Thanks everyone who stopped by to meet and chat. I didn't have a whole lot of time to walk around so I appreciate you guys who went of your way to find me. I had a lot of fun at Milan.
Here are some time stamp links from the live feed of some of my passes and a few of my slips.
On Thursday, I made one blower only (no nitrous) pass to get a feel for the track and get some data for upcoming races that restrict me to a single power adder. At 4470 lbs, I managed an 8.477 @ 163.96, not bad on the new 3.0L Whipple setup.
During heavyweight qualifying round 2, I made another blower only pass at 4540 lbs and ran an 8.495 @ 163.84.
During heavyweight finals, I was paired up to race a client of mine in her stock Redeye. I had major issues on that pass which made for a real close race at the end. I spun, got back in it, the car felt unsettled or off so I lifted and put it in neutral out of habit. I then put it back in gear and didn't realize it was in 7th when I tried to get back in it. My trans cried for mercy as it overpowered the clutches and slipped to the moon so I let off and was basically coasting the rest of the way, looked over and was like hmm... she might catch me. She almost did, but I took the W by a fender crossing at around 98 mph on my side.
All the winners race in a bracket style King of the Hill race off at the end and to be honest, I don't really have a chance versus most of those other index class winners so I try to have fun with it. I put a 7.90 dial on the car and got ready. If it hooks even with a soft launch, it should break out with a 7.8x just based on having done just that last month. Unfortunately, even with a conservative launch, I spun, recovered, and ran an 8.20 @ 178 mph.
After that, we decided to head home back to Houston early to take advantage of the weekend traffic and rest stops.
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