The newest drag racer gears up!

[ORIGLS6]

To paraphrase: "Even a bad day racing (with the family) is better than a good day working!"

Now it's on to football, dance, etc ............... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

Heard the DEUCE got to stretch her legs a bit too, right? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Made it out to the rescheduled Jr Dragster Challenge race at Maple Grove, went several rounds - but another Runner Up! Not too bad of a season for only being out 4 times or so.... Now that Benjamin just turned 13, we get to move up to the fastest class, 7.90 ET / 85mph, and go through yet another learning curve!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img]



Check out my 'Thinker' of a son, and my new Tool Caddy on top of the roll cage! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

Great job guys!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

So, another year rolls around and we are neck deep in every sport and activity possible - oh, and let's stick with the racing program as well!! Benjamin at age 13 moves up to the fastest class this year, 7.90 ET @ ~83-84MPH. His new engine arrived back in January while the car was at Half Scale Dragsters chassis shop being upgraded, and the flex link being made functional. The car has a high cage and extended foot box, but Ben will out grow it this year because of the width - but, we upgraded it anyway to make the most out of this year, and his younger bro Danny wants to drive it after he outgrows his car... A few pics of winter painting tasks to get the chassis finalized, the new engine installed and the clutch reworked for 7.90 ET's.

Had a small 6&quot; section of chassis tubing replaced to make the flex chassis functional again, broke out the PPG 'stuff' to shoot / match it right. We also had a under chassis weight tank made, so I painted that too... I like to paint!

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more to come....

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Several...months....later.... All ready to run, just waiting on a free day...

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Well, that free day was this past weekend. So, we loaded up the car, and little brother Danny, and off to Numidia Dragway we went. With so many changes, and a new combination, we had no clue what this thing would do - our goal was to just get it down the track, and maybe run something close to a 7.90.

Pre run #1:







How did this 13 yo get to be 5'8&quot; @ 125 #'s (over night!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img] )

Benjamin's #1 fan is his little brother, who prefers to watch from the golf cart because he gets too upset when Ben loses a round.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I think we were all surprised when Benjamin nails a .002 light and a 7.77 on pass #1! We quickly made some weight adjustments, and got the car down to 7.87 range for round 1. He wins round 1, but red lights round 2 away with an -.010 to his competitor's -.007. Bummer, car was on a rope, running a 7.899 on a 7.93 dial - we felt we were holding 4 ='s close enough!

So, we closed up and went to Knoebel's Amusement Park a few miles away. Boys! They had to go on the water ride, note that there are no leaves on any of the trees yet - no reason to stay dry!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Sunday is a new day, and we are still a little too fast running a 7.84 and then a 7.85 (after adding 5 pounds). Benjamin chops the tree down on round 1 with a .001, and then closes the gap to drag her through as they both run under (we knew the competitor quite well, and she is a really good racer who holds and drives the stripe...).



Benjamin kept it up, and 4 rounds later was in the finals - he busted a light and drove the stripe to win it all! Stunned is an understatement!! He won $150, bragging rights, and photo ops! Love racing with my kiddies! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

Great way to start off the new season! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[earntaz]

.001 reaction time -- WOW! YeeHaw!!!