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    I went, and it ran exactly what I was hoping! Very first run of the day, on brand new tires, nice smokey second gear burnout got me a 1.87 60', and a 13.76 at 103.97mph, with missing gear for a few tries, and extremely worn stock rubber bushings on the upper control arms wagging the tail the whole pass with each shift. The next pass came about half a hour later, where a nice smokey third gear burnout to continue breaking In the new tires, and that pass came In a little sower, but had a 1.807 60 ft, and a 13.899 at 102.84..... again missed third, and got the trans jammed in 4th and stuck there for about the entire shut down area before it popped back out. I let the car cool for about a hour, talked to it and asked it to help me with a clean pass, and no missed gears, and it listened. The third pass of the night gave me another 1.805 60ft, no missed shifts, and a good clean pass (very gingerly granny shifting) awarded me with a 105.9 mph run at 13.254! I know that a 106mph is good for a 12.90 run, so I gave it another shot, and was awarded with a nearly identical pass, but still no 12.90. The last pass of the night, I was next to Belleville high school auto lab I'm pretty sure. I hate to beat up on kids though, so after I got them on the 60' (another 1.802) and pulled on them in second, I decided to go ahead and miss third so bad that I couldn't find it again, and also told my stupid muffler to fall off :-D

    All and all, yes it's slow, but it did better than I was asking of it, and I can't wait to get a few things tidied up, and go for the 12.90's.

    And I'm gonna try the imagur thing, probably tomorrow.

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    ill send you my number and text you pictures. Thanks man!

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    Oh, one more thing too. I'm comfortable saying this cause I'm sure I'm not the only man out here that had this happen.... after getting the first pass out of the way, I was very emotional, and a very cool old dude with beauty of a comet, seemingly let me have the pass after the guys in the staging lane all heard my story about just getting back. I tracked that man down and shook his hand and said thank you. It felt so good to be back I had to actually fight tears. Especially when the car did exactly what I told everyone I hoped it would do. It was just confirmation that I might still have it. Really good night tonight!

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    Congrats Sir, thank you for reminding us what its all about.

    I had fun just reading about your day!

    (Now get those photos posted!)

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    Good stuff, thats a good running setup. I keep inviting people to go to the track and nobody bites.
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    Sounds like a great time. Thanks for sharing it with us. This sounds more like MM of old!

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    Congrats on the runs! I'd like to make a pass or two this year as well.

    Looking forward to pictures.
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    Those are some good numbers. Congrats. 12.90 is a realistic goal.

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    Default Taking the new car to the track for the first time tomorrow.




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    Thank Matt!

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