ChevyKiller
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No worries, I was pleased with my performance overall and pretty happy with my lights. You had mentioned about running the car warm on qualifying then cold on eliminations, but since I was in two classes almost on top of each other, it was impossible. What I did on Saturday was stop by home depot on the way and paid the $5 for 180 lbs of ready mix concrete...lol
Had that in the trunk on saturday and was turning consistent 14.4x's with a best of 14.40 so my dial was 14.30. Just took out the concrete and presto - was running right on the dial but I always had the car warm. The needle was pinned left on the car and was seriously ice cold after an hour and a half delay so from our conversations, I figured a .10 faster so I lifted about 50' out. The guy I was running was last year's champion and really good so he was coming up on me and I just lifted to fender him through the traps. Looking back, I realize now that the 1/2 car I had on him was too much (.149 to .150 RT's) and I should have tapped the brakes instead of just lifting but I wasn't thinking at the time. Great learning experience though.
I'll tell you what, I know everyone loves to say they prefer 'chasing' a car down and it's more fun, but strategically, it's a whole lot better to be out front if your trying to win...
I learned that the guy in front is the one who dictates the race, not the guy chasing. (If the guy in front knows what he's doing of course...lol)
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