It was an interesting day. I think there was something like 6 hours of delays due to oil downs and an accident. Racing was carried over to Sunday. A 6 second blown alcohol altered hit the guardrail pretty hard doing a rolling burnout. Pretty scary. There were lots of feature cars (about 20 including Top Alcohol Funny Cars, Top Alcohol Dragsters, International Blown Alcohol Funny Cars, Blown Alcohol Altereds, and a Pro Mod) to watch so it was a good show when there wasn't all the down time.

I had some major starter problems and missed the first two test runs. I made the third and ran 12.17 @ 113.7. The car still isn't working that well off the line but I was curious to see what it was going to run should we have made our round 1 passes late last night. I am likely still short shifting a bunch at ~5900. I made a new best 114.7mph pass on Sunday morning....car was working well and I made it to the semi-final....and then went home on the trailer. Only made it to half track on that last run.

I havnen't touched the car much this week yet other than pulling a few plugs and seeing if my fuel pumped worked. Hopefully the string of great luck is over:
Wednesday->new digital 6 died (replaced)
Thursday->screw in my slick (fixed)
Friday->oil seeping out of valve cover (fixed)
Saturday->starter issues (band-aid repair that worked for ~20 starts)
Sunday->recurring starter issue and ??? fuel pump ???

 

Here is the image sequence from our track photographer of the accident:

 

And you thought you had a bad day...

Congrats on overcoming and making it to the semis. How many rounds did that take?

 

It only took 3 rounds. Car counts aren't very high in the Street class. I am planning to move up to Pro next year.

 

Good showing with still new car I dont know what the entry fees to payouts are there, but here if I was running street, I would adivse dominating that class before stepping into mod since our entry jumped to $150 and street is only $35.

Not detering you from making the move, just seen too many guys that were average racers in street try out Mod and get smacked everytime.....it's fun, but losing constantly is not and especially when it costs alot more to run. Been trying to preach this to a kid that pits next to us once is awhile....he's got big dreams of running Mod next season, but cant make it 2 rounds in street class LOL!! Guess if ya got the money, wtf...to each his own.

 

I enjoy racing in the street class but the car counts are generally pretty poor. You need to be a club member to gain points in the series and a lot fo the street participants are not members (not that it would change the top of the standings).

Street is $20 per day ( ) but no payouts....Pro is $90 per race and pays $600-900 to win usually.

I understand what you are saying though.

 

Our Friday and Saturday street classes typically draw enough for 7 rounds to final. Friday entry is $30 for a $75 winning payout, Saturday is $40 for a $250 winning payout. Not all that good, but both earn points towards the division finals team. Biggest nit is Friday usually draws more cars, 25% lower entry fee but 70% lower pay-out and a round shallower pay-out.

On the other hand, Pro and Super Pro on Saturday draw right around twice as many cars each. Entry is the same as the street class on Saturday, but the payout is more than doubled. Can't complain about that. The move from street to Pro is usually tough on people.