a 6.99 N/A with my stock shortblock. You don't see too many LT1 cars doing that. They had 2 jet cars there and 2 wheelstanders also. The jet cars were insane but the wheelstanders were so-so. One was pathetically slow the other was a BEAST! The faster wheelstander ran mid 5's on the rear tires! All in all my class had about 80 cars in it (at least), Top class had about the same, street class had maybe 30, bikes/sleds had about 20, Quick 16 had a low 5 cutoff, and there were several doorslammers in the mid/high 4's. Just a HUGE turnout.
Oh, on my way to the second round the cool tech guy informed me that I would be disqualified for not having a cage, driving suit, and an extinguisher in my car. OOPS! I will get that addressed soon though. Here's a few pics:
The guy right behind me is the car I ran in the first round:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bigjoelster/cars/P6110330.jpg
You can see my car if you look close. Look at the yellow car in the left side, then there are 3 white cars, then mine. This is early in the line-up for the 1st round of "mod". The lanes are 4 wide and about 15-20 deep at this point with more cars still lining up:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bigjoelster/cars/P6110331.jpg
Oh, on my way to the second round the cool tech guy informed me that I would be disqualified for not having a cage, driving suit, and an extinguisher in my car. OOPS! I will get that addressed soon though. Here's a few pics:
The guy right behind me is the car I ran in the first round:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bigjoelster/cars/P6110330.jpg
You can see my car if you look close. Look at the yellow car in the left side, then there are 3 white cars, then mine. This is early in the line-up for the 1st round of "mod". The lanes are 4 wide and about 15-20 deep at this point with more cars still lining up:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a76/bigjoelster/cars/P6110331.jpg