Since moving to Az and joining the ADRA ( Arizona Drag Race Association ), I wanted to make their first of 12 scheduled races this year - which was yeasterday ( 1-8-11 ). So we loaded up and rolled out of Payson ( it was 27 degrees when we left ) @ 7am. Saturday morning and got to Speedworld ( ADRA's home track in Surprise, Az ) at around 9:30am. By noon we had our 3 scheduled time runs under out belts and we were ready for elim's. I was shocked at some of the RT's this group was doing. If you were over .030, you were going home early! Can you say DIALED IN! They even offered a $50 prize for the lowest average RT for the three times runs. I went .014, .005, and red .093, so I obviously was out. There were 39 cars in Pro. Most in the 10's with a sprinkling in the 9's, 11's, 12's. The attached pic is of my car and my first round victim ( Camaro ). Since his dial-in was 9.43, I was discussing with him how well his car handled at the big end
and that he would be at a bigger disadvangage than I if he were to hit me at 27mph ( he ran 9.42 on a 9.43 dial @ 139 and I ran 11.88 on a 11.85 @ 112 ). At any rate, I went 3 rounds before succumbing with a .130 RT ( I guess it was my nap time
). Met a lot of cool guys and had some fun.
