Hey Gary.... good to see you back...
Driving on the salt if VERY different... there is normally very little of
the violence associated with launching a Drag racer.... but I promise the
speed to be MUCH better.... actually this year my junk yard Camaro was
hooked up so well I'm betting drag racing has very little to offer in
comparison to a 200mph pass on the salt.... awesome experience... that and
I still get humbled everytime I pull to the starting line.... the history
is very real and instantly recognizable from there....
Neat stuff....
Keith ( the bit of a bump the Nitrous makes as it comes on is an event as
well... think about going from 200mph to 215 in just a few seconds.... sure
wish that Richmond 6sp had held up.... it would have been fun to see the
time slip )
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> From: gfp61@mindspring.com
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Hey, everyone....
> Date: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:25 PM
>
> Well, Keith, I just resubscribed today after a half-year absence, so your
> message is perfectly timed....
>
> Some of you guys may remember me from late last year and early this
year--I
> drove a little bit in Super Gas a couple of years ago (and I proudly have
my
> best timeslip--144.23 mph at Englishtown--on my office wall), but I keep
> finding myself drawn back to LSR. I don't know what it is, but I think's
it
> that all I care about is going fast. I don't care if someone's in the
other
> lane, and although you can probably get a lot more runs in over the
course of
> a year in drag racing than you can in LSR, sportsman drag racing has
become a
> cattle call--150-200 cars per class makes it almost impossible to win,
and the
> satisfaction provided by a couple of really fun 9-second runs tends to
get
> stretched a little thin after a while....
>
> So the dream lives on! What's the dream? As it currently stands, the plan
is
> to pull the 351W from my old Bronco, rebuild it, drop it into a belly
tank,
> and run it at Bonneville (or anywhere else, for that matter). Will I be
ready
> for '03? I'd like to think so, but considering the fact that this will be
my
> first rebuild, I'm not holding my breath. So depending on what I do to
the
> engine, I guess I'll try to run in either B/GL or C/GL (feel free to
correct
> my engine/body classification) in '03, '04, '05, or...?
>
> But it's great to be back--this is a fun board, and I hope I won't drive
you
> guys too nuts with questions.
>
> Gary
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