Re: SIR N.I.R.A. Import Nationals

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Hey Dave! Did you see my maroon 'Rocco run? 15.9 sec. he said.


>WHAT A KICK IN THE PANTS!!!
>
>The day started out a little cloudy, but cleared fairly quickly.  We 
>arrived
>at around 8am when the gates opened.  It was $45 (!!!!) to race and since I
>skipped church and did all the planning I did, I figured I came to race so 
>I
>better!!
>
>My first pass wasn't too bad.  I got low 15s.  By about my 3rd pass I was
>getting better reaction times etc and got into the upper 14s.  The classes
>were strange.  They actually had a separate class for engine swaps.  So,
>that was me.  Then there was a class for turbos, superchargers, nitrous,
>etc.   Of course there were 4 and 6cyl classes too!  Anyway, I didn't make
>it into the quick 8 (the 8 fastest in each class) so I went on to the
>brackets.  I made it to the semi-finals having to race hondas the whole 
>time
>and thinking to myself, 'One more down'!!!!  One honda shattered his axle 
>on
>the start line (hee hee), another red lighted, but 3 of them I just out and
>out beat!!  Now, we were down to the semi-finals (and then there were 4).  
>I
>had the lane I had had the whole time and was ready to down another honda.
>I got a good start, got a better time, but somehow he beat me?  I have no
>idea why or how but the slip said that he won?  Maybe someday I'll figure 
>it
>out but someone said that since my reaction time was like  9 hundreths
>slower than his, that that was why I lost.  Anyway, I came SOOOO close to
>big money!!  Winning king of the hill at a NIRA National event!!!   Would 
>of
>been big money.  Oh well, I sure did humble a lot of hondas!!  There were
>some BAD hondas there though.  11 sec hondas, and there was a RX7 that did 
>8
>sec flat quarter at 170mph!!!  That was awesome to see!  Anyway,  wished
>someone else (ANYONE) could of come, it was truly a great time.  A better
>turn out than the Bug Nationals!!  And the Brackets went quick.  Plus, when
>the brackets started, a thin cloud cover came in and cooled things off.  It
>was a perfect day!!
>
>Dave
>77 Rabbit 2.0L 16v
>84 Scirocco
>
>
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Chris DeLong
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Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'80 Rocco (For Sale)
'78 Scirocco
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'61 17 Window


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