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Offline Uncle Jimbo

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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #45 on: April 28, 2013, 08:22:08 PM »
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Offline RansomT

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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #46 on: April 29, 2013, 06:33:29 AM »
Quote from: Bryan on April 28, 2013, 07:38:33 PM
Thanks for posting all the pics guys! I know I had a great time working the starting line. The weather did clear late, we dried the track again...And had a quite a few more cars and bikes make 3 to 4 passes each! Alot of folks had already left, so even the cars were hot lapping  :-)

Shoot!  I loaded the trailer in the pouring rain at 12:30, thinking we were done and headed home.   :cry:
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« Reply #47 on: April 29, 2013, 09:32:20 AM »
Thanks guys for posting this Ohio Mile event. How did the 1953 Hemi Stude do?  It looks wild.We won't be able to make Ohio this year the car is going through a rebuild and redesign.  Our plans are to make Speed Week with it.

You have done a good job of keeping us informed.


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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #48 on: April 29, 2013, 03:42:34 PM »
Hooley, they went 202 or 203 and change last run!  :cheers: To say they were ecstatic is an understatement!  :-o

Somebody said one of the bikes went 241 but I only heard a car went 229 and a bike 223 on Saturday. They tried a new broadcast and speed display system but had some issues so did not get it all at the time. It will be killer when it gets debugged! Also using a bar code tag and working to get on-line registration up and running. Your time slip now tells you if you set a record, too! The ECTA crew is working hard to make this a premier LSR event!  :cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers:

June can't just get here fast enough!  :-D
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #49 on: April 29, 2013, 04:41:48 PM »
Dean S. ran a 230 on his bike.
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« Reply #50 on: April 29, 2013, 05:23:46 PM »
Thanks Woody,

 And congrats 1953 and your crew on your 200 MPH CLUB entry.  I'll bet you can't wipe the grin off their face.

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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #51 on: April 29, 2013, 08:06:37 PM »
For those of you not on Facebook, here's a video of Ron SanGiovanni's wild--and still record-setting--lakester run at Wilmington on Saturday:

http://youtu.be/te9wJlZ5d9k

 :-o :-o :-o

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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #52 on: April 29, 2013, 08:17:10 PM »
As I understand, he was fine. Most of the delay later was getting the fire truck unstuck though! :cheers:
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #53 on: April 29, 2013, 08:19:51 PM »
WOW,me and Amy gotta go clean our drawers. :-o :-o :-o
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #54 on: April 29, 2013, 08:48:11 PM »
Gary thanks for posting the Video of my exciting ride.
   Over the winter we worked on a few areas to help gain some more MPH the canopy is the biggest visual change. Also new for this year is a new cast in 1988 Iron XF class flathead V-8 block. Since this was my first run with all the new changes I stuck to my plan of going easy on the run. During the pass I noticed how much better I could hear the motor with the now enclosed driver compartment everything during the run felt fine.
  But coming to the finish line I made the big mistake of looking at the oil pressure gauge! It was reading ZERO that took my attention away from what I should have been doing which was maintaining control and pulling the parachute lever. With my mind thinking about no oil pressure on a new motor what I did was shift the car into what I thought was neutral but turned out to be second gear so the downshifted transmission locked up the rear tires at the now new record speed of 171.89 MPH.
  The car and driver both checked out fine. With the help of a lot of friends I was able to check the car completely plus clean her up a bit. The oil pressure problem was caused by the wire on the sending unit pulling out of the terminal eye. I was able to make a second pass latter in the afternoon. The second run was into a very strong head wind this time I pulled the motor a bit harder the speed crossing the line was 170.97 MPH
  I'm very happy with the result but mad at myself for holding up the event until the rescue truck was pulled out of the mud. All of the safety equipment worked perfectly and it looks like we built a pretty tough little car.
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #55 on: April 29, 2013, 10:13:51 PM »
Quote from: Gary Perkinson on April 29, 2013, 08:06:37 PM
For those of you not on Facebook, here's a video of Ron SanGiovanni's wild--and still record-setting--lakester run at Wilmington on Saturday:

http://youtu.be/te9wJlZ5d9k

 :-o :-o :-o

Gary

Over a minute response time?

Glad you are OK Ron.
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #56 on: April 30, 2013, 07:59:15 AM »
Ron,
Congratulations on the new record.
I am glad the the spin didn't cause you any more
serious damage than it did.
We could not have our car ready for the April event,
but are planning on being at the next ECTA event in
Ohio.
Regards
Dave Gray
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #57 on: April 30, 2013, 09:09:08 AM »
RR, I saw the skid marks on the track!  :-o Don't care to see your other skid marks though!  :-D

Bet you don't forget where second gear is any time soon!  :cheers:
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #58 on: April 30, 2013, 12:56:12 PM »
Tman, how long do you think it takes a fire truck to start, accelerate from a stop and drive nearly a half mile?  This fire safety crew is some of the best I have seen at land speed and drag venues. 
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Re: Wilmington Picture Post
« Reply #59 on: April 30, 2013, 03:57:22 PM »
Quote from: Milwaukee Midget on April 27, 2013, 10:46:50 PM

The Caddy – that’s not a car – that’s a weapon.


Chris, I didn't open my ECTA poster until this morning and I immediately thought of your weapon comment!..... :-D


Cool that Sean's Big Bad Black Cad is on the poster this year.  :cheers: 

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