Chicago Results

Not so good..

The car ran great, but we had a few issues that when combined together, helped us make a bad decision.

As we were getting ready for our third round run, we noticed one of our rear tires had a cut in it. Not a big cut, but just into the cords. First we spent some time trying to figure out what had caused the cut. Maybe a rock or something else on the track? Maybe something in the wheel well? 

Yep, we found it. Hiding behind the plastic fender liner is a piece of body seam that appears to hit the tire when we pull our wheelies, and the plastic is pushed out of the way, and the metal pokes through.. A small adjustment with pliers, and a hammer, and that silly metal will no longer cut tires.

I knew that we would need new tires next week, so that wasn't a big surprise that it costs another $450 for a pair of new rear shoes. But having a pair of brand new tires, begs the question, will they grip as well as the others? In other words, it raises uncertainty.

And then there was the new weather machine. The previous machine, which was already a bit old, finally died. So we got a new one. Another $400 into the effort. But when it says, or rather, when it predicts that you will run a 10.06, can you trust it? We didn't. We thought it would be more like 10.08 so that is what we dialed in the third round. And guess what we ran? 10.06, so I guess we can trust our new weather machine. And especially after we get a few more runs into it, so it has more data to analyze. Also we ordered, although it hasn't shown up yet, a data cable to connect the weather machine to a computer so we can store the data and further analyze and predict.

So, in the future we are running out of excuses... We are currently scheduled for two more National events; Bristol Tennessee, and Norwalk, Ohio. And I fully expect to win one of those...

From this point forward, we will be running in A/SA. So we can take out some weight, and let the car rip. We have to be careful not go too fast, because we really don't want any more horsepower.... But we can run 9.801 and avoid horsepower. And the car is certainly capable of. doing that all day long. In fact the car is capable of a whole lot more.  But for now, we will stay there or slower...

Here is one of our Qualfying runs.


Oh, and here is a video of our Bye Run.
Until Next Time... Race Safely, and God Bless!

David