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Any interest in meeting up at Woodburn Drags (Woodburn OR, about in the middle between Portland and Salem) on like 4/22, 4/23, 4/29 or 4/30/06?

I have to look at the track schedule in case it is tied up with a certain classes only event, but I am hoping the weather allows something soon.

And is anyone here knowledgable about evening drags at PIR, just south of the Columbia River off of I-5??

I'm busy the 22nd and 23rd, but I think the 29th or 30th would work.

Here's PIR's schedule:

Wednesday Nights NHRA E.T. Drags & Beaches Cruise-In
March 29 to October 25 (Except April 5, June 14 & July 19)

Friday Nights Les Schwab NHRA Late Night Drags
March 31-October 27 (Except April 7, 21, June 9, 16, July 7, 21, September 8)

Saturday Nights Les Schwab NHRA Late Night Drags
April 1-October 28 (Except April 8, June 10, 17, July 8, 22, September 9, October 21)

www.portlandraceway.com

Marty

Let me know which date works and I'll be there:)

I would like to go too. I wouldn't mind going to Woodburn or PIR. Just let me know when/where you're going & I'll try to be there.

-Aaron

Odds are better than 50% I'll be at Woodburn early Saturday, at the track before 9 am, to get in a few runs before noon.

Anyone have theories on front tire pressures for launches on concrete instead of asphalt at the starting line?

Here's the game plan:

- get to track between 8:30-9:00 am on 4/22/06
- spectators are $10, racers are $25 (my best guess)
- do several runs by noon and then see what other Saturday obligations beckon. Or keep racing. Or go home for a cold adult beverage.

I expect to be running my 98 CSVT. A buddy (who is holding a gun to my forehead to make me go with him) is running his 2003 SVT Cobra, trying out his new drag radials P&P blower and xcal2 tune.

So what's a rookie driver with an NA 2.5L w/ headers and an LSD likely to ET?

I'm gonna be on my way out to the forest for the Oregon Trail Rally that morning, otherwise I'd head down there. Maybe next time!

Marty

Yes, guys, this is happening Saturday morning 4/22/06 also.

Is this a gearhead heaven weekend or what?

If someone is inclined to show up at Woodburn, do a PM tonight if you want me to be on the lookout for you. I'm not sure I can get to the Rally races on Saturday.

Marty, I figure you'll have some duties at the rally, but will you get to do some pix for us? Meanwhile, I promise to not post a 16.0 timeslip.

The good news: Nothing broken (Yay!) drove the car home. Learned a LOT of respect for the practice needed to launch an fwd car. Spin, spin, spin on starts but wheel hop was close to zero.

The bad: Hit the raised rev limiter on the first run; messed up shifts on two runs; had too much spin spin spin on three runs. There was an event going on at the track, so time testing was very limited and I only got those three runs in. Most of the cars in sportsman classes only got in two runs before dialed in bracket racing eliminations started. Anyway, did I say crappy starts, too much spin and needing practice on starts? Yep. I had 60' times around 2.4, my "good" shifts were still too slow, and a 1/4 time of 15.7.

Did my 3 runs with my windows closed, as the other sportsman cars were all noisy V8s, and I did not want all their noise to distract me. That was a rookie mistake, as then I also had less appreciation of my own overspin.

I saw only one other fwd car run there, a Civic automatic set for consistency for bracket dial in racing. Can't recall how slow he was, but he kept doing/running the same thing over and over.

On one run, I was matched up with some guy with a rwd chevy V8. He left me way behind on the 60', but then he only turned a 16.1. I did not see him run again after that. Maybe he was too embarassed over losing to a 151 inch contour?

The buddy with the modified Cobra had issues with his stock clutch slipping by his third run. But with no practice before today with that car and its new drag radials; overpowering his clutch; and his own launch/spin problems, he ran a 12.02 and traps of 115-118.

Anyway, I gotta work on the driver mod. I need practice, practice and more practice. Sounds like you spend less time between runs during evenings at PIR, so trips there will be coming up soon.

Glad to hear it went pretty good -- and you drove it home! Hopefully I can make it to the next one!

Marty