Despite the weekend starting out wet and dreary, it ended with AMAZING glory! Friday I opted to stay home cuddled in a warm blanket with my buns firmly planted on the couch…NICE! ;) Saturday started with excitement and anticipation of a great day and it was nothing less then SPECTACULAR! It was cold and foggy when we got to the track at 8am, but the sun came out and blessed us with a beautiful day!
From what I understand each class was fairly well rounded out! Top alcohol had an exceptionally big class for the type of bike and amount of money/effort that goes into making these puppies run! Street ET/Pro ET were very big as well! Both Super Gas and Super Comp had a fair number of competitors!
We were VERY optimistic going into this competition and registered for Super Comp (which is an 8.90 index) which means we had to run as close to 8.90 as possible. We started the day out with two qualifying passes…
§ 9.29 @ 146.62 mph with a .283 reaction and a 1.53 60’ time
§ 9.01 @ 147.17 mph with a .343 reaction and a 1.41 60’ time
Our first pass lead to some mechanical issues, which we fixed! Now as usual my reaction SUCKED…and this was not a good time to have my 60’ times so crappy either BUT we did qualify 2nd in our index so I’m not going to complain!
At this point we talked about making some changes to help with reaction and my 60’ time. We opted to make some minor but significant adjustments. As usual, Eddy prepped me for the recourse and THANK GOODNESS he did! Now anyone who has drag raced a motorcycle/dragbike themselves will tell you many times a challenging run doesn’t feel as bad as it looks…well apparently that was the definition of this next run…which just so happened to be my 1st round elimination run…
§ 11.39 @ 134.56 mph with a .157 reaction and a 1.300 60’ time
Ok so reaction time was much better and 60’ time was where we need to be BUT… it hit SUPER hard off the line and all I can tell you is it headed for the cones, I got out of it long enough to straighten her out and get back in it. From what I’m told and from seeing my daughter’s reaction it must have been one heck of a scary thing to watch. Now let me follow that up with this… it didn’t feel that bad! I was pissed to say the least when I exited the track and said a few choice words as loud as I could in my helmet. But to my amazement when I got to the time slip booth the gal handed me the white slip! “WHAT? Are you sure???” I was shocked and at first thought “there is no way I drove around her…” (yes my competitor was a chic, Jessica from Utah). But apparently Jessica red-lit and I was so busy having fun on the track I never saw the win light come on. Anyway, I was excited! Then Eddy brought my poor baby girl to me and she was in tears, my run had scared her very badly. So it was time for me to have "the talk" with her, the one that reassures our loved ones that despite the danger we as riders take on every time we get on that track that she needed to trust my ability and my comfort zone. I felt terrible! I’m sorry I scared you Sar-bear, you know that is never my intention! But hey we won and I’m ok! After the run, several people came up to me including Eddy to ask if I was ok?!?! Again, it didn’t feel that bad, sorry for scaring everyone! From what I’m told you could read the bike number (which is on both sides of our wheelie bar) both sides clearly (at one point), I was leaned over VERY far and just all over the place. I’m told many people were ready to run to help me (even the EMTs), as they thought for sure I was gonna wreck. But we pulled it out and still won the round!!! ;) Now we are on to 2nd round and I’ve got the crazy/fun ride out of the way… (hahaha) let’s get down to business! We reversed and compensated for some of the changes we made on the previous run, so let’s have some fun…
§ 9.04 @ 148.92 mph with a .287 reaction and a 1.45 60’ time
So again, I was expecting the yellow slip and the gal gave me the white! What? Are you sure??? So not enough adjustment to get me in the 8.90’s, but enough to get us to the finals! YUP you read right… my opponent broke out (8.87 in an 8.90 index) now in these circumstances I always hope that was a best pass run for my opponent (it helps soften the blow…I know from experience)! The amazing part was he tree’d the crap out of me with a .003 light (BEAUTIFUL) but he broke out by… you guessed it .003!!!! We make a few more adjustments, some which were just hard to believe… like running 4.5 pounds of pressure in the back tire! But Eddy you’re a genius because it was everything we needed….
§ 8.904 @ 147.74 mph with a .225 reaction and a 1.28 60’ time
This run felt AMAZING from launch to finish, everything was in synch and it was truly amazing! As I came around to the time slip booth I see Eddy grab the time slip from the gal and wave me threw. All I can think at that time is “how sweet, he doesn’t want me to be disappointed” I mean the run felt great but I was running a bike that just looked like an 8 second bike (standing still)! So I get back to the pit, park the bike, begin to take my gear off and I hear Eddy clear his throat (enough to get my attention) and as I turn around he displays the WHITE time slip! Are you kidding me??? WOOHOO!!! Seriously I think people in Georgia could have heard me scream!!! What an amazing feeling! Then as if it can’t get any better, he shows me the time… an 8.904 on an 8.90 index. This was by far the sweetest, not only did it bring home the win for our crew but it was our best E.T. and best 60’ time! We are elated!!!!
In addition, my girl Alicia of Go Moto won first place in Pro E.T. category, I am so proud of her. She widdled down a huge class and kicked butt all the way to the Winners Circle! Sorry guys…sometimes a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do! ;) CONGRATS Alicia, I love ya!
We received many, many CONGRATS and we appreciate every single one of them! THANK YOU! I will have pics soon!
For those that did not make it out, please mark your calendars for May 2008! I understand we are going to have this event twice next year, which will be great! It was SSSSSOOOOOO much fun and such a great turn out! In addition to the bike drags, there were pit bike races, ATV races, stunt bikes and as usual great fun! Thanks to everyone who made it possible! ;)
Till next time…keep the rubber side down (at least for awhile) and be safe!
Bumble Bee
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