my awesome weekend, time slips added

starsk's · Post by **starsk's** » Mon Jun 02, 08 12:53 am

hi all
well the drive up great,vey excited as i had not really tested the new build out yet! we really wanted a 13 after all the work and money spent on her.
we arrived at shakey to a bog of a ground friday managed to find a reasonable spot,camped with si and clive as kiwi and phill were light weights and went back sat

any way not that i was eager to see what she could do or anything but simon and i were first in the line up sat!
I was bit nervous and when the lights went green stonked her and very nearly hit the wall

but got her back still did 15!
few more runs and did consistent 14.4\14/3 then i lost it with her did big burn out and got 13.8!!!ssoooooo pleased i was very girlie and shed a few tears kept trying to better it but no good,so decided to give in go to the bar sink several jacks have some fun lovely to meet lots of peeps we have never put names to faces before.

then sunday came,it rained

as usual we were 1st on track mainly due to no slicks rule, but so wet i only did one run in street tyers,14.3 ish
decided to try kiwis slicks

did 7 runs really made no time difference ,good start but started loosing top end speed ?not many cars may be too hot?rested her changed back to road tyers did excellent

burn out did a 13.7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then next run 13.6 i was made up what a result!!!
i just stuck her in drive and floored it,but i will have a shifter for the nats !
i am really happy thanks guys everyone has been lovely with advice,kind words and real appreciation of hard work

thanks kiwi, craig and mma for this result

ps
hey sandy i kicked mopar butt today i beat phills charger,si's roadrunner,a mustang,

a few more too but hey not too chuffed,some proof to follow,oh plus reaction time best of the weekend !!!! 0.008!!!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 02, 08 1:04 am

THere's no stoppin this girl now....12's next....supercharger? NOS? minitubs? Fibreglass parts?

Great to hear you went even quicker than the 13.8 I posted, lookin forward to seeing even more improvement at the nats

I'll get those video clips together at some point and bung on youtukbe or something....was nice seeing you both again.

starsk's · Post by **starsk's** » Mon Jun 02, 08 9:15 am

sorry guys
i did tell craig to keep me away from the computer when i'm drunk!!
hope the above makes some sense,and thanks to every one,really really happy bunny

(sober now)
starsk's

Ian Z · Post by **Ian Z** » Mon Jun 02, 08 9:54 am

well done! You worked hard all weekend - thnx for letting others on the track too!! And well done Kiwi!

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Mon Jun 02, 08 10:16 am

Well done Starsk's

......you must have the record for most runs of the weekend

Sorry Craig only saying congrats (Budgie style)

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Mon Jun 02, 08 1:02 pm

Budgie wrote:Sorry Craig only saying congrats (Budgie style)

Remind me not to stand by you then, when we get the big block in the barracuda, Mal...

Well done, Wendy. Now you have the ticket, you have the bragging rights over the rest of the Swindon boys now, eh?

Nice to see you and Craig. I agree, you must have had the most runs of the weekend. Every time we looked up you were at the tree.

starsk's · Post by **starsk's** » Mon Jun 02, 08 3:07 pm

thanks stu
yes i did 25 runs,well paid the fee,! no one else was playing after 4 sunday it was like an oval!
i also had a little fan club on the stands

bunch of boys cheering me on and running to the exit rd to tell me if i won! and my times

i went back later to give them a ride round the pits in my car but they had gone!
i had a great time,lots of peeps seemed to run p.b times so well done all of you
starsk's

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Jun 02, 08 7:49 pm

25 runs

That's over six miles with the throttle buried in the carpet. You were probably getting quicker 'cause of all the weight getting sucked out of the gas tank

Congrats on the times Wendy, nice to see the hard work paying off

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 02, 08 10:26 pm

he he nice one Wendy

starsk's · Post by **starsk's** » Tue Jun 03, 08 9:58 pm

the chap i was racing in some sort of vauxhall cresta,was a real sport we had some really great fun swapping wins, till he ran out of fuel ,but wanted to race again so he went back got some more,we had an even amount of wins,but we broke him on the last run

sorry mate great fun whilst it lasted, see you at the nostalgia drags

starsk's · Post by **starsk's** » Tue Jun 03, 08 10:37 pm

just like to say i know adam was after a 10,but noticed you got 11.5 this being a p.b so well done mate
starsk's

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jun 03, 08 11:22 pm

Thanks Wendy , that cresta looked mean as hell , one of my fav cars , thought he was running 10s/11s.

.Right ole Gasser , love it.

How come the lasses alway get a good reaction time.

Well done.

Ps , good result on the 60ft , was thinkin more like 3 sec with that barge , that's without checkin yer nails & face paint.

starsk's · Post by **starsk's** » Wed Jun 04, 08 9:00 am

think its some in built gene,to do with getting the best bargains at the sales

you have to be quick off the mark for that game!
the cresta did have few 12's against me 12.9 quickest i think must have been developing a problem cause he was always in front i'd whip him at the clock,we did 4 runs and on the 5th he dropped fluids by the tree,?what
fluids,so i did a solo
sound guys
my 60ft were the biggest problem of the weekend because my very 1st run out i almost put her in the wall

and lost confidence in the start
changing to slicks did nothing ran 13.8 with those,pulled my self together then did huge burn out in my street tires, floored her did the 13.7,then 13.6 next run,i am hoping with the shifter it will go down a bit more at the nats
starsk's

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Jun 04, 08 9:18 am

Rumour has it..... Shakey has run out of timing slip paper! Wendy used it all up!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 04, 08 9:36 am

It is a small point, Wendy, but I found it useful to take notes after each run.

Just little things, like 'longer burnout', 'bad launch - not enough revs', 'wheelspin', 'another MoPar destroyed', etc, etc ...

It helps keep a note of what is going on with the car, and also you.

The 'big boys' will probably laugh at this, but it helped me keep track, especially with the Buick which, despite its fire and forget technology, usually needed a wee bit of tuning up at the track. More fuel, more boost, more fuel, more boost, less boost type of thing. I know the older tech cars are less easily tunable but it could be helpful for your own technique.

The other thing is, get a video camera inside the car filming over your shoulder

Regarding your number of runs, congratulations, nice to see another non-MoPar taking over the roundy-roundy reins.

Go. Faster. Kill. Kill.