Well...El Mirage was up then down. We ran A blown fuel altered with gas with hopes of going over the 258+ record.
troy ran 246 on a conservative throttle for him. Looking at the data we figured shifting at 7000 rpm instead of 6800 would give 2 more Lbs of boost in high gear and more mph. 6800 in 3rd to 4th rpm drops to 5100 and a loss of 10lbs of boost So higher revs more boost and speed in 3rd'
Then the F ups began. Sun 2nd run Troy takes off but not running right, turn out and back to pits, forgot to take intake cover off !! Change to warm up plugs and warm engine install race plugs. 3rd run Troy take off fairly good start but another turn out and back to the pits. Someone and I know who forgot to put plug wires on left bank

Hey sounded pretty good at start up on 4 cyls

,back to pits ,left side plugs like new [ never run ] Right side fouled. Installed new plugs on right side.
4th run 195 mph trouble taking throttle. Time to pack up.
We failed inspection because of seat belts out of date [ thought we had another year] but another racer had a new set

We also had, our Fire bottles inspected by Mike Kilger and FIRE FOX in the pits.
Mike Spaceck (spl) and SCTA Inspectors, what a great bunch of guys they came to our pits twice in the dark to check our seat belt install and give us the final inspection sign off

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