I went to Martin this weekend for the first race in
over a year... but this time I was the crew chief...
Doug(plasticfantastic) was at the wheel... I put my
W-2 backup engine in last week and was going to set
it for 10.0... well with the mech throttle stop and
low launch and shift rpm's I had it dead on... first
pass off the trailer was 10.002... then a 10.01, 10.01
10.01, 10.01... Doug stretched the revs a couple from
the shift light and pulled a 9.98.....first round in
10.0 Doug hit the red eye with a -.005 red.... oh
well he was trying... needless to say I just left
the 10.00 dial in for everything(we were also in pro)
so in the first round of pro the other driver went
red against Doug and he ran it out to a 9.98...
next round of pro wasnt nice... Doug rolled into
pre stage and cleared the engine went into full stage
and when he was going to mat the pedal didnt realize
he didnt have the trans brake button down enough
and it rolled right through.... oh well... still a
learning stage... plus part of that was my fault
that I didnt have the carb set right so he had to
clean it out alot... so I'll get that right... other
than that and the weather being HOT and humid it was
a over all good weekend.... But I did pretty good
for a guess on a 10.0 pass.... by the way we qualified
2nd in 10.0
EDIT
On our qualifying for 10.0 we ran a 10.008 the #1
qualifier ran a 10.007
It was fun hanging out with you all! Best of Luck to all of you in the future! Maybe we can all get together for the Mopars vs. the World at Ubly,second week end in August? 
RandyB 
