Hot Rods drag week 2016

fun first day. I ran 10.34 which is good. couple other hamb guys, Mike only got a 11.85 out of the Ford with the old Henry J motor. Tyler made a pass, don't know how fast. we all made the drive, no problems, aside from the normal navigation fun.

 

Sounds like a good base line. Go Man Go.

 

Nice write up on bangshift today
http://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshifts-class-class-preview-hot-rod-drag-week-2016/

Surprised nothing about the big green fuel machine since the photos yesterday.

 

Jim just ran 10.33 @ 129.78

Mike in the ford 10.82 @ 122.28

 

Attaboy Jim !!
Old age and treachery beats out money and technology in my books

 

GO GO GO!!!!

 

Watching the live feed and seeing all the fast cars sure is humbling, the announcers don't even get excited about an 8 second pass anymore !

 

gotta get in the sixes to wake them up! remember when a 10 second street car was hot shit?

 

Jim, 10 second car was a race car when I was young, 16 in 1964 and there were not any 10 second Street cars other than in the BS stories. It's amazing how fast some of the cars on the tour you are on, got to be a blast, big time fun ! Good for you , hope you win your class, Good Luck and be safe !

 

In my book it still is! Go Jim Go, see you Friday @ Trails.
KK

 

thanks! yeah the cars these days are amazing. It's a grueling ordeal, but when you finish, you know you did something.

 

turning into a race!

( the first et/mph is day 2, second one in yellow is average of day 1 and day 2. The average is what counts towards winning)

 

The gasser classes this year is very exciting. Some damn good racing. You are doing great Jim. Any problems with the car so far?

 

car has been fantastic, no issues. but it's a chore driving on the rutted two lanes with the bias tires, etc. I'll make it.

today's action, starts at the 1:02:10 mark?

 

A couple shots from the coverage




No wheelstand just off you went no muss no fuss

 

Day Three Live Stream:

 

Jim, good to hear the car is being a real trooper. Good luck today, and on the drive to indy. 240 some miles again I hear.

 

Enjoyed hearing the roadkill guys talk about Jim's talent & typewriter skills! Good luck guys! Flux

 

Squirrel's hit


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Talk about a bracket car, wow, unreal. 10.34, 10.33, 10.34

 

And at different tracks! That is amazing!

 

thanks! although I really wanted to go faster today....that Willys is going faster

going to try a few more things tomorrow, don't be surprised if the hood is off it (25 lbs).

 

Would taking the hood off hurt aerodynamics more than the loss of weight would help the ET?

Try taping up seams on the body - anything easy to do to smooth things up will help at the top end.

 

aerodynamics don't seem to be much of an issue on this thing. Weight is weight, 30 lbs is about 3 hundredths.

 

Take out the passenger seat.

 

that is part of the plan.

might pull the rear bumper also

 

100 lbs = .010.

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.10. Never was good at math.

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It's tricky!

today's results

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-rod-drag-week-2016-wednesdays-official-results/

 

Did the Willy's just get lucky today? He picked up about .11