WCBF track results
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:50 am
A little update, Thursday afternoon was test/tune at Woodburn Dragstrip, Saturday was competition in the Miles Chevy Classic (10th annual, which fits nicely with the 5th annual WCBF). Everyone ran, including 2000CadillacSTS (Matt) in his Ford Pickup and Slayer636 (Joel) in his Stratus (remember his Regal GS got smacked by a truck). Also running was GXP_Vince (Vince) and his wife Tarah in their BMW (didn't bring the '95 L67 SLE).
I didn't get alot of exposure to the whole group that afternoon, as PontiacDad and I got stuck in the slicks lane. That was cool though, as we spent the whole afternoon duking it out. We both had nearly perfectly identical 60' times all afternoon, and were holding about .2 seconds apart on ET once I got my fueling dialed back down from where it was with the intercooler.
I believe there were a couple PB's on Thursday.
On to Saturday.
We had 4 time trials with the Portland and Seattle Grand Prix Clubs. They were in Lane 11 with 16 cars, we were in Lane 12 with 15 cars. Off the top of my head, those that didn't run (due to car issues or preference) were Hans, 2000SilverBullet........can't think of more. Both were having issues and chose not to run to save the car for the drive home. Tpulliam79 and driverjohn2005 both had to leave the night before for various reasons as well, and didn't run Saturday. John and Margaret chose not to run their 94 L27 as well. Vince and Caddymatt weren't able to run non-GM vehicles in that event.
Cars that ran:
Zilla (me driving) rrounds, PDXGTP (in SLEeper), VBCSpangler, Singscountry1967, PontiacDad, Randy from Idaho (2k on 20's), ALL THREE of myfirstbonnie's cars (megan in the 95, Petraman in the 89, Matt in the 2k), Bugsi, Echo_SSEi, SSEiMatt93.....who am I forgetting? Celin and Keven ran their twin red GTP's in the GP lane (although they were part of WCBF). I might be forgetting a couple. It was a long day.
Pdad led our lane to the start, but due to a timing circuit error, he ran a 50.44 at 258.58mph, and got shuffled to the back to re-run. Our lanes were again pulled first onto a virgin track for the morning. We got 4 time trials, and I'll let everyone speak for their own times. Zilla ran slower this year by about 3 tenths (tuning/heat issues), but ran very CONSISTENTLY slower. All my 60' times were within 0.010 of each other, and my ET's were 14.55, 14.56, 14.57, 14.57. R/T's were all .142-.106. While I ran slower, my traps were higher than in the past. (I really need to get back to work on that stinking intercooler).
First round of Eliminations, I got paired up with a GTP at the front of the field and took him out with a .009 light. That was tough, as I was quicker and had to wait at the tree with him leaving before I got my light. Second round was a Ram-Air Firebird, and I had to pedal for the win as I was breaking out or he was running slow (turned out to be a little of both), and took him out at half-throttle for the last 100' by the barest of margins. That put me into round 3 (semi-finals for the Bonneville bracket) with PDXGTP in my SLEeper, Bugsi, and Randy from Idaho. All 3 of us except PDXGTP went out in that round, sending Thomas onto the finals where he took Second in the overall bracket (lanes 11 and 12 PDXCGP/SEACGP vs. WCBF08).
Both Zilla and SLEeper were VERY CONSISTENT. PDXGTP ran round 1 with a 15.0 dial in, and all the rest of the rounds at 15.1, winning by the barest of margins each round.
Our WCBF08 bracket racing trophy is going to Arizona again, but with PDXGTP this time rather than Echo. It was brought back by last year's winner, SSEiMatt93.
In-car vid of my Round 1 win against a GTP where I ran a .009 light:
I'll get some more track pics up as I get them uploaded.
Edit:
I took home the trophy for Most Consistent with the Zilla's nearly perfect launches, as well as the Best in-class (competition) 60' time with my 0.009. VBCSpangler (Jordan) took the overall (including test/tune) R/T trophy with his perfect light on Thursday afternoon.
Zilla and BoneEvil are absolutely CAKED in tire rubber down the rockers, and both cars have splatters of rubber on the rear quarters, as well as the spoiler. We were slinging pretty good. That'll take a month of sundays to clean up, and I'll get some pics of the carnage up later also.
PB's that I know of:
Echo_SSEi (Bob) 13.6
BoiseGTP (Keven) 13.9
id97GTP (Celine) 13.9
myfirstbonnie (Matt) 14.52 in the 2k (with only a FWI and a 'pdxgtp' tune)
myfirstbonnie's 95 SE (Megan) 15.??
myfirstbonnie's 89 LE (Petraman) 16.????
SSEiMatt93 (Matt) 14.2?
Bugsi (Mark) 15.??
Singscountry1967 (Tracy) 14.9??
