Will Handzel and I have been chatting about this race for a while.... for
those of you who don't know much about the BMR coupe.... it's a GMC based
six banger run by Doug Robinson and Crew....( I know Doug just can't for
the life of me remember the other two )
anyway Will is trying for the Dirty Two Club at El Mirage for a while...
and they just can't seem to put " THE " pass together yet.... God knows
they are trying....
Figured some of you might enjoy El Mirage from a Drivers Perspective
Read on....
Keith
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> From: Willhandzel@aol.com
> To: kturk@ala.net
> Cc: freiburd@emapusa.com
> Subject: BMR rides again
> Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:19 AM
>
> Hello Keith,
>
> Well, by now you know I slid off the course before the lights, but I'm
sure
> you're interested in "the rest of the story"...
>
> We had a starting number of 76--which means the course has had a lot of
cars
> digging it up before we even get called to the line, but we were thinking
> positive at least. The weather was perfect--high 70s, light tailwind,
bikini
> tops--you know--but the course was a little chewed up by the time we got
to
> the line.
>
> Doug had pulled 2 degrees of timing out of the engine, richened the FI
two
> clicks and added 20 psi of air to the rear tires (everyone keeps telling
us
> to run 80 to 100 psi in the rears, so we're trying 80), all changes I was
> happy about.
>
> I stuck to the plan we spoke about. Short shift first, hard into 2nd, 3rd
> WOT, pedal for an instant during shift to 4th and WOT through 5th. This
> seemed to work--I let the car drift all the way to the left, back to the
> right and back to the left by the time I got to 5th. With plenty of track
> left to get 500 rpm, I was running 182 mph (via the data) and WOT in
fifth
> when the rearend really started to wag (it was wagging the whole way but
not
> like this). Car "rocked" pretty hard left, then right, then shot left at
> about a 45 degree angle. Rearend out and counter steering. Hit the
parachute
> lever, waited...nothing. Kept my foot in it to keep from going around and
got
> it collected back up. But not before smashing a cone to bits.
>
> Don't know if this is good or not, but wasn't scared. I'm starting to get
> really used to this Fuel Altered way of life--keep the throttle WOT and
just
> let the car find it's way. According to Doug afterwards, on the course
walk
> on Sat he saw a spot about 3/4 track on the left that was dark (means
moist)
> and had two tire tracks imbedded. Thinks I went over that. I spoke with
> others about that area and they said it slipped them up too.
>
> Plug check showed engine was running perfect, Doug was happy with my
> execution and we're glad to have the car in one piece. It was ripping.
> Sounded awesome. Really tough deal though. I guess if it was easy
everyone
> would be doing it. We know it will take a perfect run with perfect
conditions
> to get this--we'll be back there.
>
> Glad to be able to write about it and smile.
>
> So now you know...the rest of the story! Will
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