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Well first off sorry for making the delay today guys at the track rental!! Second of all THANKS for the guys who helped load it up!!! Larry, Todd and whoever else, THANKS!!
We were making GREAT strides with things and found ourselves able to start putting the power in a little at a time. 7.8 something off the trailer at 186. Next pass we went a 7.78 and 186. Next we backed it off to run 1/8 mile passes and our next best was a 5.07. Next two passes we found ourselves putting a little in at a time and had to pedal the first one and then the second it stood back up somewhere around 400-500' it came down hard. Actually digging the rack into the track almost 2". By doing so it literally twisted the rack mount in two and busting the aluminum rack mounting ears off which now piled all of that into the oil pan. Really hard to drive a car with no steering and in the wall she went. Alan did and excellant job controlling all he could and the positive is it could of been alot worse and my welds passed testing,LOL. Above all- Alans OK and in the end thats ALL that matters. We are done for quite awhile now. Greg should have some video up tonight as well.
Well first off sorry for making the delay today guys at the track rental!! Second of all THANKS for the guys who helped load it up!!! Larry, Todd and whoever else, THANKS!!
We were making GREAT strides with things and found ourselves able to start putting the power in a little at a time. 7.8 something off the trailer at 186. Next pass we went a 7.78 and 186. Next we backed it off to run 1/8 mile passes and our next best was a 5.07. Next two passes we found ourselves putting a little in at a time and had to pedal the first one and then the second it stood back up somewhere around 400-500' it came down hard. Actually digging the rack into the track almost 2". By doing so it literally twisted the rack mount in two and busting the aluminum rack mounting ears off which now piled all of that into the oil pan. Really hard to drive a car with no steering and in the wall she went. Alan did and excellant job controlling all he could and the positive is it could of been alot worse and my welds passed testing,LOL. Above all- Alans OK and in the end thats ALL that matters. We are done for quite awhile now. Greg should have some video up tonight as well.
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