New PB

[ponys197]

Ran a 12.978 pass this past Sunday and that was with a 2800+ DA as well.

I think the drag racing gods must have had a tail wind on me because even though I had a worse 60ft than the best all day - car charged like a champion and reeled in a 12.978 @ 104.77.

Hopefully with better air that will continue to drop. Unfortunately for the event we had to dial our fastest qualifying pass which for me was a 13.02. I ran it out the back but then again the event was supposed to be just street tires , no electronics / transbrakes , no trailered cars , no slicks - and they didn't enforce those rules.

But can't complain about a losing run on a PB.

 

[redfirepearlgt]

Hey! I thought I just saw this somewhere else! LOL! Nice job. Were you there Friday night for TT? The Ambient air temp dropped 15 degrees at 9 oclock and really made for some of the best air we had seen in the area on a Friday night for at least 5 weeks. Had to be down around 2200 or a little lower. I'll bet you would have gone 12.79 Friday night.

 

[ponys197]

Cant go on Friday's as my kids play football and one of them starts varsity and is a senior.

Hope to catch some better air at Kilkare or weekends as well.

 

[Candy10]

PB is always fun. Having to dial in that way doesn't make sense, seeing as you will lose every time you improve.

What was in the other lane? 11.72 but only 108mph.

 

[ponys197]

It was a Chevy II or a Nova I think , tubbed , caged , on slicks , 1 seat , aluminum interior , pretty sure he was running all motor as I saw bottle brackets but no bottle.

He lifted at the 1000ft mark or so I think , probably so he didn't break out either.

I have an aversion to pedaling it at the end it seems.

 

[redfirepearlgt]

It was a Chevy II or a Nova I think , tubbed , caged , on slicks , 1 seat , aluminum interior , pretty sure he was running all motor as I saw bottle brackets but no bottle.

He lifted at the 1000ft mark or so I think , probably so he didn't break out either.

I have an aversion to pedaling it at the end it seems.

I tried lifting to make the 12.00 index avg in NMRA true street in Hebron back in June on the last pass to try to avg 2 11.4x passes to 12.000. Had to run a 13.1 to hit the average dead nuts. Ran a 14.1 and it killed me to lift. Needless to say I did not anticipate it correctly. You're right, it just doesn't feel natural.