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Topic: Goin' racin' today
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 2660
From: not where I want to be
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-10-2002 09:16 AM
   
Gonna take the racecar to Eddyville today. Normally, I'm all keyed up for going to the track, but not today. With all the extra stressfull sh*t goin' on in my life, I cant seem to find the normal enthusiasm for going. I still want to go, but it's not the same.
Hopefully, once I get there, and get acclimated to the car again, everything will be fine. 
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Dave Gibson
Moderator Posts: 5828
From: Pensacola, Florida, USA M&M#166 MCA#47921
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 08-10-2002 12:10 PM
Rob, have fun and relax.  It will all come back to you as soon as you get in the race car.   Dave & Terri ------------------
Poison Ivy (Dave's)
'65 Fastback Modified 289 4V, C-4, dual exhaust, styled steel wheels, rally pac, A/C
'02 Explorer XLT, Black, 3.73:1 limited slip, class III tow package!
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Ken
Gearhead Posts: 2660
From: Prospect, Ct. M&M Member No. 31 MCA Member 49299
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-10-2002 01:24 PM
Just relax and enjoy Rob !!! Maybe once you get to the track everything else will take a back seat...except kk that is ?!?!?------------------
Conciousness - that annoying time between naps. Ken
1965 Springtime Yellow Coupe - 302GT40-4spd
Edlebrock RPM Air Gap - 670cfm Holley Street Avenger
and much, MUCH MORE !!!
My 1965 (aka RUMBLE BEE) Photo Page
1995 5.0 Laser Red - 5spd - Coupe
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Fastymz
Gearhead Posts: 5188
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-10-2002 03:33 PM
Rob I wish I was going with you.
I had such good time racing yesterday.I only hope you have fun.
SCOOP
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65 coupe,351w,C4,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8"3.40 TracLoc,Cragar SS,Black Suede. https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Fastymz.html
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68F100
Gearhead Posts: 1565
From: Fort Madison, Iowa USA - United We Stand
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 08-11-2002 04:54 AM
Hope you had fun and did well Rob. I had to go to the sweet corn festival in West Point. I also had to dance with some beautiful women...yeah...don't feel sorry for me Anyway, hope you got to put some Chebbies on the trailer and take home a check.
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 1779
From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-11-2002 10:11 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Ken:
Just relax and enjoy Rob !!! Maybe once you get to the track everything else will take a back seat...except kk that is ?!?!?
I,m sure all will be O.K. , and , it would a great send off if kk DID slip into the back seat for awhile , it would be a win-win for the both of you JOHN ------------------
65 2+2 FASTBACK
68 COUPE
87 TAURUS WAGON
98 F150 XLT TRITON V8 4.6, 4 WHEEL DRIVE
Member:Vancouver Island Mustang Association
M&M #1710
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 2660
From: not where I want to be
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-11-2002 10:48 AM
Well, it wasnt a stellar performance by an means. First pass, I put my baseline setting in the box, .509 lite, 1.345 60', 6.30 @ 106.98 mph. WOW! I have no idea where that came from, fastest pass pf the year. Next pass, same setting in th box, .555 lite, 1.375 60', 6.342 @ 106.6 mph. Umm...maybe I missed, next pass, took .005 out of the box, .530 lite, 6.339. Now I'm worried, I cant find the tree. Last time run, I take .010 out, put 5 lbs of air in each front tire figuring it will redlite, yep, .491, but the car then ran 6.351. Great, now the car is running all over the map. First round, the sun goes behind the clouds, so I put .012 in the box, and a 6.33 on the window. Nope, I missed again, .553 lite, and the car runs 6.37 flat out. Obviously not my day, but I buyback anyways. I take .005 out, dial 6.35, and WOW, I win the round with a .521 lite and run 6.37 on teh brakes. Next round, .513 lite, run 6.367 on the 6.35 dial, not too bad. But the guy I run has a .508, and goes 5.888 on a 5.88 dial. I got beat. No excuses for that. The best part of the night, was after everyhting was done. My buddy I race with who has teh mustang 2, had his black 93 Lightning there. So we asked if we could line them up before they took the tree down, and they said yes. My truck has approximatley 90K more miles on it than his does, and I think that helped mine hook better. My 60' was a 2.17 to his 2.35, and I ran 9.87 at 69.9 mph to his 10.18 @ 69.2 mph.
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 13252
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-11-2002 12:45 PM
Glad you got back out Rob. So was Gary still as big an a$$hole as he was to the IHRA racers last week?  ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator/ non 65-66 Mustang owner sensitivity co-ordinator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA National Record Holder '00, '01, & '02
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28
Part time secret agent license #0089
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 2660
From: not where I want to be
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-11-2002 01:05 PM
I never got a chance to talk to him. But it seems he's only like that during that race. He's always real good to the "regulars" on a weekly basis, and thats why the local racers are all very loyal to him. I noticed last year he wasnt real good to the IHRA folks either. And actually, that kind of suprised me.
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Fastymz
Gearhead Posts: 5188
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-11-2002 01:38 PM
Rob,your truck is faster them my 65.
There was a Lightning running here in Reno he only turned a 10.8 in the 1/8.
Sounds to me like the race car ran pretty good.Bummer on that last race a 5.888 on a 5.88,hard to beat that.SCOOP ------------------
65 coupe,351w,C4,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8"3.40 TracLoc,Cragar SS,Black Suede. https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Fastymz.html
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 2660
From: not where I want to be
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-11-2002 04:28 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Fastymz:
Rob,your truck is faster them my 65. SCOOP
Not if it was at 5000 + ft elevation it wouldnt be.
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rockafellz
Gearhead Posts: 183
From: San Lorenzo, CA, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 08-12-2002 01:25 PM
Dang Kid,Even though you lost, your times and skills are pretty impressive!! Those 60'er are real low too!! Do you leave after the 2nd yellow light or at the same time the 3rd yellow lights? Also, how did you anticipate your were gonna redlight on the last run? Erik ------------------
1966 Ford Mustang 2+2
Mine - Restomod in Progress 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe
Dad's - Original Unrestored
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 2660
From: not where I want to be
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-12-2002 03:17 PM
When I run the no box class, I leave after teh last yellow has lit. Lately though, I have been running nothing but the delay box class. That means, I let go of the button for the transbrake on the top yellow. The reason I expected to red lite that last time run, was because I took alot of time out of the box trying to red lite so I could see how well I was picking the lite up for the day. Most of those lites, I had saturday, were pretty poor for a delay box race.
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