Finally getting around to typing up an event recap.
With a zero% chance of rain, we all showed up for a 10am opening. Tech-inspection was picky, but in an unusually random way. Lanes opened at 11:00 am. We had 36 cars that made passes that day, and some cars made more than 10 passes each. We had a mix of hard tire (street tire) cars and race compound tires and we ran those in both lanes for a while. Some people were able to make a good launch, but overall the surface became too loose. The decision was made to have the Left lane re-prepped and keep this lane for race tire compound only, and the other lane could be used for street or race tires. The left lane did improve, and I saw my sixty foot times drop a bit, but not to their potential. We might have to discuss the lanes/tire compound scenario before next year's event, but any and all suggestions are appreciated. I definitely don't want to ostracize either group, but I want car's to launch good.
There was a good variety of cars, including my buddy Bob's gasser, 2 fast bikes, multiple generations of F-bodys, club members cars from here, a good amount of blower mustangs, and some good Mopar stuff too. A couple people broke, some went too fast and got the boot, some hit personal bests, and some cars were running until the very end at 4:00. We had a fair amount of spectators too; members from here also!
Jerry was the all-star of the day, and he spent a good amount of time taking action photos with his good camera. He also sprung for the large pizza pie order, and we are all thankful to him for those things.
This is the link to his photo album, with several hundred photos:
(I will also include a few of them below)
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...hjQk5mZDJtUEVR
I made 11 passes, most were decent, two were junk, some were great, and one new P.B. for the all-motor timeslip at 11.55.
After my 4th pass, I tried the new-to-me Hoosier QTP Bias-Plys and could tell the difference from the MT radials during every pass.
I was bouncing around all day doing different things, and I am bummed I did not get to take a stack of photos to share. I have front and rear dashcam footage of my runs, but thats boring so I won't post it here.
It was a good day overall and I also want to thank the racers for putting it all out there on the track and keeping the staff at island happy with our group. Well done everyone.
Feel free to post photos, videos, links, etc.
