From his blog "Received 10/23/2005 20:52
POMONA ENDS WITH A BANG!!
Well, maybe not the bang we had hoped for, but great just the same.
3 runs. First, Dr. Fuh slammed the M600 off the line with such force
that his pants nearly flew off!! But a few “getting used to shifts” led
hiim to ease up and save the power stroke for the next run. Resulting
in a whopping 21 seconds. Oops. Smart move actually…
…Because the second run was better, duh.
Run two took off like a blast from the past! 60 ft time was 1.70
seconds.!!!
But again, the little car that will, slipped. In fact it slipped twice
and threw a few pops as it tore up the asphalt. Maybe spark plugs,
maybe too much torque. But with all those boo boos… the M600
Flamethrower hit a 12.54 @ 115mph! A 12.54 WITH BOO BOOS!!!
After skirting back to the pit, we gathered to determine the cause of
the flaws. The Doc, The General, The Widow, The Hal 4.0, The
DynoMaster, and The Fireball.
But all was not lost, even though the track dudes from NHRA bumped us
from ET1 to ET2 because we missed a run. Seems many people missed runs
because of the disorganization. In fact people were pissed. So, the
circumstances were this… We’d have to do our third run and be dialed
in at 14 seconds. That means that if we get better than a 14, we get
DISQUALIFIED!! WHAT!?? This shows you the mentality of the track guys.
We get a 12.54 and they bracket us at a 14. And this happened to
several others!
Anyway, the Doc’s choice was to hit a 14 or higher and stay in for the
finals. (As long as he won. No problem.) Or…
GO FOR IT!!!
SLAM! The foot hit the gas like a lurching cheetah after a 10 day fast!
And the doc shot off, no pants mind you, and SLAMMED it into second
gear so hard the at sheared the engine mount right off!! The torque was
massive! The now tweaked shifter cables were takin’ the hit from the
motor’s lurch forcing him to shift from 1st to 4th and hit the NOS! And
with all that nonsense and a broken mount, the Doc reeled in his
competition and WON by 3/10ths of a second!! Just under 14 at 13.93.
Disqualifying us in the throws of victory!! WHO CARES!!?? WE WON, WE
BECAME THE WORLD’S FASTEST AGAIN, and we created so much power the
little car snapped a wee bolt… Aahhh, ain’t it a sad thing?
You know what I have to say about that? PALMDALE HERE WE COME!!!
Oh, and photos comin’ soon…"
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