VBCSpangler (Jordan) 14.8??
This is all off the top of my head. Both my cars ran .3 slower than last year, but far more consistently.
I didn't get alot of exposure to the whole group that afternoon, as PontiacDad and I got stuck in the slicks lane. That was cool though, as we spent the whole afternoon duking it out. We both had nearly perfectly identical 60' times all afternoon, and were holding about .2 seconds apart on ET once I got my fueling dialed back down from where it was with the intercooler.
I believe there were a couple PB's on Thursday.
On to Saturday.
We had 4 time trials with the Portland and Seattle Grand Prix Clubs. They were in Lane 11 with 16 cars, we were in Lane 12 with 15 cars. Off the top of my head, those that didn't run (due to car issues or preference) were Hans, 2000SilverBullet........can't think of more. Both were having issues and chose not to run to save the car for the drive home. Tpulliam79 and driverjohn2005 both had to leave the night before for various reasons as well, and didn't run Saturday. John and Margaret chose not to run their 94 L27 as well. Vince and Caddymatt weren't able to run non-GM vehicles in that event.
Cars that ran:
Zilla (me driving) rrounds, PDXGTP (in SLEeper), VBCSpangler, Singscountry1967, PontiacDad, Randy from Idaho (2k on 20's), ALL THREE of myfirstbonnie's cars (megan in the 95, Petraman in the 89, Matt in the 2k), Bugsi, Echo_SSEi, SSEiMatt93.....who am I forgetting? Celin and Keven ran their twin red GTP's in the GP lane (although they were part of WCBF). I might be forgetting a couple. It was a long day.
Pdad led our lane to the start, but due to a timing circuit error, he ran a 50.44 at 258.58mph, and got shuffled to the back to re-run. Our lanes were again pulled first onto a virgin track for the morning. We got 4 time trials, and I'll let everyone speak for their own times. Zilla ran slower this year by about 3 tenths (tuning/heat issues), but ran very CONSISTENTLY slower. All my 60' times were within 0.010 of each other, and my ET's were 14.55, 14.56, 14.57, 14.57. R/T's were all .142-.106. While I ran slower, my traps were higher than in the past. (I really need to get back to work on that stinking intercooler).
First round of Eliminations, I got paired up with a GTP at the front of the field and took him out with a .009 light. That was tough, as I was quicker and had to wait at the tree with him leaving before I got my light. Second round was a Ram-Air Firebird, and I had to pedal for the win as I was breaking out or he was running slow (turned out to be a little of both), and took him out at half-throttle for the last 100' by the barest of margins. That put me into round 3 (semi-finals for the Bonneville bracket) with PDXGTP in my SLEeper, Bugsi, and Randy from Idaho. All 3 of us except PDXGTP went out in that round, sending Thomas onto the finals where he took Second in the overall bracket (lanes 11 and 12 PDXCGP/SEACGP vs. WCBF08).
Both Zilla and SLEeper were VERY CONSISTENT. PDXGTP ran round 1 with a 15.0 dial in, and all the rest of the rounds at 15.1, winning by the barest of margins each round.
Our WCBF08 bracket racing trophy is going to Arizona again, but with PDXGTP this time rather than Echo. It was brought back by last year's winner, SSEiMatt93.
In-car vid of my Round 1 win against a GTP where I ran a .009 light:
I'll get some more track pics up as I get them uploaded.
Edit:
I took home the trophy for Most Consistent with the Zilla's nearly perfect launches, as well as the Best in-class (competition) 60' time with my 0.009. VBCSpangler (Jordan) took the overall (including test/tune) R/T trophy with his perfect light on Thursday afternoon.
Zilla and BoneEvil are absolutely CAKED in tire rubber down the rockers, and both cars have splatters of rubber on the rear quarters, as well as the spoiler. We were slinging pretty good. That'll take a month of sundays to clean up, and I'll get some pics of the carnage up later also.
PB's that I know of:
Echo_SSEi (Bob) 13.6
BoiseGTP (Keven) 13.9
id97GTP (Celine) 13.9
myfirstbonnie (Matt) 14.52 in the 2k (with only a FWI and a 'pdxgtp' tune)
myfirstbonnie's 95 SE (Megan) 15.??
myfirstbonnie's 89 LE (Petraman) 16.????
SSEiMatt93 (Matt) 14.2?
Bugsi (Mark) 15.??
Singscountry1967 (Tracy) 14.9??
VBCSpangler (Jordan) 14.8??
This is all off the top of my head. Both my cars ran .3 slower than last year, but far more consistently.
pulled 3 PB's in all 3 of his cars. He drove the 2000, Daughter Megan in the 95 (pulled 3 track awards), and Petraman in the 89.
to the KOA next year with us so we know what times you ran and include you in the awards. 
