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The Northern Super Heavy Shootout was rescheduled from earlier in the spring to May 19th at Cecil County Dragway. I had hoped to run the Blue Flame at the event but it turned out I had to take the 'back-up' - the Opal Opalescent 1996 Mark VIII. :) The class I participated in was the...

I took the Blue Flame out to the track today - the third time on the new setup and perhaps the last outing of the year with tracks closing for the winter soon. This time was Cecil County Dragway near Rising Sun, MD. Long story short, the best run was the first run of seven. Lots of breakage...

The Super Southern Heavyweight Shootout, 2011 edition in Atlanta, GA. :) At first the car seemed consistent with 12.62 to 12.80, then a freak run at 12.550 @ 106.73. Before eliminations started, throwing out the worst and the best of the time trials resulted in a tight group of 12.7s. So I...

Went to a private track rental to test and tune the Blue Flame. I've been chasing ghosts in the car since the last outing when the best I could muster was a 13.5. Worse than that, the trap speed was only 98 mph. Suspecting an ignition problem, I installed new plugs and wires. It didn't...

This past weekend I attended the annual SuperCoupe Shootout in Xenia, OH for a weekend of my favorite activities which of course included a day of drag racing! I entered the '93 in the brackets race while the SuperCoupes fought it out in their index classes. There were a couple other Lincolns...

This past weekend was the big event in Atlanta, the Super Southern HeavyWeight Shootout 2009. :) We left on Thursday afternoon and drove to NC and arrived in GA on Friday in time for a meet and greet before going to the track. On Friday nite T&T - the timeslips... R/T - 0.087 / 0.057 /...

I got back from Colorado just in time to prep the Blue Flame for the track and load it on the trailer Saturday in hopes of taking it to Mason Dixon Dragway on Sunday for a couple shakedown runs to try to find what the car would do. In the spirit of the baseball playoffs, the recap goes like...

Posted some vids... A couple runs with a yellow Mustang... Yellow Mustang Vid 1 Yellow Mustang Vid 2 One of my favorites... getting whupped up on by a 13 second F250 PowerStroke! :eek: 13 second F250 A black Mustang tries his hand at chasing the Lincoln... Black Mustang Vid...

I took the '96 out to the track today for an early morning track rental at Mason Dixon Dragway near Hagerstown, MD. The best ET of the day was 14.301@94.83. The best trap speed was 95.86 mph. The ol' girl was mighty consistent with 14.3s @ 94-95mph. 19 runs were 14.3s and 7 runs were low...

Event: SSoTN Fall Nationals Place: Cecil County Dragway(MD) Date: 11/23/08 1st run was spinning all the way thru the 60' and ended up being a 13.447 @ 102.66 with a 1.958 sixty foot. Not bad considering the track was cold as ice. Next run the car hooked awesome. I knew it was a 'good...

Pittsburgh Raceway Park... R/T: 0.0720 60': 1.8954 330': 5.5416 1/8: 8.5728 mph: 81.04 1000': 11.1966 1/4: 13.4169 <<-New Best ET MPH: 101.74 :D

This weekend at the Mason Dixon Dragway, I participated in the Mid-Maryland All-Ford event. I entered in with the MN12 guys in the Cougar/Comet class which included Thunderbirds, Supercoupes, Cougars, Marauders, Lincolns, oh and Comets. LOL Short version... First time trial I ran a 13.789...

Last weekend I attended the NMRA/NMCA SuperBowl at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet IL. This weekend, I attended a private track rental at Mason Dixon Dragway in Hagerstown, MD. Average temperature 81.5*... Average humidity 65% Average density altitude 3047 feet... Average reaction...

It was hot and miserable running conditions but through it all it was good to line up in the staging lanes again. The temperature at the track was over 90 degrees all day and it seemed a head wind was in order for most of the day. The first time-trial was the best run of the day after a long...

I spent the day at the track at a private rental I was invited to. These events are really cool, as you can get quite a few runs in the allotted time compared to the open for the public T&T where it seems 3 runs in 5 hours is the norm anymore. The only downside was it was quite warm which...

Had the '93 Mark VIII participate in a dynotune this past weekend and came out with 258.11 RWHP and 277.99 RWTQ. The 277 was a peak TQ spike and true peak was about 265 at about 4500-4600 rpms. HP peaks about 5400 and goes to 5900 before it noses over. The next day was a T&T - 1st of the...

Two days, two tracks, six runs, new best ET & MPH... 13.550 @ 102.06 13.507 @ 102.13 13.526 @ 101.32 13.547 @ 101.58 _______________ 13.433 @ 104.52 13.438 @ 103.93 :burnout:

New best for the Blue Flame with a 13.441 @ 102.50 - first time trial for the SSHS6 event. :burnout: Ended up 3rd place in the brackets. :D

It was a long weekend in Ohio at the SCCOA Shootout. Started out the race day running 13.83 @ 98.70, then I started tuning in the fuel pressure. Following a 13.81 @ 99.09 time trial, the second bump in fuel pressure gave me a 13.77 @ 99.33 in the first round of brackets. Another bump in fuel...

It has been over two months since running at the track, the last time being Memorial Day weekend. I was anxious to see what the 4.30s would provide over the 4.10s. A baker's dozen! ;) The best reaction time I could muster was 0.026 seconds. The quickest sixty foot time came in at...