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Originally Posted by Hyper1SS

Tried to find you after that round. Did not know you were here till Mike from Roto-Fab told me you made the trip. Found the car but you were not around. Awesome to hear things went well minus the last round. We did get to see that run through. Was hoping to meet you and talk a little. Will you be at the host hotel tonight?

I doubt I will be bro. Is there a closing ceremony or something? I am going to get some food and swap rims. I may be over that way though depending on the resuraunt. Sorry I missed you. I was hanging out with the "GPI" crew. Great group of guys. Bhilla and his crew from Maryland.

[Hyper1SS]

Ok. Just hanging out for the last night before parting ways to all head home. I think there is a cruise tonight or tomorrow. Have a safe trip home.

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My losing pass. Made it a heck of a race.

[BowtieRocket]

Awesome and congrats. N/A 30mpg car running 10s...impressive

[BradfordCamaro]

The really cool thing.... All this happens tomorrow....

[BowtieRocket]

Originally Posted by PRAY

+2,800 DA

DAs up here are like 6500 in the summer!

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Originally Posted by BradfordCamaro

The really cool thing.... All this happens tomorrow....

Can't wait to see how yours turns out bro. Still hate it that you couldn't make it.

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Originally Posted by BowtieRocket

DAs up here are like 6500 in the summer!

Isn't your base altitude like 5K+.

[BowtieRocket]

Originally Posted by PRAY

Isn't your base altitude like 5K+.

Yeah. I mean 8500+

[grampa_ss]

Originally Posted by PRAY

I am out. I was asleep at the light. Well not really but that is the best way to describe it. I still went 11.00 in 3,500 DA. I may make another pass to see if I can 10.99. I ended up third with the fastest N/A car on the grounds with no compromises. I am cool with that.

Congrats! I know what it's like on those Pro Trees. I lost in the finals even though I ran .2 quicker.

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Originally Posted by grampa_ss

Congrats! I know what it's like on those Pro Trees. I lost in the finals even though I ran .2 quicker.

Wait, you were at the Fest and I missed you? What class were you running in? That Pro Tree wasn't the issue I guess. All the complaints I heard were about how there was no time between the second dude to stage and the yellow's. As far as I know that timing is controlled by the starting line guy? Just a little longer for us novices would have been really nice.

[grampa_ss]

No...sorry. I was referring to the 801 Street Car shootout event about a month ago. My point was...I too...like you, ran a faster time than my opponent but my reaction time of .4xx was no match for his .2xx.

On a pro tree, electronics really help. Deep staging also will lower your reaction time, but ET's will be a tad slower.

Wow, I just looked closer at the timeslip. Losing by .04x. I bet the race was awesome. I know exactly how you felt all the way down the track. You were only a fender or so behind all the way to the finish (but thinking you were going to catch him).

[laynlo15]

I wasn't impressed, I was blown away how fast Brett's car is. He's also a great guy to hang out with. His car leaves awesome with those mid 1.40 60ft times. He can get the most out of his equipment then anyone I know. He packed all his stuff in the car, no trailer and drove that bitch 600 miles each way and packed it back in when he was done and drove her home. How many did that?

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Originally Posted by grampa_ss

No...sorry. I was referring to the 801 Street Car shootout event about a month ago. My point was...I too...like you, ran a faster time than my opponent but my reaction time of .4xx was no match for his .2xx.

On a pro tree, electronics really help. Deep staging also will lower your reaction time, but ET's will be a tad slower.

Wow, I just looked closer at the timeslip. Losing by .04x. I bet the race was awesome. I know exactly how you felt all the way down the track. You were only a fender or so behind all the way to the finish (but thinking you were going to catch him).

LOL, exactly.

I had an awesome opponent. We actually agreed on the staging procedure before the race. I have to be at 3K on the leave to get my best times. The race before that I sat on the converter waiting for my opponent to hit the bottom bulb for at least 10 seconds or more. That cost me some 60ft and E.T. on that run. When the converter gets hot the car short shifts for some reason. I didn't want to duplicate that with our race.

There were 5 of us that were within .10. We all wanted to know who was the fastest in a fair race. We were both going to pre stage and then I was going to stage and come up on the converter and then he was going to bump in so we could go. We did that but I short footed my bump and only got to 2,500 when I saw his second yellow come on. I looked down at my tach and heard him leave so I just chased. I totally missed my rpm and the yellows. My bad. It looked like I was going to catch him a couple times. He spun a little off the line which saved me a little bit but he was still a car out at least by the 60ft. I thought I would get him in 4th and 5th. He got me by a fender or so. That turned out to be his highest mph by 1 or 2 that day.

I went over the log last night and it spun on each shift. The track was just to hot and they were only prepping to the 60ft or so. I am not sure the last time they prepped before our run. I asked for it but it didn't happen. I doubt solid traction all the way down would have gotten me the win light but it would have made it closer. I was literally yelling "c'mon b***, you got this" at my car like an idiot all the way down the track. She didn't agree.