driller
Dedicated LVC Member
The 'Blue Flame' and I decided to play with the big boys this past weekend, and there is no better place than the annual World Ford Challenge - the 'SuperBowl' of national Ford drag racing. 
We arrived Thursday in St. Louis, MO and spent the afternoon in an open Test and Tune preparing for Bracket Challenge races to be held on Saturday and Sunday.
While the air was not as good as could be hoped for, the car ran well. After an opening run of 13.930, three other runs followed with ETs ranging from 13.872 to 13.815.
I took Friday as a 'day off', and joined fellow Lincoln owners in the AutoShow Spectacular.
Bright and early Saturday morning, the racing was on. I prepared the car for rounds and ran a single time trial with an ET of 13.759 @ 99.78. My averages for Saturday were:
R/T - 0.100
60 ft - 1.980
1/8 - 8.772 @ 79.816
1/4 - 13.718 @ 99.920
Density Altitude 793'-1125'(avg. 971')
Sunday brought another round of brackets, all new but no time trials. The weather was much warmer and the averages show it.
R/T - 0.066
60 ft - 2.014
1/8 - 8.850 @ 79.423
1/4 - 13.831 @ 98.72
Density Altitude 769'-1661'(avg. 1200')
The REAL show was the pros running the Pro Mod 5.0 class. With ETs in the 6's and trap speeds well in excess of 200 mph, the beasts were battling for a top prize of $35,000. Me? I did manage to make it to the money rounds both days, and actually picked up a check for making it to the the semi-finals in both bracket races.
We arrived Thursday in St. Louis, MO and spent the afternoon in an open Test and Tune preparing for Bracket Challenge races to be held on Saturday and Sunday.
While the air was not as good as could be hoped for, the car ran well. After an opening run of 13.930, three other runs followed with ETs ranging from 13.872 to 13.815.
I took Friday as a 'day off', and joined fellow Lincoln owners in the AutoShow Spectacular.
Bright and early Saturday morning, the racing was on. I prepared the car for rounds and ran a single time trial with an ET of 13.759 @ 99.78. My averages for Saturday were:
R/T - 0.100
60 ft - 1.980
1/8 - 8.772 @ 79.816
1/4 - 13.718 @ 99.920
Density Altitude 793'-1125'(avg. 971')
Sunday brought another round of brackets, all new but no time trials. The weather was much warmer and the averages show it.
R/T - 0.066
60 ft - 2.014
1/8 - 8.850 @ 79.423
1/4 - 13.831 @ 98.72
Density Altitude 769'-1661'(avg. 1200')
The REAL show was the pros running the Pro Mod 5.0 class. With ETs in the 6's and trap speeds well in excess of 200 mph, the beasts were battling for a top prize of $35,000. Me? I did manage to make it to the money rounds both days, and actually picked up a check for making it to the the semi-finals in both bracket races.
