I staged in the left lane, had a decent launch, went ahead and hit second at 6200 and was whooping up on Matt Koetting's blue 11 second 68 Camaro. At the shift to drive the trans felt as if it went to neutral, and the engine hit the 7200 chip, I lifted, stabbed it again, and it pulled hard to the stripe. 11.30-119.44 on the ticket, what was that? I remembered my first pass on the street when it seemed to flair up, then I thought about yesterday when it broke up going into drive, and I was questioning the beehive springs. What is going on with this 904?

Then I was back in the pits, and Rachael was showing me the 12.43-109 she had ran right behind me. "We need better than that if you are going to stay in the hunt for the quick 32", I explained, "and that 2.12 sixty foot time is where you gave it away".