June 27, 2020:
Hello Race Fans,
We had 2 of our cars out at “The Place To Race” Pacific Raceways this Saturday for the Swift Tools points series race. Torri was driving her ’66 Pontiac Tempest and I was driving my ’85 Ford Mustang, both entered in Pro Bracket.
We both got the customary 2 qualifying passes prior to elimination. Torri’s car was off by .15-.20 from the normal expected 11.0 ET’s on those qualifying passes and I ran 11.71 & 11.70 on my 2 passes.
We put a 11.20 dial for Torri in the 1st rd and she ran 11.25 just coming up a little short to her opponent unfortunately. The car has lost .06-.08 in the first 60 ft so we are thinking the transmission and/or converter might be hurt but we will know more in the near future. It was a bummer as the car has been running awesome prior to this race with a best of 10.99 @ 120 mph and Torri has been doing a fabulous job driving too.
I managed to make my way to the 5th rd before I got taken out by .0016 margin in a double breakout against the eventual race winner Brian Thompson.
It was nice to see all of our fellow racers and friends once again during these crazy times & wish to say congratulations to all of the finalists in each class. Huge thanks to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair and Swift Tools Brian Lawrence for his support.
Hope to see you all again real soon, please stay safe!
Paul Young
Paul wins 4th round vs Gordon Rust – Video capture
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Paul did VERY WELL on his first outing of 2020!! We’re proud of you son!
As to the Pontiac, we knew when Chris built the high-torque 436 that we could well have problems with the TH-350 or converter behind the increased power under the hood.