Sorry for so long in posting this but when we got home from the drags we were getting ready to leave for the International meet in Pennsylvania the next day. Since the drags were rained out, I didn't think it was too important to post but here it is now.
When we arrived at the track Friday morning it was raining and rained off and on most of the day. In between showers the track personnel worked at drying the track. We were called into the staging lanes twice but about the time the track was dry enough to run it started raining again.
Finally about 5:30 the track was dry enough to do some running but a Vette, one of the first or second cars that went down the track, dumped antifreeze about half way down the track and that took almost another hour to clean that up.
Some of the cars seem to get decent traction but most found the track was far worse than the traction on the road. I know it was that way for us.
Most of the Stude guys were quite a bit off their normal times and many others seemed to be in the same situation. I think Richard Poe's best was in the 14.50 range and Peter Sant had a best in the 14.90's I believe but he found a bad rotor in the distributor later. Chuck Kerns with his '63 R 2 Avanti ran in the 14.70's. I don't think Doug Tjapkes or John Raab made any runs although I know they were there but must have gone home before this.
George Krem's R 3 Challenger now has a Powershift instead of the four speed and at home on the road we could come off at an idle and the tires would spin about two revolutions and go. I thought at the track we could torque it up some and leave the same way. WRONG!
The first run, we torqued it up to about 1500 and had a 2.491 sixty foot time and when going to second it started to go sideways. That run was 15.265 @ 101.28 mph. That run was against Peter Sant and he turned 15.331 on that run.
The second run we come off just above idle and was not much better. Sixty foot was 2.430 but at least it didn't feel as "loose" going to second and got a 13.736 @ 104.67. This run was against a 427 Vette four speed. I think he must have missed a gear as he only went 15.494 @ 90.08 mph.
By the third run the traction was getting better so we came off around 1800 and fethering the accelerator, was able to get a 2.121 sixty foot with a 13.132 @ 106.32 mph. The other car was a 442 Olds that turned 14.267 @ 95.79 mph.
After making the three runs in the R 2 we went to the Tomato. The first run was a 2.281 sixty foot with 13.664 @ 106.29. This was against a '69 Pontiac Firebird 400/325/ four speed. I don't know what happened to him but he only went 18.912 @ 71.46 mph.
The second run had a 2.245 sixty foot with a 13.433 @ 106.79 mph. This was against a '72 GTO 455HO automatic that went 13.455 @ 101.91 mph.
That was it for the runs we made. When we showed up Saturday morning it was raining and the forecast was 90% chance of rain all day so it was cancelled and we headed home.
Larry Mitchell from Missouri was there and took some video of what little we got to run. Mary Ann recorded it on a DVD. The DVD runs about 15 minutes and it is almost all Stude runs. If any one wants a copy, send $5 to us and we will mail you one. It is not real good but all we could get in the limited time. If I knew how, I would post it on here but I'm computer ignorant.
Ted
When we arrived at the track Friday morning it was raining and rained off and on most of the day. In between showers the track personnel worked at drying the track. We were called into the staging lanes twice but about the time the track was dry enough to run it started raining again.
Finally about 5:30 the track was dry enough to do some running but a Vette, one of the first or second cars that went down the track, dumped antifreeze about half way down the track and that took almost another hour to clean that up.
Some of the cars seem to get decent traction but most found the track was far worse than the traction on the road. I know it was that way for us.
Most of the Stude guys were quite a bit off their normal times and many others seemed to be in the same situation. I think Richard Poe's best was in the 14.50 range and Peter Sant had a best in the 14.90's I believe but he found a bad rotor in the distributor later. Chuck Kerns with his '63 R 2 Avanti ran in the 14.70's. I don't think Doug Tjapkes or John Raab made any runs although I know they were there but must have gone home before this.
George Krem's R 3 Challenger now has a Powershift instead of the four speed and at home on the road we could come off at an idle and the tires would spin about two revolutions and go. I thought at the track we could torque it up some and leave the same way. WRONG!
The first run, we torqued it up to about 1500 and had a 2.491 sixty foot time and when going to second it started to go sideways. That run was 15.265 @ 101.28 mph. That run was against Peter Sant and he turned 15.331 on that run.
The second run we come off just above idle and was not much better. Sixty foot was 2.430 but at least it didn't feel as "loose" going to second and got a 13.736 @ 104.67. This run was against a 427 Vette four speed. I think he must have missed a gear as he only went 15.494 @ 90.08 mph.
By the third run the traction was getting better so we came off around 1800 and fethering the accelerator, was able to get a 2.121 sixty foot with a 13.132 @ 106.32 mph. The other car was a 442 Olds that turned 14.267 @ 95.79 mph.
After making the three runs in the R 2 we went to the Tomato. The first run was a 2.281 sixty foot with 13.664 @ 106.29. This was against a '69 Pontiac Firebird 400/325/ four speed. I don't know what happened to him but he only went 18.912 @ 71.46 mph.
The second run had a 2.245 sixty foot with a 13.433 @ 106.79 mph. This was against a '72 GTO 455HO automatic that went 13.455 @ 101.91 mph.
That was it for the runs we made. When we showed up Saturday morning it was raining and the forecast was 90% chance of rain all day so it was cancelled and we headed home.
Larry Mitchell from Missouri was there and took some video of what little we got to run. Mary Ann recorded it on a DVD. The DVD runs about 15 minutes and it is almost all Stude runs. If any one wants a copy, send $5 to us and we will mail you one. It is not real good but all we could get in the limited time. If I knew how, I would post it on here but I'm computer ignorant.
Ted
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Possibly, Bob, but it might not be realized. An unfortunate incident at the end of the day Friday, about 8:30PM just as the strip was closing practice, caused Cousin George to seriously entertain retiring The Plain Brown Wrapper from Pure Stock Drag Racing, "quitting while we're ahead," so to speak. 
A track worker had already arrived and was taking the driver back. It turned out that it wasn't Brother Stan after all, but hot-shoe Pure Stock Ford driver ????? (can't think of his first name) Artes, who Stan had encouraged to see what it would do! I guess they found out....[xx(]
We've got to quit saying, 
BP
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