8-9-03 wir

[Jim]

terrible night................

i went out in the 1st round to a real good racer. Scott Jeager. My .080 to his .015 and the car ran a full .1 off. i don't understand it!!.

i ran a 12.27 in lane 2. then a 12.13 and a 12.17 in lane 1. so i dial a .15 for round one. draw Jeager so i go up 2 to a .17 and it runs a .26 in round 2. WTF????????????????????? I did everyhting right except hit the tree. the car didn't run, and i cut a terrible light.

Somers got beat by the same guy round 2.

this was the 3rd of the 3 race series. i was 4th coming into it with 12 points. the leaders had 14 points. i had a good chance to win $750 and gave it away.

[1SLO5.0]

That sucks! Was the last run in lane 1 or lane 2? Do you think maybe lane 2 is ☺☺☺☺ed up?

[Jim]

the last run was in lane 2. i don't think it's f'd up, but there may be a difference form lane 1-2.

[1SLO5.0]

Thats what I meant, maybe lane 2 runs slower than lane 1. How did all of the other numbers compare between both lanes? Were 60 fts and everything else pretty normal?

[Jim]

what really ticks me off is that in first round the lane 2 1/8th mile clock didn't work so i have no idea where the pass started to go bad. i did loose .03 in the 60' but lost .07 somewhere else along the line.

[87GT5.0]

From my personal experience, lane 2 has always been faster for me, but I don't have a fast car so that could be a part of it. But it also seems that if something goes wrong it is in lane 2 at about half track. just my .02

[Randy Schonscheck]

Saturday night was one of the more puzzling non jet greaster nights at WIR in awhile. I was seeing lane 2 being .030 seconds slower in the et, but 2 mph faster. Some guys in Top were seeing ,o7 to .10 seconds difference. I noticed in watching round one quite afew cars running .07 off their dial in. That ususally doesn't happen. :shft: Traction seemed pretty good but you could see the cars skating around going down the track. This weekend with the Land Speed Nationals and 4 jet greasesters the thought of just staying home and doing some familyman things and drinking some beer sounds pretty good. :bna

[Jim]

that does sound like a great idea randy. especially the beer thing. but i won't sleep good till i win another round, i have to go. :D::(: