This was an absolutely beautiful day here in the Northwest with Mt. Rainier fully visible in all her magnificent glory. The air conditions were excellent and the track was equally good for the first round of eliminations.
Paul drove his Dodge Dakota to the semi-final round in Sportsman starting out the 2012 season in fine fashion, and Torri won her very first round in competition in her ’66 Tempest and set new records for the Pontiac recording a best of 12.362 @ 107.97 mph. She later went even faster at 108.80 mph but her E.T. fell off slightly.
Update: Paul is currently in 3rd place in Sportsman with 60 points after the first race of the 2012 season.
Chris recorded his quickest run to date at Pacific Raceways in the first round of eliminations of Super Pro when he ran a 10.331 @ 127.50 MPH on a 10.40 dial-in. It would have been virtually impossible to win this round as Jess Dale put together a .002 package cutting a .002 light and running a 8.700 on a 8.70 dial !
The Chevelle grew legs in the first round after recording a 10.394 and 10.404 respectfully during time runs. The 10.33 was an unexpected surprise, but we’re very happy with how the car is working.
April 6th 2012:
Pacific Raceways now has their 2012 Points System & Payouts posted. Read the details here.
It was a fun weekend for many reasons, looking forward to the rest of this racing season as I think it will be a good one for Edwards & Young Racing.
You done good son!! Proud of the entire family effort on Saturday. Not that easy running three vehicles at one race but it all went very smooth. And Pam did another excellent job handling the video recordings for us.
Things go pretty smooth thanks to all those years with football, racing, etc as it is all about teamwork for Edwards & Young Racing.
After reviewing all the data, video and still photography available, there will only be two slight changes made to our Chevelle before the next race:
1) Raise the pressure in the slicks 1/2 lb.
2) Lower the launch chip by 100 rpm to make the launch and 60-foot times more consistent.
On the Pontiac, Chris has loosened the rear shocks to plant the rear tires harder.
Let’s go racing again!