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Old 08-04-2013, 10:58 PM
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2013 Pontiac Nationals in Norwalk

...just finished up today, sorry you missed it

Of course I attended, living about 5 minutes down the road. Had a fair bit of success, didn't blow anything up, and saw a few Firebirds that gave me ideas for the winter. Saw a few examples of very nice, clean modifications that really worked for the car, and unfortunately, a lot of examples of stuff just slapped on there. Met a guy with an 88 Formula, looked mint stock, with the same intentions of mine. Stock hood, rims, and has mufflers, running 11.10s with a 406 on spray, at 3600+ lbs race weight. Very clean car, and a nice guy too.

Highlights of the weekend:
-Won 4 rounds in Street on Saturday, went out taking .009 stripe, .005 too much, broke out 12.165 on 12.17 dial. Other guy was dead on 2, and I had him 2 on the tree.
-Won 3 rounds in Street on Sunday, lost to the defending track champion, who went on to win the class. Double breakout, and I took the stripe. Close, but I broke out a bit more.
-Took .0012 stripe on a 19 second Fiero
-Took .0041 stripe on a 17 second Montana van

A friend of mine yelled at me for trying to be a hero on the big end the whole weekend lol. 3 .00x stripes in 2 days.

Wanna ride?
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haha, awesome man! congrats on the round wins! i hope to get some more in car action of mine soonly.
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Nice job bud. You doing great in the bird! See ya this weekend for night under fire.
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haha, awesome man! congrats on the round wins! i hope to get some more in car action of mine soonly.
Thanks! Friday was my birthday, and it was the only day I didn't win a round lol. Redlit to a 74 Formula first round I've got a few more clips from the weekend, 2 of the best being the GoPro mounted on the dash looking sideways. From that angle you can see how the cars are in relation to the stripe. I recorded the Fiero race where I took .0012 stripe, and it's impossible to tell lol. I'll try and get that up this week some time.

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Nice job bud. You doing great in the bird! See ya this weekend for night under fire.
Thanks Mark! Yeah it's been good to me so far lol. 2 weeks in a row I went to the final rounds of Mod Stock, then going rounds in a big event. Planning on doing the same for Night Under Fire. Need to get some footage of nighttime racing! See ya out there bud
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Re: 2013 Pontiac Nationals in Norwalk

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Thanks Mark! Yeah it's been good to me so far lol. 2 weeks in a row I went to the final rounds of Mod Stock, then going rounds in a big event. Planning on doing the same for Night Under Fire. Need to get some footage of nighttime racing! See ya out there bud

Mod stock is one thing but Ill be honest, I wana see you clean house in Sportsman. That would be pretty cool.

Ill be out there thursday after work to get my linders lot number.
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