The newest drag racer gears up!

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SOOoooooo.... Amanda says that she would like to race, but must have a pink car. Of course, like any well meaning Dad, that makes me start looking around for a Jr Dragster. There is a decent Halfscale car for sale at our local track, but I figure that we can peruse the 'For Sale' lot at the ECF's in Bristol, TN to see what pops up - and maybe get a good deal on a roller.

This car was there early in the week, and was a super clean car - exactly what I was looking for, but I hadn't heard much about the chassis company known as Mx2. The paint was beautiful, and had silver ghost flames that were done perfectly. I sent a pic to Amanda (who was relaxing on the beach) and she turned it down because it wasn't pink. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] I still wanted to buy this car after meeting the chassis builder and the owner in the pits, and learning a lot more about these Mx2 cars. They are really well made from a smaller outfit in Topeka, KS, and therefore don't migrate out to the east coast very often - but I really liked it. The seller came around later in the week to give me first dibs on the car, I offered all the $$ I had - but we were too far apart, and I had to let it go. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]



Not a scratch on this car, came with an Mx2 clutch, the 10&quot; wide rear wheels, weight bars, very nice seat pad.... a truly nice car for the asking price (great seller too, very nice family from KS).



This mint green car has a twin that the younger sister drives - and it's pink, but not for sale:



Overall, there were easily 20+ cars there for sale, many were older rollers which is what we were looking for but we didn't come home with one. We would really prefer another Halfscale car, and so we parked Ben's car next to this one that is for sale at our track - and we might just try to cut a deal on this one later this year if we can get it as a roller.





This car will need a minor chassis upgrade (helmet bars) and a paint job(silver metallic chassis and 'bubble gum' pink body with silver metallic graphics), but that is all stuff I can do myself - and I just might draft Amanda's help [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

These Jr's can get expensive, and are absolutely frustrating to figure out &amp; tune - but you get what you pay for and I feel as though I'm ahead of the game because I wouldn't trade the time &amp; experience for anything! As always, if you are curious about getting into one just let me or Jeff Morroco know. Amanda won't turn 8 until next July and I plan to have her car ready by April '13, might just need a shoe for this car until July! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

[sYc]

Marlin, we hear you. Priceless.

This weekend we are going to load up a door car or two, and the two JRs, and spend the weekend camping out, and racing, at
Newport. Rob's two boys have been going at it all week about who will win.

If time permits, we may move the pedals so Rob's youngest daughter (8) can make a pass or two.

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That is great - exactly how it is supposed to be, older ones talking 'track smack' and the younger one following right along. Hope you have fun, take lots of pics - especially doing the burnouts, the kids love seeing themselves spinning &amp; fishtailing! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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We took a few weeks off from racing, but with a double points weekend coming up we took advantage of the TnT session Friday night. Car ran good with an 8.85, 8.87 &amp; 8.87 with Ben cutting good green lights; .015, .013 &amp; .054. We felt good for Saturday morning.

The car count was very high this weekend with 41 Jr's on Saturday and 37 on Sunday! Ben was relaxed in the staging lanes though!



Ben had to race a 7.90 car in first round both days, and although he had a good light on Saturday (.021 to her .025) - I misdialed the car when I panicked a bit and added another 5 pounds at the last minute. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] So, Ben ran an 8.97 on an 8.90 - on the brakes a tad. She ran within a hundreth of her dial - she is very good racer with track championships, and even an ECF win. It was a really good drag race.

On Sunday, Ben had an .070 light vs. an .020 light for his competitor, and the game was over. Ben drove great, running an 8.898 on an 8.900 dial while pedaling trying to dunk him - but this one was lost at the tree.

Overall, some good drag racing - and no red lights!

Danny tagged along Friday night, and the whole family was there on Saturday - Amanda got to sit in this car, even though we couldn't cut a deal on it (yet). Just note the big smile! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Chevy454]

Good stuff, M...[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[sYc]

Awesome....sounds like a great time wth the kids.


Nice lights by Ben...unfortuantly winning with JRs can be tougher then with full size racecars.

[Xplantdad]

Very cool!

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I got the right mount for the GoPro Camera to fit on the top of the roll cage, hoping to shoot some video of Ben's car on Friday night! Thanks for the GoPro - can't wait to see Ben's view [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] (assuming Maple Grove let's us use it of course!)

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Shot some videos tonight - can't get the ones from on top of the cage to upload, but this one from inside is pretty good! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] We were practicing running the stripe tonight, so you can see him looking over - over - over - then dumps it. Some goofy guy keeps looking in at the beginning. It's a little long, until I can figure out how to edit it.

See if I can link it:



...looks like only 2:43 minutes loaded, which is perfect!

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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]