Monsters and drag racing

[SunnyHouTX]

Saturday's (12/11/10) 2010 Texas Twister Race Series Finals went beyond what I expected as far as results go for me. Let's see, it started with a couple of personal best passes with my Top Fuel dragster and then ended with 3 TTRS Finals Class wins (Outlaw 1.05, F/C - P/M, and TF) and 2 TTRS Class Points wins (F/C - P/M, TF).

Here are the personal bests. The first one was during test 'n tune:



And the next one came in the second round of qualifying:



The TF dragster was tech'd before the 1.256 pass: 12.59V, 93 degrees and 41.5oz. I had to use some heat on the battery for both passes because it was getting chilly and I worried about battery performance. I used a regular 540 can brushless motor, not a small motor like the 1100 series Neu that the extreme dragsters use, and a couple of guys used to run 1.26 and higher at the 2010 IMDRA Worlds. The track went away later in the afternoon/evening because the chill set in so that was it for PB's.

Unofficially, I believe, the 1.256 pass is the quickest top fuel pass made with a 540 size motor to date. Which is pretty cool since I've only been doing it for a couple of years. Romano (snellemin) was there when I came to a test 'n tune session at Track 21 in NW Houston back in 2008, my first time, with my speed Rustler.