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Won my first bracket race!!!

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#1 ·
I'm no longer in the wanna be, heads up, career tnt category!!!! :D

Drove up to my folks for the weekend and decided to drag the Camaro along and enter Pro (no electronic class) and Sportsman(trophy for slicks class) at my old hometown track. I went 4 rounds in Sportsman before turning on the red. I then went 6 rounds in Pro getting into the finals. Ended up taking out the #3 points leader in the semi's. Then went on to take out the #1 in points in the final!!! Some of it was certainly luck........I'd rather be lucky than good though!!!

I've got to say the most rewarding thing for me was figuring out how to get my 9" radial slicks to bite on a very marginal surface. I blew the tires off in time trials several times before figuring it out. Ended up adding 100 lbs to the trunk, took out 1.25 turns of rebound in the rear shocks and dropping the pressure all the way down to 18 lbs. After that it dead hooked 9 straight passes.

Weighed the car at the track last night and it weighed right at 3600 lbs with driver/ballast. My quickest ET was 6.31 (off the gas) DA was 1900' (67.4*, 75.8%, 30.06, and 1000 ft track) elevation.
 
#3 ·
Congrats Garret,I guess by the end of the day the track regulars were glad to hear you were only visiting.
Vinny
 
#5 ·
Nice Going !!!! It's Real Nice when it all clicks together....Congratulations !!!!
 
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#11 ·
Thanks guys. The way the car was running I had people crawling all over the car, asking all kinds of questions and looking for nitrous, tranny brake, two-step, etc. They said there was no way a N/A 468 cube Camaro weighing 3600 lb could be leaving with the wheels 1.5 to 2' in the air and ET like that. With the weight in the trunk it was carrying the fronts higher/longer than normal. I pushed at least 3 cars to break out including the #1 and #3 in points. The quicker/faster car definitely has the advantage in bracket racing!! :D

Wanted to try taking the ballast out at the end and make a time only pass but ran out of time!
 
#24 ·
another t'n't career totally ruined. :) now you'll have to develop a posse to hang on your every word.....
 
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