RE: Geezer Drags

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

HeeHee, maybe the full race grease I used on your tires before the race 
helped :-) It was a fun day and the weather was almost perfect. A tad 
warm, mid to upper 80's, but a nice tailwind. I gotta say my tune was 
perfect. The car ran superbly. I didn't remove the 200 extra pounds but 
instead raced with the hood and rear seat, etc.. So I was at the 4000lb 
mark. I ran from 9.83 to 9.96 and 69.7 to 70.22. At my lighter weight I 
had something like a 9.76 best so I think it's pretty good with the 
extra weight. 

Another big plus was the fact that the car ran very cool the entire 
time. I even had to wait once with the engine running while they cleaned 
up some debris. I would have to say the shroud was a big success. I have 
always had trouble staying/getting cool when racing before this. Even if 
the weather was 50deg.. I did experience a bout of wheel spin on my last 
race just before the 1-2 shift. Must've been something on the track. I 
would've beat a 8.14 Chevy in the dial-in if I hadn't redlighted. I have 
never redlighted in comp before either. I was staged and the engine 
started to overcome the brake and moved me deeper into the light so when 
I took off I was too close to leaving already. If I'd have slacked off a 
tad I'd have beat him. I was there first anyway :-)

All-inall it was fun. Too bad Doidger and Paul had tire issues. Except 
for one case my little 24" dia Drag Radials did me proud. Thanks Gary 
P!!!

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Paul Lennemann wrote:
> 
> Gotta get in here before Rich does.  We had a grudge race at the Geezer 
> Drags today and Rich bested me.  This was the first time I've made a 
> pass with the 3:23 gears.  But I've still got the same old problem, too 
> much motor, not enough tire.  I won't get it cured until I get some 
> street slicks or.......  I spun the tires all the way through 1st and 
> when I hit 2nd it started heading for the guard rail and I had to back 
> out of it.  Dodger was there with two cars as well.  I think he also had 
> 
> problems hooking up with his max wedge "Sportlite".
> 
> Paul L.
> '63 Sport Fury
> 440/727
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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