The Corvette would be far more sensible, and Cheep isn't up to the trip right now, but I have half a year to get that fixed. No matter where you live, it's a long drive. I found out about it from David Williams, who lives in Florida, so I guess for him it's about as long as could be. For me, not too bad, 2400 miles to NYC, 500 to get back home from socal. David ran one of the Gumball things a few years ago, so he has a little experience with it, he's also been on a few of the drag week type things.
I signed up for the Great American Detour, which is the Cannonball thing, and plan on taking the Corvette for that. It's in the end of June/beginning of July, and it'll be miserable in the Southwest, and maybe other places too, where it's humid. But also this morning I signed up to go on Drag Week with Cheep. I might give in and install a trans brake in it, so I can get it to launch hard and maybe hit 9s with it. I might also see about adding another fuel pump, apparently it's pretty common to zip tie two of them together and drop into the hole in the gas tank.
I’ll be in my recliner watching/reading about it. Some goof ball app Carina did while I was on my phone reading up on the HAMB.
Great American Detour? Is there a website? All I can find is some bicycle thing: The Great American Detour refers to a temporary 960-mile bike route developed by the Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC) and Adventure Cycling ***ociation to connect the Great American Rail-Trail across the Mountain West,
Red lights happen...but in that case, the clock starts when the beam is broken. So the light turned yellow, .4 seconds later it turned green, .333 seconds later his car moved out of the staging beam. No red light here.
Yes, we'll be heading out the end of next week! I might put a "for sale" note on Cheep, and see if anyone wants to buy it. I don't seem to drive it at all, which is kind of strange. maybe it's too new for me? And if no one buys it for $10k, I'll see if I can sell it to Derek at Duct Tape Drags for $5k
"I might give in and install a trans brake in it, so I can get it to launch hard and maybe hit 9s with it. I might also see about adding another fuel pump, apparently it's pretty common to zip tie two of them together and drop into the hole in the gas tank". Curious if you've made these or any other changes since you last tracked it?
I hope to see you in Joliet. Very nice state of the art facility. However, not nostalgic (traditional?) like the other venues. The unlimited cars should be REALLY fast at Joliet.
I think Monday is around 9, and they try to get going by 8 the rest of the week. Be there early if you want to watch any specific car, especially the fast ones...also be prepared to stay till afternoon to see the last runs, which can be exciting, as people try to make the number the need.
Ran slow, I forgot to start the data log so I have no idea why. But I turned in the time slip anyways, we'll pack up and watch a little racing and hit the road to Byron. Car 335
They had a "Cars Behind Bars" car show there about 3 wks ago. Some of my friends went, but I didn't. Gary
It was good to meet you in-person and see the Jeep this morning, Jim. Good luck, and safe travels back to Joliet...and then home. -NK
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