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Sundown Tubing Testing Modified Quick: It's White Camaro Night at the drags. Jay Campbell (Merkel) and Bill Simpkins of San Angelo put on the race of the evening in the Mod Quick final. Jay started his run with a perfect .0007 light an finished with a 6.0533 ET on a 6.03 dial, making for a .024 total package run. In the other lane, Bill is right there, leaving with a nearly perfect .001 light and a posting a 7.0436 clocking on a 7.02 dial, making for a .0246 package. That comes to 6 TEN THOUSANDS at the finish line. In round numbers based on speed, Jay took the finish line by 1 INCH at 114 MPH.

Runnered up in Pro. I knew I left early as soon as I hit it. Brain fart. Got the last bye to get into the final. Went .021 and 6.0551 on my 6.05 dial. Should have saved that one for the final.:clonk:

Sundown Tubing Testing Pro: Jerry Walker of Abilene was in break-out mode in two finals this night but that didn't keep him out of the Winner's Circle. In Pro, Jerry was ready for Jay Campbell (Merkel) and slapped the tree with a .004 light. Jay left second and went .015 red, giving the win to Jerry right there. Just so Jay could drive home in complete misery, Jay's Camaro went dead on 6.051 on a 6.05 after the red light. Jerry blasted to victory with a 7.721 on a 7.76 dial.

Car was very consistant, driver OK until the redlight.:D These are both footbrake classes BTW.

Cool man, congrats on the win and runnerup!!

Congrats!

That's some tight racing, were all the rounds that close?

What's (Merkel)?

Congrats Jay!

Nice job, Jay! :thumbsup:

Very nice :thumbsup:

That's some tight racing, were all the rounds that close?

What's (Merkel)?


Thanks everyone!

Rowdy, I won 10 rounds total and I never got to lift once! They were not all as close as that final round, but they were all close! One other very close win was .0049, against one of the top points racers at our track. It was a fun night! I don't run points, but this race was #3 of a 5 race series with the points winner taking home an 18' all steel car hauler. Guess who's in the lead as of now?:D

Oh, Merkel is where I live.

Gotcha, thought maybe you had an alias :D

Congratulations Jay,
Very nice :beers:

You really do live in the big city there, windmills and all :D
Or is there only one :p

Congratulations Jay,
Very nice :beers:

You really do live in the big city there, windmills and all :D
Or is there only one :p

Yep! Kind of funny, I never knew why they came up with that slogan (windmill city), but I just happen to have a working windmill across the alley right behind my house! Duh!:D Kind of fits though. The wind blows all the time here. Oh yeah and now this area has one of the largest, if not the largest installation of electric generating windmills in the country. There are around 2000 in a 100 mile radius. But the slogan came before those did.

Nice lights! Certainly for footbrake.

Nice lights! Certainly for footbrake.

Thanks! I believe that was my first ever .000 light, footbrake or otherwise!

Great job! Congratulations!

JIM

Great job Jay!

Congratulations!

Great Job Jay! That's the best time to have a perfect light, in the final. I've had 2 in my life and neither really meant anything. 1 was time trials the other was 1st round against a .377 light!

:thumbsup:
Nice going Jay! Congrats on the win.

Jim (the artist formally known as Epistuff:D)



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Thanks again everyone! Days like that make all the work worth it!

hey,...I thought your car had blue stripes?

hey,...I thought your car had blue stripes?

They're blue. Just look black in the picture.