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GTX Joel wrote:

Thanks for posting that pic, Dave!

After the rain out in VA, I met with Steve Vanderwal at Morrocco Indiana for a test and tune. I'm really glad I did, because I needed some seat time, and to develop a to-do list for winter.

I only made 3 passes, but things were starting to gel a little bit. Steve told me that he thought the car left hard and maybe got some air. I was hoping to back up my 10.92 from the last time out, but just didn't have time to sort things out. Went a best of 11.18 at 127. I was launching at s failrly low RPM due to the cold track surface. The GTX was getting hook off the line, but loosing traction down track. Went a 1.72 60' on all 3 passes. In '06 when I left, that would have been great. In 09, it seems a 1.72 60' is ho-hum.
 


One of the fun things about running a FAST car is the responses from folks who don't yet know what FAST is all about.
On the second pass, I was lined up against a big tire, open header, big block chevelle race car. Of course he got way out on me off the line, but i blew by him at 1100' with about a 15 mph advantage. The look on his face was priceless.
In the staging lanes, there was a crowd of racers around the car, looking it over, checking out the tires, looking for traction bars, looking for headers, and scatching their heads in disbelief.

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DaveDudek wrote:

Here`s one of Vanderwalls stocker who met Joel at the track that day.

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GTX Joel wrote:

Thanks for posting that pic, Dave!

After the rain out in VA, I met with Steve Vanderwal at Morrocco Indiana for a test and tune. I'm really glad I did, because I needed some seat time, and to develop a to-do list for winter.

I only made 3 passes, but things were starting to gel a little bit. Steve told me that he thought the car left hard and maybe got some air. I was hoping to back up my 10.92 from the last time out, but just didn't have time to sort things out. Went a best of 11.18 at 127. I was launching at s failrly low RPM due to the cold track surface. The GTX was getting hook off the line, but loosing traction down track. Went a 1.72 60' on all 3 passes. In '06 when I left, that would have been great. In 09, it seems a 1.72 60' is ho-hum.
 


One of the fun things about running a FAST car is the responses from folks who don't yet know what FAST is all about.
On the second pass, I was lined up against a big tire, open header, big block chevelle race car. Of course he got way out on me off the line, but i blew by him at 1100' with about a 15 mph advantage. The look on his face was priceless.
In the staging lanes, there was a crowd of racers around the car, looking it over, checking out the tires, looking for traction bars, looking for headers, and scatching their heads in disbelief.

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