The newest drag racer gears up!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Well, we closed the MGR season on a bummer of a note, went out first round on Saturday (9/1), with Sunday (9/2)being rained out (cancelled). Car was running the number, Crew Chief was dialing well - driver was just a bit off his lights (slow). Oh well, the year ended like it started - still a Team of Rookies! We took in a local dirt track race on Saturday night just for a change of pace.

So, for our last outing of the year we went to our favorite track - 1/8 mile Quarter Aces - this past Sunday (9/9)for a special Jr event this past Sunday where they were running age groups. Had a good field of cars for such a small track with about 22+/- jr's, Ben won first round, however, lost 2nd round at the tree with a .10x light against an .013. Car was running well with an 8.87, 8.85, 8.92 (the fluke run), 8.87 &amp; 8.89. Oh well, we had fun - and Ben stayed relaxed in the 'limo'! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Chevy454]

Good stuff, M! Great to see y'all having fun together!!

Hopefully you're not done for the year?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Yes, we are done for the year. We are pulling the Blockzilla and sending it out for a refresh as it will likely need to be bored out this time around. We have a backup BZ engine, complete, but will keep that one on the shelf for emergency use!

We had a fun year, learned a lot, improved a bunch - just not enough to win a race at MGR. One 8.90 driver made it to the final round in the last race of the year, otherwise, an 8.90 car didn't make it past the 4th round all year. It's a tough place to learn!

:gears:

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

So, we've changed our plan and will use the fresh backup engine as our primary this year. Although the 2012 engine might be a little tired, it will be just fine as a backup.

We've used the rebuild budget to buy a purpose built 12.90 engine for Amanda! She continues to show interest, so we are working on getting her a car - hopefully soon.



Until then, younger brother Danny was giving her new Huddleston Performance engine a 'once over' just to make sure it was all good to go! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[ORIGLS6]

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What a great shot Marlin.

You're in a fantastic period of your life right now. I know you're enjoying EVERY second of it. Good for you!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

[Plowman]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, we closed the MGR season on a bummer of a note, went out first round on Saturday (9/1), with Sunday (9/2)being rained out (cancelled). Car was running the number, Crew Chief was dialing well - driver was just a bit off his lights (slow). Oh well, the year ended like it started - still a Team of Rookies! We took in a local dirt track race on Saturday night just for a change of pace.

So, for our last outing of the year we went to our favorite track - 1/8 mile Quarter Aces - this past Sunday (9/9)for a special Jr event this past Sunday where they were running age groups. Had a good field of cars for such a small track with about 22+/- jr's, Ben won first round, however, lost 2nd round at the tree with a .10x light against an .013. Car was running well with an 8.87, 8.85, 8.92 (the fluke run), 8.87 &amp; 8.89. Oh well, we had fun - and Ben stayed relaxed in the 'limo'! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]


</div></div> *Nice Limo! I like it.*

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

So, it's on to another season - once baseball ends. We installed our back up Blockzilla engine on Ben's car, and it has run pretty good so far - stringing together a group of runs that were ~4 hundreths apart, with 60' times that were just 1 thousandth apart.

We've hit one race this season, and Ben had the 3rd best light in a 30 car field with an .005 - and took out the points leader in round 1! He went out in round 2 when he tree'd the competitor - but scrubbed off too much at the stripe and lost by a nose.

Although this engine seems better than our previous one I've learned that at a track like MGR it is quite hard to go rounds with that combination, so I will surprise him tonight with this Beast of a powerplant! I stepped up his program with a new Huddleston Performance Sniper 8.90 engine, hope to try it out at TnT tonight. I'm setting my expectations low since I seem to have a history with 'epic fails' when it comes to new engines! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img] But, hopefully it's a start towards a really fun season - with a first Win in our future! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

At 3:30am, tightening up the last bolts:



At 6:30am, sneaking the Jr into the backyard to turn it around and reload it into the trailer. If all goes to plan, Ben won't even notice it until we are at the track tonight [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

Sneaky dad!! Good luck tonight... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img] Back to dialing in a combo, it can only get better!

We tucked it away for Sunday, and I took the kids fishin!

[micky69396]

These Jrs make me pull whats left of my hair out. We have fun though, come up to Thompson for the Jr jam. Fun race. I just got my boy a new car last year and that seems to have helped the consistancy anyway.