April 15th was the last outing for us at Pacific Raceways before the track was closed to resurface the lanes to the 330-mark for the upcoming NHRA Northwest Nationals in August.
’71 Chevelle Wagon, Super Pro:
Chris ran 10.383 @ 717 feet density altitude off the trailer, 10.376 @ 1195 feet density altitude, and a 10.396 @ 1119 feet density altitude during the day testing both lanes. The car was running very well this day putting up consecutive solid numbers. We got the rear suspension working well again with the new 9″ Ford rearend.
Unfortunately Chris turned the tree red with a negative .005 reaction time against Doug Arthur, but recorded his best 60′ time of the day in the first round with a 1.397. The track just got better as the day went along and kudos to the crew at Pacific Raceways for a job well done on the new surface! – Roger
’66 Pontiac Tempest – Sportsman:
Courtesy of Pacific Raceways – 2011 Sportsman Champion!
This weekend was truly The Race aka Close but No Cigar!
Both Chris & I were feeling pretty upbeat after our qualifying runs as we both had some pretty decent lights & were running pretty consistent ET wise. Then the 1st round came along and put a damper on an otherwise good day for us as we both lost by ridiculously close margins.
Chris faced Doug Arthur whom now own’s Barry Hobson’s old Chevy Beretta that runs in the mid 7’s, Doug is a tough customer as he is usually deadly on the tree & consistent ET wise so that is what we expected from him this time. Chris redlighted by .005 and only went .01 off of his dial while Doug cut a abnormally late light & broke out by a tenth, ouch!
Paul faced Dustin Ward’s Dad whom also is a tough customer and Paul had a .037 light but unfortunately just didn’t drive the finish line very well which gave the race back by .0028, ouch again!
We are both a little frustrated as to how things are going thus far this year as it seems like there are no freebies coming our way but we will have to put it out of our minds & stay positive as things will get better. – Paul
’57 Chev – Pro Bracket:
The last time our ’57 Chev went down the track was July 17, 2010. We hope to have that back out in the near future making a few passes and having a good time! – Roger
