Raced at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton last night at their Street Legals...there was a huge turnout! Got four races in between the 6:00 pm start and 10:30 pm. Just as I was leaving, to drive back to Calgary, the announcer said they were going to spray the track, for the gamblers round...which was all the 9-11 second cars racing for the nightly pot of $. He said they often race until 4:00 am and this might just be one of those nights as conditions were excellent. Oh, well, I'll have to plan an overnighter next time
The good news? Finally got the Beetle into the 12's. I knew it would be a good night when I ran 13.008 ET on the first run, when the weather was still warm.
-13.008 ET, 1.765 (60'), 103.08 MPH
-12.957 ET, 1.762, 103.24 MPH
-12.964 ET, 1.783, 103.23 MPH
-12.942 ET, 1.776, 104.27 MPH
I dropped the tires to 17 lb. and tried the higher launch rpms as Jim suggested and people were coming up to me saying that the front wheels were lifting and that I was launching very hard. I raced an SRT8 with 500 HP and he just caught me at the 1/4-mile and he had an automatic, while I was madly trying to shift, watch him and also watch my tach...which is under the ashtray...I'll have to move it next year