kirks5oh Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) went to the NMRA meet today in bradenton, florida. the track is about an hour from where i live. i ran in the true street class (30 mile cruise immediately followed by 3 back-to-back passes--can't open your hood or make any changes, etc.). my wife took one crappy video before she decided she had had enough, and went home. in the staging lanes http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9573/pb211381.jpg some of my slips. we were allowed to make some shakedown passes in the morning, where i ran my best. it was humid today, and somewhere in the mid to high 80's. my best pass in columbus was 12.04 at 121 mph with a 2.05 60ft time. i've made no changes to my car other than a larger intercooler reservoir (which didn't matter today, since you couldn't open your hood to fill it with ice), and slightly more aggressive launching technique. this is the 2nd time i've had this car at the track. enough excuses:: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2930/imgxbn.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3300/img0001n.jpg i'm still running a near-stock IRS. i have just about everything for my built solid rear. solid rear, slicks/skinnies, more practice=10's?? edit:: the last race (2:44pm), i ran a guy with a 2003 cobra--with a 2.6 kenne bell, solid rear, automatic, 75 shot, and big slick/skinny combo. i almost edged him out. clearly, his car was not running right-- Edited March 8, 2009 by kirks5oh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICKNESS22 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Good runs and congrats on the new pb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Good runs and congrats on the new pb. thanks. i couldn't believe there were some cars running low 9's/high 8's that were able to complete the cruise and 3 runs. there were somewhere around 110 cars that competed in the true street class--huge turnout for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilstang Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 by far my favorite show to go to at trails, my hometown track, kinda. gotta love the outlaw 10.5 cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 it was a great time. hot as shit. i've never participated in one of these before--its crazy--hundreds of people walking through the staging lanes--little kids jumping out right in front of your car all over the place. complete clusterfuck, but fun as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k2gt Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Sounds like you had a blast. You could have competed in the bracket racing today for free. I had the lowest 14sec average in 03 and then the lowest 11sec average in 06 at the Columbus NMRA. How did the mid 11 sec passes feel??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 I plan on running this class this year just for the hell of it, looks fun. Oh and let me know when you want me to come pick up the Irs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 How did the mid 11 sec passes feel??? they felt great. now, i'm shooting for 10's. i need to work on my driving technique--didn't powershift on any of my runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtbolt64 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 My father was there today spectating. By the way it looks from some of the other pics I seen they had the True Street guys placing stickers on the body as well with the windows of before. I call bull shit on placing them on the body. I ran it in 08 but did terribly by losing traction launching but did manage to win the 11 second class. Plan to run it again in 09 and should be in the high 8's this time around. I heard it was a little warm down there today as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 My father was there today spectating. By the way it looks from some of the other pics I seen they had the True Street guys placing stickers on the body as well with the windows of before. I call bull shit on placing them on the body. I ran it in 08 but did terribly by losing traction launching but did manage to win the 11 second class. Plan to run it again in 09 and should be in the high 8's this time around. I heard it was a little warm down there today as well hot as shit. i didn't see anybody with stickers on the body of their car--other than 'self-inflicted sticker over-indulgence'. when it was all said and done, i had 6 stickers on my car, and then the huge banner. just about all of the serious players were rocking chuted notches. i have no idea how i finished in the standings, as i had to leave right after my 3rd pass. wish i would have been able to stay to check out the car show, swap meet, more racing, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1647545520 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 NMRA is definitely a good time. Can't wait to go to it this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtbolt64 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 here is video of the true street class http://video.stangtv.com/video_detail.php?mId=8337 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 here is video of the true street class http://video.stangtv.com/video_detail.php?mId=8337 didn't see my car--of course they were videoing all the top cars. i finished 25th out of the 110 or so cars that entered. i had a shitty second run where i missed 3rd gear, and just shifted into 4th instead--still ran a 12.4. i did see the pictures posted on the NMRA site where you can purchase pics of your car. they're expensive as hell---$60 for a high resolution computer shot emailed to you?? wtf. here's the link http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/orderpage.aspx?pi=00SL00HG020057&po=57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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