Calm before the storm...
I love the modern conveniences... Chica & I are sitting in a tranquil Atlanta Dragway pit spot on my laptop and relaxing to the quiet hum of about 30 different generators on the rigs that have already set up camp. (Me in my trusty 99 F250 and a 24' box... talk about LOW DOLLAR). I think they thought I was kidding when I told them I was running Pro 5.0; they looked at the trailer and scratched their heads before leading me to my pit parking spot for the weekend. Kevin Marsh's rig is right next to mine... It extends 20 feet past the rear, and another good 15' longer in the front than my humble abode. I feel like I've put a single wide up next to the Taj Mahal, hahaha. Now I know how Chica feels... its like a Chihuahua in the middle of a bunch of rottweilers.
I figured I would take full advantage of my quiet time and the "borrowed" wireless connectivity, to make a complete journal of my first race weekend.
So today was supposed to be a private test session. I arrived pretty late, considering that the boys were having problems at the shop and finally just sent me on alone. There are about 5 Pro 5.0 cars here already and 3 outlaw cars on the property. I didn't see much action as far as testing, and by the time I unloaded everything and rounded up Dennis to help me at the starting line, it was already 3:30pm. I decided not to change anything in the computer from where we had it at Macon, but that turned out to be a big waste. Dan had programmed so much power retard out of the car to get it down substandard Macon Dragway, that it chugged all the way through the qtr mile to a sad 8.18 timeslip. Something funky was happening in the MSD, it appeared some sort of premature rev limiter kicked on in high gear, and the car was an all out PIG. With some drama trying to get Johnny Gullett's spot reserved for their late arrival, and a burned wastegate line on my car, I had no time to get the car back together before the 5pm testing cutoff. A totally pointless day & a BUNCH of dinero down the drain. Oh well, Dan & company are almost here and we'll get it prepped for testing first thing in the morning.
Until tomorrow....
I figured I would take full advantage of my quiet time and the "borrowed" wireless connectivity, to make a complete journal of my first race weekend.
So today was supposed to be a private test session. I arrived pretty late, considering that the boys were having problems at the shop and finally just sent me on alone. There are about 5 Pro 5.0 cars here already and 3 outlaw cars on the property. I didn't see much action as far as testing, and by the time I unloaded everything and rounded up Dennis to help me at the starting line, it was already 3:30pm. I decided not to change anything in the computer from where we had it at Macon, but that turned out to be a big waste. Dan had programmed so much power retard out of the car to get it down substandard Macon Dragway, that it chugged all the way through the qtr mile to a sad 8.18 timeslip. Something funky was happening in the MSD, it appeared some sort of premature rev limiter kicked on in high gear, and the car was an all out PIG. With some drama trying to get Johnny Gullett's spot reserved for their late arrival, and a burned wastegate line on my car, I had no time to get the car back together before the 5pm testing cutoff. A totally pointless day & a BUNCH of dinero down the drain. Oh well, Dan & company are almost here and we'll get it prepped for testing first thing in the morning.
Until tomorrow....
Posted by Erica Ortiz on Thursday, April 06, 2006 at 6:07 PM | Permalink 
Hi Erica! The Blog allows phone in comments as well.. Be interesting to here your voice comment. That is what I was going to do, call in from the track during the day when I race.
Go to the Blogger and look for the Tour it will tell you how to phone in the comments..
Les
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Les |
4/11/2006 12:31 AM
Hi again, thanks for the FFW pics and the Photo shoot!
Umm here is another idea and that's You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/browse)
This is a good place to add video of your car. One guy got 2400 hits and all they did was start it. Maybe have a pass and then do a interview afterwards so everyone will understand what is going on. Movie maker on Win XP works great for this. Anyways I'm having fun with it! Just learning how to talk in front of a camara.
My stuff.. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bigblockmustang
Les
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Les |
4/19/2006 1:23 AM
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