Good day of racing - MIR

I had a good day of racing, Sun 9/20, at Maryland International Raceway, Budds Creek Maryland. This was part of the "Raiders ET Challenge" 8-race mini-series which runs 1/8th mile; and also counted for MIR track points.

I put new tires on for this big event, as the old ones had 232 passes on them. Well that worked great. I made 9 passes and the sixty foot time only varied 1.245-1.249 except for the last pass as the air cooled and oil temp went up (round robin) it went 1.240. That is a new best for me.

The car was running 5.85 and change every run until the 6th round as the air cooled down a bunch. I had dialed down to 5.84 against my opponents 5.50. I cut a 0.030 RT vs his 0.036 (footbrake). He crossed first by 0.0001 seconds, but ran under his dial-in more than I did (5.833 vs 5.487), so I got the win light.

In those 6 rounds, the only round I took the stripe was in 5th when the other guy got way out of shape and got out of the throttle. I was getting used to giving up the stripe and winning as everyone was breaking out and my car kept running 5.85

In the semi finals there were 3 cars left. And I got the bye-run!
In the finals (8th round), I ran 5.830 on a 5.83 dial-in and lost!
The other guy ran 6.112 on a 6.11 dial-in and his light was 0.005 better than mine, so he crossed first by 0.003
We split the money $1100/$900 so I was happy with that. Entry was $89 for 2 races (Sat & Sun), so that worked out to $44.50 per race, and I won $50 in round money on Sat too.

I estimate my car would have run 9.26 in the 1/4 that day. This E85 is working great and saving me some money on fuel too.

Contrats! a very good day of racing, and your car is deadly consistent so now you don't have anything to point the finger out when you don't win...lol Looks like you need to update your signature as well, those are some great numbers!

Wade,
I have been saying all season, the car is better then the driver (me), and it has saved me a bunch of times.

Great job Jim!!!

Very cool, If E85 was more readily available up here, my car would be converted already.

$900 for runner-up, not too shabby!

Congrats Jim.
coin in the pocket is always nice.

Dave

WAY TO GO JIM!!! So How are you doing in the points? #1, I believe. Don

jim, that's great!! i believe we share the same philosphy,"throwing money at a problem" isn't the way to go.

Good job Jim.... dont ya just love those types of weekends

Nice job! Your Dart sure can repeat round after round. Congrats!

Congrats on the runner up. Anyday you can come home with the car as it was when you left with money is a GREAT day racing in my book.

I am super jealous of your consistency... Got any tips you want to share?

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$900 for runner-up, not too shabby!

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This Raiders Series has a good payout, especially when you look at the "low" entry fee per race. When we got down to 6 cars (1/4 finals) we started pulling money down from the top and before the final round this is what we adjusted it to:

Winner:$1100
Run/Up:$ 900
Semis: $ 350 (3 cars, 1 loser)
Quart: $ 200 (6 cars, 3 losers) They would have got $100 otherwise in round money (6th)

This is what the published payout is, before the racers started pulling money down from the top:

http://www.mirdrag.com/v2/flyers/event/pdf/2009/09_raider.pdf

Class: Mod ET - Top ET
Entry: $ 44.50 - $ 84.50 (each race, if paying for 2 races Sat & Sun)
Winner:$2000 - $5000
Run/Up:$ 500 - $1000
Semis: $ 150 - $ 250
Round: $ 25. - $ 40. Starting with 3rd round loss (2nd rnd win)