Cword
08-24-2004, 11:30 AM
That's the best we ran this year. On Wednesday with Ted driving 1149 went through the 5 mile trap still accelerating (slowly) and got us a best speed so far of 198.915 MPH . We tweaked and tuned all week trying to crack the 200 mark but never made it. That means more homework for us for the next year, 'cause the saying on the salt goes "do your home work or spend the week tuning".
Still it was a great week, we went faster, and that's a good thing!
The biggest thrill for my week was making my first two passes. Trip number one down the short course was Saturday for my D license which required that I stay under 150 MPH, I kept that run to 139.431 then on Sunday I got to make a C license pass, staying under 175 at 169.902
Dianne Allan also got to make D and C license passes. Then we turned the car over to Ted and dad for the rest of the week.
This was by far the most interesting Speedweek I've attended. We arrived early and helped out with the set-up of the venue for 3 days, drove for the first time, experienced my first "wind delay", and rain on the salt. this was also the first time I've stayed through to the end of the week. The experience was a great two weeks which I hope to repeat (although faster) next year.
I've got loads of pictures (800) to go through and will get them sorted and post some over the next while.
mike
Still it was a great week, we went faster, and that's a good thing!
The biggest thrill for my week was making my first two passes. Trip number one down the short course was Saturday for my D license which required that I stay under 150 MPH, I kept that run to 139.431 then on Sunday I got to make a C license pass, staying under 175 at 169.902
Dianne Allan also got to make D and C license passes. Then we turned the car over to Ted and dad for the rest of the week.
This was by far the most interesting Speedweek I've attended. We arrived early and helped out with the set-up of the venue for 3 days, drove for the first time, experienced my first "wind delay", and rain on the salt. this was also the first time I've stayed through to the end of the week. The experience was a great two weeks which I hope to repeat (although faster) next year.
I've got loads of pictures (800) to go through and will get them sorted and post some over the next while.
mike