im glad i showed up and was able to entertain everyone :)

15.8 at like 88ish in the saturn

Just wanted to post up a link to some pictures I took at the meet.

http://public.fotki.com/garrettwp/

-Garrett

15.7... at 87 mph.......in the stang...... :barf::banghead::banghead::banghead:

is it the !drivemod or is it just slow?

jake and shane ill race u guys with my car stock :twisted:

I think shane should let me drive his car :nod:

how do you get off racing a stock saturn SUV? what kind of bragging rights does that give you?

soo much fun..unfortunately I had to bail a little early due to work...sorry guys :-(

~Ted

Was a good time and I got my new personal best :) 13.586 @ 103.50

Hey guys what a day we had .

To start the day off it took us almost 3 1/2 hours to get to Island Dragway. Traffic on the BQE was backed up from the Throgs neck bridge to the GW bridge. :x

When we arrived I got the dog out of the truck and onto his leach then unloaded the car. Then the family and I went to get something to drink when we were told we had to keep our dog in the truck. 90+ out when we arrived to the track WTF.:roll: I told the guy that Melissa said we were allowed to bring the dog but I had to keep him away from the stand and keep him on a leach which he was.

Then a few minutes later my son gets yelled at for riding his bike around the stand. He was so excited to have a wide open place to ride. It's not like he was ridding out in the parking lot. Oh well..

Moving along I tech in the car which went very smoothly and go back to get my fire jacket and up to the staging lane to make a easy pass to warm the car up and clicked off a blazing 12.37 @ 100.95 mph lol I made a bunch of passes which I was also having problems hooking but I knew it was to all the heavy rain and the track being closed due to the rain. My best pass which I can't find the slip was a 10.56@ 127 with a 1.49 60' and I also ran a

60' 1.53
330 4.377
1/8 6.778
mph 102.91
1/4 10.637
mph 127.20

The car was falling off big time on the top end of the track . I usually mix 93 and 100 octane gas which I did not have so I had to stick to 93 octane and I have a feeing one of my 02 sensors are bad.

It seems like my son got yelled at alot I believe it was Melissa mom who took her dog out of the camper to take it for a walk and my son saw him/her and got excited and let out a scream and she said " don't yell you'll scare him , He does not like that" Like the dog is not use to loud noise being at a track. Then a few Minutes later when some of the guys and girls were having a water balloon fight he dropped his bike on the grass and wanted to join in and was yelled at again for leaving his bike on the ground.

I think my wife and son was scolded more then that dude who came back the wrong way down the track. for what my kid and dog did would not have killed anyone but who knows what that car would have done if another car was coming down the track. :rollseye:

All I can say is that was our last trip to Island and we / I have no plans on returning. I was planning on making the East Coast F-Body Nationals with a bunch of the LIFBA guys who had a blast last year at the event. But that won't happen. I loved the track and the racing scene but I did not care for the staff...

ehh i guess everybeody cant be happy. BYE.

Bye :laugh:

what are you laughing about, you're the one who got butt hurt about stupid stuff.

Just laughing because thats the kind of response I expect to get from you people :rollseye:

US? i wasnt speaking on anyones behalf just so you know. and since no one else had any problems with the staff did you stop to think that it wasnt the staff that was bad rather it was you or the people that you brought with you? everyone but you seemed to have a good time, if you cant control your family members then um...thats not the staffs fault, i know i didnt get yelled at once while i was there.

Well we been to many tracks and never had a problem. Atco, E-town, MIR are a few and never did we get treated like that ..

Control my family . How old are you ?? We are both professional people I am a ground keeper at a U.S Open golf course and my wife is a Nurse Practioner. From what I've seen it was mostly Kids at the meeting .

awwwe poor you. let me buy you some tissues, i guess. OK north jersey is bad dont come back here. we are terrible. we made u get stuck in traffic too.

Sorry to hear about what happend, but I dont see why you wont return, even thoughyou had fun last year? Whatever, your choice.

well...i did watch your son ride in front of someone parking their car in the pits but im not gonna start anything. if you choose not to come back, then thats your choice. badass car though.

that sucks that they were being mean to your kid. They should realize its a family environment and have been nicer to him..no reason to yell at him. Really nice car you have. I must say..i had fun at the event, but i do like etowns track better. that back road that was bumpy as hell with tractors going 2 mph were sort of annoying.

thats sad to hear, you have one bad ass car that was really cool to see and watch make a pass.

by the way I was playing with your dog who seemed to be one of the most playful and most friendly dogs. And I was even talking to your son while playing with your dog who was really funny and a real nice kid.

You seem to have a real nice family.

And a real nice car :-)

sorry to hear you didn't have a good time at the track.

Thanks for the props .. yeah the dog is about 8 months old and he loves to play like any puppy would. My son is very out going and loves to talk to people. but what can I do i'll just mark it off as a bad day at the track .. No harm done

I'm sorry you didnt have a good time. and dont mind Tsar, he's a jerk to everyone :lol:

your wife and son were very nice..he even offered to help me fix my car..haha..

sick car too