Was still working on my car on Friday night to get it ready for this weekend's double header points race...blew the ring and pinion to pieces last month. Pics below:


Ring gear may need some TLC



We put in a temporary solution to get me through the weekend, a junk 3.08 geared 10-bolt. The car ran a best of 11.92@113.5 with a 1.709 short time with this setup.

I went 6 rounds over two classes on Saturday, lost in the 3rd round to the season champ in Sportsman on Sunday (.013 breakout vs. 020 - i should have tapped earlier as he tree'd me) and won the Street class yesterday.

Looks like I finished 4th for the season in Sportsman and 2nd in Street.

 

Nice damage

Running in 2 different classes with the same car is tough. I've known a few people who do it. It's not as easy as it sounds.

 

I am going to get a flex-a-lite fan setup and an electric water pump drive for next year. With the 3" Griffin and Victor water pump I should run cooler and I would like to be able to keep it lower on the 2nd of back to back passes.

 

I tried two cars in two classes earlier this year. That's really weird. About the only "good" part is I was parked next to the staging lanes, and could switch cars in view of the next round. Managed quarterfinals in one (5 rounds - bulbed when I launched it like I was in the other), and runner-up in the other (8 rounds - gave it to the fellow club member who was in the points chase).

Very nice to end the season on a winning note. I've done it once. . .

Congrats on the good finish!

 

Also, I know this came up at the start of the year - I ran the entire season on a set of 235/60/15 MT ET Street radials. At the start of the year I didn't think that they were as consistant as the ET Streets I had used before but I don't think they really cost me an rounds.