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Old 03-22-2010, 08:30 AM   #1
Daytona
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Location: New Jersey
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Daytona is on a distinguished road
.009 from perfect (Dammit!)

1st day of points yesterday. Something had to be in the air yesterday because people were pulling way fast runs during mid-morning time trials. The Daytona ran it's quickest 60' ever and the ET was way quicker than it should have been that weather (60+ degrees, 40%+ humidity, 28.9 barometer).

After that 1st run the car settles down to its "normal" ET range. Runs dead on the numbers all day.

1st round, not a problem. Win easily on the brakes.
2nd round, got a tough Points racer, lost lane choice on a coin flip, yet still beat him running 16.752 on a 16.74 dial.
3rd round, during the hottest part of the day I ran 16.773 on a 16.77 dial (told you she was dead on all day) and was 0.006 from a perfect light. Unfortunately, I was on the red side of perfect (-.006 red) and lost to a racer who had alternator trouble and ran a full tenth off his dial. Damn!

I pull back into my pit spot and notice the odometer = exactly 188,000 miles. Bone stock, never rebuilt, 17 years old, yet still running deadly consistent all day. Nice.
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