once again the summer is ending, seems like only a few weeks since last time I wrote this...

our finals were hold under pretty lousy conditions , cold and rainy, the track crew managed to keep the track in good shape and we saw a lot of new records and personal bests

I qualified 4 th with a 8.76 and and got a new pb 8.69 in sunday eliminations

after the turbocars eliminated them selfs I found myself in the final against a 8.9 sec buick, we all know who would have won that one...

well of course the final was canceled for bad weather

That ET is dropping like a rock.

Fine job.

More like a slowly leaking balloon...

http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2012/FHRA/DefaFinals/Lauantai/MOP_0116.jpg

http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2012/FHRA/DefaFinals/Lauantai/MOP_9830.jpg

as usual my pics don t want to cooperate, click the links!

Nice job and cool pics!! I hope ya remembered to take the camera off the wing of the car!!

Will you run the finals at a later date ?
It is a moral victory at this point , but nothing more satisfying than showing someone your tail lights.
Great job Ken.

I was also running in fhra finals. Didnt get the best et i hoped for but still 9.6s time. Second round at the eliminations i had mafo against me. Didnt really have a chance, also my second converter totally broke and only got 10.3 against mafo. Great race!

We were there too, qualified 3. but went out in the third round because the car had too aggressive chassis tune up and was pretty much undriveable. Ck was third in national points, we were fourth. Should have advanced to final to catch Ck, but didn't happen this time. Congratulations for the bronze medal! Got the engine running well only for the two last races and didn't get the chassis sorted out. However, the direction in the finals was good and I think next summer we'll see better performance. Made our new best speed though, 175.7 mph against the limiter and run 7.95 lifting two times, once at about 60 ft and once when shifting from first to second.

just a little reminder for those with bad memory...

ck:s r5p7 mid 9 sec valiant, need some trans upgrades to be a low 9 sec valiant...

http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2012/FHRA/DefaFinals/Sunnuntai/MOP_0777.jpg

and off course Jyrki s amazing 7 sec land yacht, you need to see this one to believe it

http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2012/FHRA/DefaFinals/Sunnuntai/MOP_0460.jpg

I'm assuming you guys are racing heads up with no break out, yes? If so

Heads up, must be able to pass inspection , in the engine department anything goes except nitrous, that is forbidden in street driven vehicles here

usually we have been divided in sub classes depending on engine volume, but since car count has been low the past 2-3 years, they have put us all in the same class,
so now we have 1,6 toyotas and 600 cid chevys in the same class and surprisingly it works

I was against it at first but it works really well, there are a few like jyrki s car that are a little faster but they are not so consistent
my car is not the quickest but in both races I participated in this year I managed to get to the final, I won one and the other was as you know canceled,
that shows that you don t have to be smart if you are lucky