They had an imports vs domestic at Island this Sunday so we went. Allegedly they were running a 8.50, 9.50, 10.50, 11.50 index plus brackets. So I put on the restrictor plate and put in 200lbs of weight to "try" to slow down to 10.50.
Get there and it's 10.00 index.
Well....sweet, but I now I need changes.
Start out with the some turns in the plate and 85 lbs.
.027 on the tree and 10.08 at 134
#1 qualifier LOL (at my normal 10.00 index race, this wouldn't even make the field)
So I relax and don't pay attention until they call for eliminations. Took some weight out, made a plate adjustment, consulted with my weather station and figured I'd be really close, which in this group was plenty good.
Get up to the lanes and it's me an my friend Scott in his nasty Road Runner.
I said "where's the rest?"
the guy said "you 2 are it, everything else in this class broke"
After some laughter, I looked at the sheet and apparently Scott was missing the setup in his 4 speed car...having only ran 10.51 and 10.28 earlier...
So he and I both knew he was in trouble.
So we went up and I was .025 to his .044 and I pretty much peddled him down the track to a 10.19 at 124 to his 10.27 for the win.
Oh well, four eyes in the winners circle look cool. Plus I got $50 and a nice trophy.
Here's a pic with my Son:
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