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Dont Tread On Me
Wed update
this mornig got car fired up/ warmed up: changed to the run sparkplugs buttoned car up and headed or the short course.
On the way to short course at about 40mph behind the pushtruck we hit some potholes in the salt and sent the front end into this radical dance. being towed i had one hand on the Butterfly and one on the brake ( Hand brake). Since it's manual steering the wheel started sawing back and forth 1.5 turns each way at a rate that made the wheel look solid. I didn't break a thumb but got luck close. Dad didn't hit the breaks until I screamed over the radio. Forget that he has now drug me for 250+ feet of the bouncing frontend but then another 50 of when I have the brakes on full lock trying to stop the violence. The steering wheel (butterfly) spun so fast that centrifical forces bent the sides out huge. I pry it back together with my knees
now I'm scared as **** of driving this
car. What happens if I hit a pothole at 175???
I make my Rookie run. Came off the push truck blowing salt. Hit 120 quick, clutch it to shift and loose mega RPMs. Spend next mile getting r's back up. At 5500 she pulls good, but at 6500 the turbo DUMPS on and it's mutherfu king GO time. Like warp speed, pin you in the seat grin from ear to ear thrust!!! I'm coming at the 3 mile mark and have to pop my chutes and not break 150. So I let up at the 2.5 and coast across the 3. Pop my highspeed chute. ****!!! I didn't feel a thing, so I pop my low speed. Kinda feel something. hit the return road and bail out. Yep both chutes are deployed behind me. I'm comes hauling ass one of the safety trucks and thy tell me "Good Job", exactly whatthey wantto see on a rookie run. Dad and Tom roll up and the run is in the books.
I had to go register to move up to the 150-175 license. It spinklea a little and our course ends up shut down for water betwen the 2-3.
We hook and head to the combo course (long 7 miles course with a short 5 mile layer on top of it). On push off they just don't get me to 75 before backing off. So i dog the motor or 1.5 miles, finaly hit 138 (9k) and shift loose r's and don't have enough distance to build back up before the 3 to land above 150. Wasted run, we didn't even stop for the timing slip. It had to have been 100 or worse.
Get back in line. Make it to the start and they close the course for 45 minutes because the Alt Coupe in front of me blew out his rear windshield and glassed the track at the 3. Mind you it's 95, I'm in an SFI15 firesuit, hoodie, helmet, hans and strapped in a steel can. ****ing hot!! They clear the track and the car won't start. Well **** you too then!!! so we push start it. I get it going but can't pull **** at 1400rpms. I need 5k and fast. So turn out before the 1.
Racepak guys worked on the car from 5-8pm. I can't begin to tell you te level of service we are getting and the trick **** and tweaking they've been doing for us.
Gameplan Thursday. salt again at 6am. Warm car go get in line. Start making laps an hopefully have the car in Impound by tomorrow night.
this mornig got car fired up/ warmed up: changed to the run sparkplugs buttoned car up and headed or the short course.
On the way to short course at about 40mph behind the pushtruck we hit some potholes in the salt and sent the front end into this radical dance. being towed i had one hand on the Butterfly and one on the brake ( Hand brake). Since it's manual steering the wheel started sawing back and forth 1.5 turns each way at a rate that made the wheel look solid. I didn't break a thumb but got luck close. Dad didn't hit the breaks until I screamed over the radio. Forget that he has now drug me for 250+ feet of the bouncing frontend but then another 50 of when I have the brakes on full lock trying to stop the violence. The steering wheel (butterfly) spun so fast that centrifical forces bent the sides out huge. I pry it back together with my knees
now I'm scared as **** of driving this
car. What happens if I hit a pothole at 175???
I make my Rookie run. Came off the push truck blowing salt. Hit 120 quick, clutch it to shift and loose mega RPMs. Spend next mile getting r's back up. At 5500 she pulls good, but at 6500 the turbo DUMPS on and it's mutherfu king GO time. Like warp speed, pin you in the seat grin from ear to ear thrust!!! I'm coming at the 3 mile mark and have to pop my chutes and not break 150. So I let up at the 2.5 and coast across the 3. Pop my highspeed chute. ****!!! I didn't feel a thing, so I pop my low speed. Kinda feel something. hit the return road and bail out. Yep both chutes are deployed behind me. I'm comes hauling ass one of the safety trucks and thy tell me "Good Job", exactly whatthey wantto see on a rookie run. Dad and Tom roll up and the run is in the books.
I had to go register to move up to the 150-175 license. It spinklea a little and our course ends up shut down for water betwen the 2-3.
We hook and head to the combo course (long 7 miles course with a short 5 mile layer on top of it). On push off they just don't get me to 75 before backing off. So i dog the motor or 1.5 miles, finaly hit 138 (9k) and shift loose r's and don't have enough distance to build back up before the 3 to land above 150. Wasted run, we didn't even stop for the timing slip. It had to have been 100 or worse.
Get back in line. Make it to the start and they close the course for 45 minutes because the Alt Coupe in front of me blew out his rear windshield and glassed the track at the 3. Mind you it's 95, I'm in an SFI15 firesuit, hoodie, helmet, hans and strapped in a steel can. ****ing hot!! They clear the track and the car won't start. Well **** you too then!!! so we push start it. I get it going but can't pull **** at 1400rpms. I need 5k and fast. So turn out before the 1.
Racepak guys worked on the car from 5-8pm. I can't begin to tell you te level of service we are getting and the trick **** and tweaking they've been doing for us.
Gameplan Thursday. salt again at 6am. Warm car go get in line. Start making laps an hopefully have the car in Impound by tomorrow night.
:****:. Not sure what broke yet 
but you can bet I will be back in the OVEN to fix it :indianajones:.
;D 
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