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This was the first dragster we campaigned. It was a neat car , and easy to drive , but was a slug on the starting line with a best 60’ foot of only 1.08 the red car went 1.02 and would go 1.05 on a wet gravel road lol. This car became a practice car, for me, running several hundred laps with a dyno mule. This car should also look familiar to a certain someone, who with just a few laps of experience with only a stock G.M Good Wrench 350 engines, took an exciting ride far past her experience level.
The ride I speak about was during a test session with the front line bullet. I needed to watch the tires on a launch, and try to figure out why it would not 60’ foot. That night we had planed to surprise one of the crew members, who had many more laps then a few in the car with the stock motor. We had decided to let the essential crew member take the front line engine to half track in the 1/8 mile. Well the time came, to surprise him the surprise was on us, he was half way through a 12 pack of Budweiser.
I really needed to watch the car launch, and it only had to go to the 60’ clocks. The front line engine was in the car, and it has a very limited life span on rod or 50 to 60 laps, so in testing we didn’t go any farther down the track then necessary.
Kirk Manuel the car owner, just tossed the jest that a trained monkey could drive one of these cars, a fact far from true , but we were only going to the 60 ‘. This is still far enough to get a car of this caliber in trouble.
Well you know her as Crew Girls on here; Anna is an extremely high energy girl, and she is not in the least bit shy. She came out of the trailer with my gear on, and it was a sight she got really excited and jumped in the seat, saying that she could be a trained monkey. Kirk looked at me, and I was ok with her to the 60’ clocks, but that was the limit of her experience, she dose have talent, and natural ability, but with an 11 inch tired, 650 hp monsters it could get ugly. I told Anna on the radio as she was staging the car to be cautious, she ask how down the track could she take it.
Kirk jumped on his radio, telling her all the way to the 60 ‘. Problem is he let off his button and all that came out was “all the way”. Anna indestructible as Kirk called her after this was like most 19 year olds. Well to the stripe she did go, 4.86 @ 141 mph in the 1/8.
You should have seen the look in her eyes. The car did a little wiggle and a wink thru the traps, and she did a great job of handling it. But it did shake her a little, and got her attention . Kirk was a little upset at first , but that was the fastest the new motor program had been at that time. And he was pleased and the new motor. No one though to account for the fact that Anna was 110 lbs compared to me at 190.
The ride I speak about was during a test session with the front line bullet. I needed to watch the tires on a launch, and try to figure out why it would not 60’ foot. That night we had planed to surprise one of the crew members, who had many more laps then a few in the car with the stock motor. We had decided to let the essential crew member take the front line engine to half track in the 1/8 mile. Well the time came, to surprise him the surprise was on us, he was half way through a 12 pack of Budweiser.
I really needed to watch the car launch, and it only had to go to the 60’ clocks. The front line engine was in the car, and it has a very limited life span on rod or 50 to 60 laps, so in testing we didn’t go any farther down the track then necessary.
Kirk Manuel the car owner, just tossed the jest that a trained monkey could drive one of these cars, a fact far from true , but we were only going to the 60 ‘. This is still far enough to get a car of this caliber in trouble.
Well you know her as Crew Girls on here; Anna is an extremely high energy girl, and she is not in the least bit shy. She came out of the trailer with my gear on, and it was a sight she got really excited and jumped in the seat, saying that she could be a trained monkey. Kirk looked at me, and I was ok with her to the 60’ clocks, but that was the limit of her experience, she dose have talent, and natural ability, but with an 11 inch tired, 650 hp monsters it could get ugly. I told Anna on the radio as she was staging the car to be cautious, she ask how down the track could she take it.
Kirk jumped on his radio, telling her all the way to the 60 ‘. Problem is he let off his button and all that came out was “all the way”. Anna indestructible as Kirk called her after this was like most 19 year olds. Well to the stripe she did go, 4.86 @ 141 mph in the 1/8.
You should have seen the look in her eyes. The car did a little wiggle and a wink thru the traps, and she did a great job of handling it. But it did shake her a little, and got her attention . Kirk was a little upset at first , but that was the fastest the new motor program had been at that time. And he was pleased and the new motor. No one though to account for the fact that Anna was 110 lbs compared to me at 190.
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