davidathans
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I went drag racing at California Speedway with one goal:
To run 11s on the 11th (for the first time)...
did it happen?...
Here is the story....
I got out to the track at 6:45am...went through tech inspection around 7:45am...and quickly prepped my car for racing by 9:30am...
i had to jack up the car to put on my hoosier slicks...and the Bogart skinnys for the front and add 100 octane VP racing fuel. I also removed all my tools and just about everything inside the car and in the trunk, including my 12" subwoofer box (approx 30lbs.)
there was relatively few cars at the track and i actually got there soon enough to be in group A (the first group to race)
racing began at 9:30am and i got my first race at 9:32am
i ran 12.069 at 111.45mph with a 1.720 second 60' time
ALMOST hit 11s....at that instant this became my best race ever for speed and e.t. (my previous best e.t. was Jan. 13, 07 with a 12.199 and my previous best speed was 111.08mph set on June 30, 07)
it was about 80 degrees F and there was very little wind
I got my next race at 10:28am, it heated up to approx 90 degrees F by then and there was very little wind still...
i ran 12.091 at 110.60mph with a 60' of 1.705
VERY Close again...
i knew that if i was going to run 11s...i really needed to come off the line hard
For my last race, i removed the backseat of the car and took the tire pressure down to 11.0psi in the slicks and had 58psi in the skinnys...
I got one more race in...before i left.....100 degrees F outside, sunny no clouds, little wind...
On August 11th at 11:32am with 11psi in the slicks and 4.11 gears i ran...
11.989 at 111.79mph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
first time ever breaking out of the 12s (notice all the 11s, Aug 11, 11am, 4.11 gears, 11psi slicks, 111mph, 11 seconds)
I did it!!!
i pulled a 1.687 60' time to set my record (my previous best 60' time ever was a 1.694 on Jan 13, 2007 on a 12.226 @ 108.64 race)
What did i do differently to knock off 2 tenths of a second off my previous best e.t.???
well i changed my Autogage tachometer to an AutoMETER Cobalt series 3 3/4" mini monster with shift light
i had skinnys on the front of the car, instead of the heavy 17" chrome cobra wheels
i had a K&N top plate air filter installed instead of just the chrome top plate
and the Big Change!!!......
i got a last minute racing tip from Eric Sunness to remove the endlinks on my sway bar!!
Removing the endlinks on the sway bar...greatly increased the suspension travel for a better hull shot!
Here are some pictures of the timeslips to prove that i really ran 11s!!
To run 11s on the 11th (for the first time)...
did it happen?...
Here is the story....
I got out to the track at 6:45am...went through tech inspection around 7:45am...and quickly prepped my car for racing by 9:30am...
i had to jack up the car to put on my hoosier slicks...and the Bogart skinnys for the front and add 100 octane VP racing fuel. I also removed all my tools and just about everything inside the car and in the trunk, including my 12" subwoofer box (approx 30lbs.)
there was relatively few cars at the track and i actually got there soon enough to be in group A (the first group to race)
racing began at 9:30am and i got my first race at 9:32am
i ran 12.069 at 111.45mph with a 1.720 second 60' time
ALMOST hit 11s....at that instant this became my best race ever for speed and e.t. (my previous best e.t. was Jan. 13, 07 with a 12.199 and my previous best speed was 111.08mph set on June 30, 07)
it was about 80 degrees F and there was very little wind
I got my next race at 10:28am, it heated up to approx 90 degrees F by then and there was very little wind still...
i ran 12.091 at 110.60mph with a 60' of 1.705
VERY Close again...
i knew that if i was going to run 11s...i really needed to come off the line hard
For my last race, i removed the backseat of the car and took the tire pressure down to 11.0psi in the slicks and had 58psi in the skinnys...
I got one more race in...before i left.....100 degrees F outside, sunny no clouds, little wind...
On August 11th at 11:32am with 11psi in the slicks and 4.11 gears i ran...
11.989 at 111.79mph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
first time ever breaking out of the 12s (notice all the 11s, Aug 11, 11am, 4.11 gears, 11psi slicks, 111mph, 11 seconds)
I did it!!!
i pulled a 1.687 60' time to set my record (my previous best 60' time ever was a 1.694 on Jan 13, 2007 on a 12.226 @ 108.64 race)
What did i do differently to knock off 2 tenths of a second off my previous best e.t.???
well i changed my Autogage tachometer to an AutoMETER Cobalt series 3 3/4" mini monster with shift light
i had skinnys on the front of the car, instead of the heavy 17" chrome cobra wheels
i had a K&N top plate air filter installed instead of just the chrome top plate
and the Big Change!!!......
i got a last minute racing tip from Eric Sunness to remove the endlinks on my sway bar!!
Removing the endlinks on the sway bar...greatly increased the suspension travel for a better hull shot!
Here are some pictures of the timeslips to prove that i really ran 11s!!
