After getting rained out last night for the race at Sunshine, we were really hoping for better luck today in Bradenton. I arrived at the track around noon and the sky was clear and sunny. I unloaded the car bought a $10 test and tune run card and this is what the sky looked like just before I was supposed to run. A few minutes later mother nature took over the program and as you can see here, she hit pretty good.
However, being from Florida, we do learn that many times these are brief intermissions rather than program enders. As it turned out, by 4:00pm the rain had stopped, everything was dry and we were able to make one and only one time run. I hit the tree with a so-so .028 light but the shift linkage wasn't quite adjusted right and I didn't get high gear so I abandoned the run. It was OK though, as it was a quick fix and I anticipated losing first round then could buy back in to the second round. What a plan.
As it turned out, we were all in the staging lanes for round one, ready to race when it started raining again. This time it was all over for the day. Eventhough it rained, it was still a good day for marketing my sponsor, meeting new people and spending time with my crew chief, Paul Witting and his daughter Teresa. You know the old saying, "A bad day drag racing is better than a good day at work anyday".
After getting rained out last night for the race at Sunshine, we were really hoping for better luck today in Bradenton. I arrived at the track around noon and the sky was clear and sunny. I unloaded the car bought a $10 test and tune run card and this is what the sky looked like just before I was supposed to run. A few minutes later mother nature took over the program and as you can see here, she hit pretty good.
However, being from Florida, we do learn that many times these are brief intermissions rather than program enders. As it turned out, by 4:00pm the rain had stopped, everything was dry and we were able to make one and only one time run. I hit the tree with a so-so .028 light but the shift linkage wasn't quite adjusted right and I didn't get high gear so I abandoned the run. It was OK though, as it was a quick fix and I anticipated losing first round then could buy back in to the second round. What a plan.
As it turned out, we were all in the staging lanes for round one, ready to race when it started raining again. This time it was all over for the day. Eventhough it rained, it was still a good day for marketing my sponsor, meeting new people and spending time with my crew chief, Paul Witting and his daughter Teresa. You know the old saying, "A bad day drag racing is better than a good day at work anyday".
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