Well it was a good day for me and I guess I may have given up who won my the title. I ran in the Stock Appearing heads Up class (Pro Tree). I was going down to mainly hang out with the Conn. guys and play at E-town.
First round Qualifying: I was #1 qualifier with an 11.54 at 117.52
Second round Qualifying: I was bumped to the #2 spot by someone with a FP Red and meth who went 11.4 at almost 120.
First round eliminations: I got lucky I guess, the Subie I was supposed to run got scared and never showed. In turn I get a bye run.
Second round eliminations: I ran the ONLY subie that made it past the first round. It was an 08 with a Red and meth or something. I treed the shit out of him with a .197 to his .836 taking out the only remaining Subie.
SEMI FINALS: Im running the #1 Qualifier, im not gonna lie I was a bit nervous knowing what his car could do, and now that it was like 95 degrees out…mine wasnt gonna come close…lol I knew that if I could get him at the tree it would be over. I did get him by .2 at the light but he never made it to the 60’. From what I heard he broke the tranny or something.
FINAL ROUND: I was running someone that was going 12.20’s all day. I knew that if I could just make it down the track with a clean run 12.20’s is easy! Im the king as snatching defeat right out of the jaws of victory, so I wasnt celebrating yet. This was a nail bitter for sure! I launched the car, it came out decent. Hit 2nd and it bogged, 3rd bogged again, 4th samething. I let off 20’ before the finish line and won!..It went 12.279 to his 12.248. BUT…because its Heads Up and I treed him by .3, I crossed the line first!
I figured the reason for the bogging was because it was SOOOOO hot and that 4" core can hold a ton of heat! As ppl were dropping out our cool down time got shorter and shorter.
On a side note, I was beating cars that were making 100-150whp more than I was…Judging by the hp #'s they were telling me.
So anyway I walked away with a 3’ trophy, an Exedy stage 2 clutch which is for sale as soon as I get it, my name and pic in NHRA National Dragster a year subcription to that, and some other lil goodies from E-town for winning.
I want to say a special thanks fo John Latin for trailoring my car down incase something broke we had a way to get it home. It was a great ride in a NICE truck!