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Originally Posted by Bob K
PBIR is running the Super Summit Series. I don't race for points, only cash so I do not have to join IHRA.
Feb 13 is the first event and they run 2 brackets a day. The first is 1/4 mile and the 2nd is 1/8 mile. $50 to enter each race and each pays a $1000. If you want to go let me know and I'll meet you there, 
You're not wearing a helmet. What's with that?  |
Over 13 or something you don't need one. Car isn't a drag car, fastest only high 13's (but I'm fixing that). I entered the MSD True Street catagory at a NMCA race. You drive 30 miles on the street, then a half hour cool down (for the guys running on the edge of streetability), then 3 back to back passes 3 minutes apart. Believe it or not I won all 3!!! LOL Got picked as editors choice for the weekend by Johnny Hunkins who shot the car for PHR.
He was out cruising around the pits in a cart checking out cars and saw me working on mine installing a microswitch on my shifter to pass tech for neutral safety (never an issue at other tracks I'd been to). So he pulled in my pit area and started chatting. Not unusual as you know for strangers to pop in to check out a car or whatever so I barely looked up and kept talking/working. He kept asking questions while I finished putting the console together and explained that I'd done all of the work on the car and told him I still needed to take off the road track wheels and put the M/Ts on. I explained that I was on a "car guy" vacation just cruising GA and FL going to Road Tack and drag events for a few weeks.
He thought it was cool that I was doing that even though I'd told him the car wasn't quick on the strip and I was just there to have fun. When I looked up he looked familiar but I couldn't place him till he said "Do you know who I am?" Then it hit me! Anyway they gave me a cover and a full feature! I had told him there were nicer cars in the show area and much faster cars on track to shoot for the mag. His reply was that my car had "the look" but most importantly I was racing it at the strip and running it on road tracks (thats mostly what it's set up for) as well as Land Speed Racing. PHR was sponsoring the race.
Since then I've been upgrading all of the safety stuff to go faster. The car now has a full cage, fire systems, Kirkey NASCAR seats, 6 point Schroths etc. Next is making it faster! I built a 2.41 rear with Moser stuff I tested out at the Milemarker-1 LSR event in Oct. where I met a bunch of nice folks from this forum (thats why I'm a member even though no Corvette). Next will be a 5 speed and stroker engine.
I'll see about the 13th.
Heres a pic of the Firebird on the cover and a pic from the fall at Sebring
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