Chicago, Chicago and more threat of rain.

Does a big black storm cloud follow us? Or do we follow it? Who knows for sure, but it is Friday, and the forecast is for more rain today.

I got here fairly late yesterday, as I was attending my Grandson David's 8 Grade Graduation. He is excited to now be going into High School next year. And he reminds me regularly that it is only about a year and a half before he is 16 and can drive. So it won't be long before before he hits the track too. And if he can drive a real car as well as he drove his Junior dragster before he outgre it, he will do OK. So, after all 270 eight graders were recognized, some many times over, and sitting for a couple of hours in a very hot, very crowded gymnasium, I hit the road, and finally got to the track. Keith and Tonya had already parked and met me with my my credentials. I used to live in Chicagoland back in the 70's. And I have always lliked Chicago.

You can never be sure what will happen when the weather comes in to a race like this. You might get lucky and get all of your qualifying runs in, or you might not do more than get one run., and even that is questionable at times.

Sometimes, if the weather is a big issue,  they just take the fastest qualifier in each Class and name them as theClass Winner.

But we are here, and the Mega Maniac sounds like it wants to kick up it's heels. It is hard to say what has given it a whole new growl, deeper, and with a pip more pop than we are used to hearing. But it sounds pretty good, and now we just have to figure out if it will run as good as it sounds.

We got all checked out and Teched in yesterday. So our only tasks this morning will be to fuel up, charge teh battery, and get the car weighed to make sure that the car didn't go on a diet like Keith did. He is down to about 160 pounds, and we might have to make up some of the weight he lost. That  is no real problem, as our weight box is almost empty right now. But we have to convince him that he is light enough, or we will need to put an elephant in the trunk to compensate for his weight loss. But he is a real role model, excercising discipline and good eating judgment. And as a result, of seeinghim do so well,  I am also working on getting rid of the last 15-20 pounds that will get me back closer to my "ideal weight".

It looks like there will be a lot of cars in B/SA. We are the only Drag Pak in B/SA, but there are about 4 or 5 in A/SA and most of them are the newer 6.4 Hemis,  so it looks like folks would probably prefer B/SA, if they don't think they can run with the new Drag Paks. And since we have no idea how the car will run, that could be a good choice for tehm... Or it might just be the case of racing against us being the lesser of two evils. You can wither run a little 5.7 Hemi in B/SA, or face a slew of 6.4 Hemis in A/SA. But I think Doug Duell will be here in A/SA with his 6.1 Hemi, and Iu saw John McCloud's 6.1 in A/SA too, so it isn't an all 6.4 show.

The more cars in B/SA, the better. At least that is what we hope, and it is all predicated on the plan for the  car to run as good, or better than it has done before. I like our chances. And after class runs, with teh possiblity of a lot of heads up runs in Stock Eliminator with the other B/SA cars, it should be a good weekend, if the rains hold off.

Until Next Time... Race Safely, and God Bless!


David