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Great weekend. You guys really missed out. Weather was nice, track was good, no big delays.
With the notable absence of Brian, Phil Stoneback, Dale Rose, Jim Cox, Mike Reese, we had a very weak car count. We did meet 2 more guys with slant sixes, but could not get them convinced in time to get time trials. Sure to be better count next year, as 10 to 12 is typical.
Total of 5, but we put on a great show and I know you would have been proud to see us.
In attendance:
Greg Ondayko,
Romeo Furio,
Gordie Stevens,
Track owner Frank Tedesko,
Me , Paul Moran
I got the first round bye, while Greg sent Frank back to the ticket booth and Gordie got the easy win as Romeo red lighted by the skin of his teeth (-.019)
Greg got the second round bye with a smoking 14.82 on a 14.85 dial in the first round.(closest et to dial got the second bye) I just missed it as I had 18.58 on an 18.53
So, Paul and Gordie. I dialed a little slower to 18.55 and Gordie dialed 14.49.
For some reason the track called slant six out of order (they had been calling us after sportsman all day). We all roll down the hill and straight into the burnout boxes.
The .107 reaction was my worst of the day, and no match for Gordie's .040
To top it off, the cold engines run faster than most of the day, so I broke out at the end, while Gordie was in the brakes 20 foot from the finish. My et was 18.533 (should have kept the dial from my first run) and gordie ran a 14.52 for the win.
Like I said, Greg was also fast and ran a 14.825 on a 14.85 dial. Lucky for Greg, he was already in the finals, while I on the other hand, got a lot to think about on the drive home.
A very notable side note is that prior to this weekend, Greg had not been able to break into the 14's, but has worked it out so that all his runs on Saturday were sub 15. This in itself was a great victory for Greg, who has put uncountable hours into what amounts to a sweet looking and very competitive race/show car. If you know Greg, be sure to check out his posting about his car, as I'm sure he will be making an update very soon to reflect the achievement. Great work Greg!
Finally, Greg and Gordie lined up about a half second apart with Greg at 14.79 verse 14.42 for Gordie. This made for a very interesting match up and after a pair of distinctive sounding open header slant six burnouts, a moment of silence seemed to rise from the pits. Heads turned to see 'what the sixes would do' Greg and Gordie both had great looking launches and ran almost side by side to the line where Greg posted a 14.86 to Gordie's 14.56. Gordie gets the win light and I was baffled! Closer inspection of the time slip revealed Greg's .196 reaction time to Gordie's .071
Wow, was that ever close. Those hundreds really count when you're running with the slant sixes.
Hope you can tell, I had a great time and really enjoy hanging out with this group of guys. Some additional details and photos should show up in the slant six racing news, but honestly, you got the story right here.
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just let me know! Phil's brother-in-law did very well in the scamp last year. Maybe he'll make it out again.
One good thing is that with less cars, I'll be able to give the remaining one a lot more TLC. They are ALL for sale until I get at least one sold, so if you are partial to one, make me an offer.
Hope to see some racers. Weather looks like it might just work out good.