Real good day overall again ! Went out Friday eve and made 4 runs then got 2 TT's Saturday before competition. Took out a '69 Z28 Camaro first round. My dial at 12.64 his at 12.00. Second round I had a Riviera with a cowl hood. My readjusted dial at 12.69 to his 12.15. Found another way to lose with a 12.678. He was soooooooo close at the finish line I tapped the brakes a little late. Breakout by 12 thousandths !! My bad reaction time got me on that one too. Had a .146 reaction to his .180. First round was reasonable with a .076 reaction time. Learned a little more about gettin' a big chicken or a little chicken. Seems one of the Ford Drag Team (FDT) guys has a nickname for everything and the trophies for 1st and 2nd for the day are termed "chickens" ! Don't know why but they are.
Hung around to get to know some of the FDT guys and one of "ours" got to the finals. The FDT guy was runnin' a mid 70s' Ford shortbed junk yard dog kinda truck. He stuck a 460 in it and dialed at a 14.54. Ran real consistent all day and waded through around 60 cars. On his semi final run he clicked off a 14.54 with a 2 ! I told him after that run, "Hey, piece of cake, ya had two thousandths cushion !"
It was Chevy day at the track so there was WAY to many of those everywhere ya looked. I pitted next to a front engined dragster and visited with him on Friday and Saturday. Runnin' methanol with the grape scent. A couple of you guys remember that from last time !
Next CCCA race is June 12th at Pacific Raceways (I'll be in Roseburg, OR for sprint car racin') then July 10th at
PR then July 25th at Bremerton.
Perhaps.......I can get that Killer Chiller on in time fer one of those in July...
