We went to the inaugural ECTA event in Blytheville Arkansas. It is about an eight hour drive for us. The track is very nice at 10,000 feet long, about an additional 1,000 feet longer than Wilmington. The Strupps are doing a great job getting the event organized. The weather however did not cooperate. There were no runs made on Friday due to high winds then rain. Thunderstorms prevailed through the night until mid morning on Saturday. Cars were called to the line about 2 in the afternoon. We were about 5th to run. Everyone was a "rookie" so no runs above 175 mph were allowed. I made a warm up pass at 147.2 mph to check the chute and brakes. During the run I again shifted at the rev limiter as my shift light never came on. I later determined that the tach doesn't store the setting, the adjustment on the face of the tach is live. I bumped the adjustment getting strapped into the car and it was set at 10,000 rpm, I wasn't going to hit that one. Note to self, check the rev limit setting each time before starting the engine. The second run of the day was not to happen due to a window blown out on the track, high wind then rain. The good news is that we were number 3 for Sunday. We started early Sunday, I checked the shift light setting and made a run of 183.7 mph. That was a few tenths faster than my mile speed at Loring. We enjoyed the event even though there was not much racing and a lot of down time. That run set the record for B/BFL at Blytheville. The previous B/BFL records at Wilmington was 141.8 mph and 154.3 mph at Maxton. I am looking for the next 17 mph to make the 200 club.