My wife’s dusters debut

Well we took her car out last weekend. I raced it Saturday to make sure it was safe. We struggled through rain delays but I managed to make 3 good shake down passes. So I turned her loose in it Sunday. We had to race in pro because the car had already proven to be too fast for Sportsman until I can get a restrictor plate for it. This was her first burnout in anything and first pass ever! She went 7.10 at 96 mph in the 1/8! So she got 1 more time hit and went 7.04. 1st round comes around and we stick a dial on her car. She is leaving 2nd so I remind her a few times to be patient and wait for her 3rd amber and not get anxious when the other car leaves. She was a bit tardy and ended up braking out trying to get there. I’d say the car is a bit lean because the weather went up and she went 6.99 at 97 mph! She is hooked like a junkie now and wants to race every weekend...lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=PbMwTn9wLEQ#menu
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6d3JeM7uaOc

Very cool!

Very nice!

AWESOME !!!
My wife drove our first race car 99.9 % of the time because she was a pure lumberjack on the tree.
So I say this with utter conviction..........when your wife feels the thrill of putting some Dude on the trailer , she is going to be hooked.
We knew a lot of the guys , so it wasn't a really huge thing.
But there were a couple that she would try to get staged next to because she knew it drove them out of their minds.

Are you calling her “Cha Cha” now?

Thats awesome forest

its only an addiction if your trying to quit. Birdtracker

Wow, she drives like an experienced racer already.

Very nice!!

Congratations to you both. Thats totally awesome. Many memories and fun to create and enjoy. My wife cant race because the adrenaline is not good for her heart issues, but she does go with me and support me at the track when i go , which is just as fun. She will surpass that 100 mph mark in no time, unless you want to slow it down. She looks like a natural.

Nice!! Is that at Walla Walla?

Very nice can't believe you got the car ready so soon. You've been working hard on it. What track were you at?

Thanks Guys! Yes we were at Walla Walla Dragstrip. I pretty proud of her, the car is a bit faster than I planned!

Well-done Forest!

Your a good man Charlie Brown! You have just expanded your raceday to two cars

Cars looking good and she looks very composed for a beginner. Won't be surprised to see her chopping down the tree and winning races soon!

A problem most of us never have! Good Job!

The couple who race together and have fun have it MADE
Congrats to both of you
My wife would drive my old M.W. stocker in the 1/8 mile but absolutely refused to drive it in the 1/4 mile, her reason was it was to fast in the 1/4 mile
It ran 7.25 at 95 MPH in the 1/8 and a little above 115.MPH in the 1/4 in the high 11s No matter what I said she would not even think of driving that car in 1/4
This was in the early 1970s when the tracks still had powder puff races, she won several of them but it wasn't enough to get her on fire, maybe that was for the better for me

Great job both of you!

Thanks again everyone, we had a blast!

Awesome Car.. also I enjoyed the ride thanks for the video

Very Nice! my wife will be making her first passes in a 340 Demon this summer, i hope it goes as well!

That's awesome and that's a sweet Duster. Whats the combo if you don't mind me asking ? Ron

UPDATE we went 1/4 mile racing this past weekend. She lost in the 3rd round of Pro Saturday! Sunday she lost 1st round on a break out. Car went 10.97!!!

Combo is 440, Kieth black pistons on factory steel crank and rods. ProMaxx heads with stock rockers and push rods! Lunatti voodoo cam .533 / .513 Mopar M1 and a old school 750 double pumper. Shift kited 727 that still has kick down linkage and is shifting on its own! FTI 9.5" converter that flashes to about 4k. Ladder bar and coil over rear suspension with a 3.91 geared 8 3/4! 28 x 11.5 ET drags.

Very nice!