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GOD BLESS AMERICA

Mid Season'10

Vol. 19   No. 2

We hit the second Midwest Open Comp race in early June and put our qualifying method to the test once again.  We had the chance to make two test runs before qualifying began and we ran a 10.447 without the foam in place and then a 10.534 with the foam back in place.  Qualifying with a 10.54 pass and a .020 reaction time put us in pretty good shape as our index would be a 10.44 and the ,020 put us into the #2 qualifying spot.
Both of our early opponents ran right on their indexes but we were able to take the wins each round due to having had the better reaction time in each case...our 10.46's were enough to hold off our opponents passes.
In the Finals we were on the opposite side of the reaction time battle and came up just short...settling for a Runner-Up spot.
Our next race was the True Street Drag Racing Association event that came to Cedar Falls Raceway on the 19th.  We were once again running in Open Comp class as were a few of our 'local' regulars.  Our test run without the foam netted us a 10.479 pass, not quite where I thought it should be but that's what we were dealt.  Our first qualifying pass was a 10.525 so I was really worried about that 10.47 pass earlier...that 10.52 would set our index at 10.42 so that's why I was a little worried.  On the second qualifier I lifted early so that we wouldn't risk dropping the index even lower still.  Looking at the short numbers it appeared that we would've managed a 10.45 pass all out on that pass so maybe we weren't too far off after all and that earlier 10.47 was a fluke.  Our .014 reaction time gained us the #1 qualifying spot which was good because there were an odd number of cars and we'd get the bye-run that way.
The byerun netted us a 10.454 pass (lifting) and a .013 reaction time...the numbers showed that we were on a 10.43 pass that run so we were close.
The Semi-finals had us up against our fellow 'local' Open Comp racer Corey Herman in his 79 El Camino.  We ran a 10.426 (10.42 Index) and had a .015 reaction that was key to the win as Corey's .080 initiated pass forced him to run under his index trying to catch us, he ran 10.146 off of his 10.15 index...it was close!
The Final Round had us sitting for what seemed like forever as Jeremiah Reed was dialed in at 17.57 in his V6 Mustang.  After he left the line I waited....and waited....and waited....finally my lights came down and even though I had my worst reaction time of the day (.052) we still had the better light and caught Jeremiah by the 1000 foot marker and cruised by to a lifting 10.477 pass for the win.
The annual Night of Fire race was up next and unlike the OpenComp races (which are run on the ProTree) bracket class races use the 'Sportsman Tree'...it had been awhile since we ran on the 'long tree' and the results showed...I lost first round and spent the rest of the day/night as a spectator.  The races were a good show so it wasn't too bad but I'd rather have been out there!
Next Midwest Open Comp is set for August 7th and then Sept 25th and Oct 16th if memory serves...we're still trying to see if we can't manage to hit at least one NMCA race before the year is done...as well as attend an ADRL race as part of Marshall Anderson's ProExtreme crew. 
More round by round results at elimn8u.blogspot.com
Catch ya next time!