This afternoon was HOT here throughout the Northwest with temperatures reaching 91-degrees on the first qualifying hit. Kudos for the track crew at Pacific Raceways for doing a good job in the unusual heat here in the Seattle area, the worst atmospheric conditions we have run in since keeping data.
Chris was on a roll before the transbrake gremlin raised its ugly head again in the 4th round of Pro Bracket and wouldn’t apply on the starting line. The car rolled through the beams turning the tree red. This year has been frustrating dealing with the repeated stuck transbrake piston but Chris was having fun until that moment!! Despite the heat and high water grains, the Chevelle put up some good numbers during this event running in the low 10.50’s and 1.42 60′ times.
Paul extended his lead tonight in Sportsman driving Torri’s ’66 Tempest to the semi-finals before being eliminated by an exceptional run by his competitor that took the well deserved round win cutting a great light and running on his dial-in. Like Paul said, “he earned that one!”
Our thanks to Justin Jung once again giving us a hand at the track this evening. Job well done guys! Paul’s report is below – Roger
It was a fun filled evening with both Chris & myself making it to the 4th rd, I was very happy that we both did well well just a little sad for Chris having lost due to transbrake issues. We were really thinking that we would both meet in the winners circle together for our respective classes but still great evening overall, good job bro!
I lost in the 4th rd with a good rt of .019 but as you know my opponent Larry DeCamp went .005 on me and ran 12.277 on a 12.27 dial to my 12.343 on a 12.32 dial due to spinning a bit off the line but not too bad. I saw him pretty much the whole way from 660 ft on as he was just pacing me as he only went 102 mph so great job on his part as a great race. I picked up another 63 pts so should be about 85 pts ahead of “The Worm” as he showed up at the last second due to racing at Bremerton earlier in the day.
Thanks again for all the support given by everyone, can’t wait for the Nostalgia race in 2 weeks as should be fun times with watching Dad kick butt! – Paul Young
After this race Chris removed the stuck transbrake valve behind the solenoid and honed the passage. If the problem continues we will need to replace the transmission case.
Over the winter our old, reliable TH-400 that the converter blew up in early in the season will be freshened. Either way this problem WILL be resolved for the 2014 season!