We went back out the next morning and I told my friend Britt to just go to which ever line had the least number of cars. He towed me over to the rookie course, which is 1 mile to accelerate and then timed for 1 mile. According to Turbosmart the boost controller is good for 100% duty. I counted 100 clicks from full open to full closed. I wanted to run 12-14 lbs of boost so I upped the boost 20 clicks. I started down the course and everything looked good. Oil pressure was steady, AFR was rich, boost at 8 lbs. I ran 128.660 mph on an open record so we headed to impound. I went over exhaust nuts and checked intake boots. and left the car overnight.
I wanted to up the boost a little instead of leaning out the carb. I went an additional 25 clicks on the boost controller. The next morning we were led out to the front of the line to make our back up run. I started down the rookie course a little faster this time trying to make sure I could back up my run from the previous day. As soon as I had a little load on the engine in 3rd gear the boost gauge went straight to 20 lbs. I went into 4th and the car was pretty loose and all over the track. I tried to stay in it as much as possible to make sure I was going to set a decent time. The oil pressure stayed solid and the AFR was still rich so I stayed in it with the rear tires hunting for traction. What a harry ride. I got through the 2 mile and slowed and came to a stop. The official drove by and said "140 mph!" I was all smiles. We towed the car back to the timing tower and grabbed the timing slip. 140.552 MPH. Then it was back to impound to get the record certified and pump the engine. The average came to 134.606 MPH and our first record of 2017 G/CBGALT was in the books.