Tasty mustangs and such (long and rambling)

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Well, we had a good weekend, an unusual drag race yesterday, since we 
usually run import events, and this was a domestic event with import classes 
wedged in, mostly a Mustang event. Anyways, we did "his and hers" Roccs 
again, and since there was just the one bracket import class, Denny decided 
to run ET-2 against the V8 boys so we'd be in different classes. It was 
hilarious! I had an odd day with the clock since I had the wrong dial time 
(2 seconds too fast), and it proved very confusing for the Honda I was 
against, he basicly passed me at half track then slammed on the brakes. it 
was very wierd. Good thing too, since I would have broken out. Klaus was 
back to his tricks of going too fast. Back to the bug for me next weekend 
though, I don't even think I've driven it for two weeks, that MkI is way too 
easy to get along with.

But it was Denny who had the fun, he'd run a time trial and be very close to 
the Mustang or whatever at the end, then the V8 guy's friends would all get 
on his case about getting nearly beat by a four banger, and the inevitable 
"What have you got in that thing?" would come up. It was so funny to see the 
V8 guys getting flack from their buddies, and Denny survived many rounds 
against the 'stangs and Camaros. He was the only import in the class.

We both made it to semi finals in large classes, and had a real blast. There 
were some very serious cars there, including the 9.2 second Honda we often 
see, and a 6 second Mustang. (And some big diesel pickups running 15s and 
16s, impressive, and ya gotta love the soot)  Also the first real accident 
we've seen, a 60's Camaro (about an 8 second car) up on two wheels and saved 
by the guard rail, but his body got munched.

On the home front, my new garage door is on, and the kid is home, every so 
often I hear the familiar "@%!$#^)ing car!!" wafting up from the Jetta 
below. He's doing an axle and aborting the mission to do an oil pan gasket, 
and needs to get on the road to the North shortly. I guess I'll finish 
later, I have to see if I have better luck with "two gay bolts" than Adam is 
having, not very likely.

Oh, I have the 80 home finallly too, it went for it's last trip on public 
roadds, sort of sad, poor old thing fired up and stuck on WOT, then with a 
bit of oil on the moving parts of the throttle assembly, putted o home very 
nicely. It's still a better feeling car than the PT, despite having no floor 
to speak of.
ANyway, off to get greasy I guess. Cathy

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