Ok, got a little bit of rest.

Other than the washout on Sunday and my fuel pump tossing in the towel 40 miles from home leaving me stranded for 2.5 hours, I had an AWESOME time.

Everyone in our "storm cloud" was very cool and it was nice to finally be able to put some faces with names (learn real names in some cases), enguage in non-posting conversation, have a few/several cold ones, etc. I never knew Winney the Pooh liked Bud Light.....

As far as my racing performance went, I was happy happy as this was my first track time with the R9 program.

Next best run was against Silverbullet in the first round.

Speedy Silverbullet
Dial: 13.60 13.25
R/T: .837 .843
60': 2.039 1.966
330: 5.752 5.548
1/8: 8.793 8.530
MPH: 80.96 81.80
1000: 11.417 11.139
1/4: 13.654<<win 13.344
mph: 100.60 102.27

Gotta like that. Sorry Steve, gotta rib you a little bit. OBTW, Mrs Johnny L has the video of your most excellent 3.1 sec 60'.

I lost to the sandbagging local beater F150 that Gordon so eloquently described above in the second round. Oh well, I still had a blast.

Best run overall (and to date) was/is 13.56 @ 100.89 with a 1.975 60' on F1's set at 30 psi with the items in my signature. More to come......

I will DEFINITELY be at the World Ford Challenge next spring.

As I get my pictures back and fire up the scanner, I'll send/post them and provide appropriate linkage.

Gordon, don't forget that "Chains" showed up too.



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Brake Late, Dive Deep

Speedin Bob
'99 Red Lightning #2504 Built 6/17/99
NLOC # 438
13.98 @ 98 mph (Rookie Session)

Latest Mods:
AIM Drop shackles (on order)
Superchip [CUX1R9]
Keyless Entry
Retrax Bed Cover
2000 L Tiedowns over 99's
Super White Head and Fog lights
Wet Okole Seat Covers
Mobil One and FilterMag
Airaid w/ Autophysics filter retrofit
Clear Corners & Tails
Bugflector
Duraliner

 

SILVERBULLET
Are you referring to the duct tape instead of an oil fill cap???

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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
PFA
'99 WHITE LIGHTNIN'
#0873--1 of 866--
RHINO, LoJack, Valentine 1, Mobil 1
Single Blade T-Body
Phantom Boost gauge-#5707
Phantom Water temp. gauge-#5737--not in yet
Dual pod for pillar-#15303
Plasma Super White headlight and foglight bulbs

2000 Mercury Villager Sport

 

Speedin Bob,

Yeah I forgot about Chains. he didn't bring his Lightning, and I overlooked him. I have edited my post to add him.

Like you, I was pleasantly surprised by how cool EVERYONE was. I had great talks with everyone there, and thoroughly enjoyed all the on-track and off-track festivities.

I absolutely can't wait for the next big get-together, and I too will be at the WFC.

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Regards,
Gordon

'99 Red Lightning
Johnny Lightning Superchip
Pro-M 80mm MAF
Century Tonneau

Injection is nice, but I'd rather be blown.

 

What kind of 1320 times did Spiro and Johnny Lightning get?

Lightning Bob

JohnnyL _ I sent you an E-mail.

 

I was really looking forward to going.Seems everyone had a blast..DAMMIT!Look for Zor at WFC next year!!!.Cant wait to get this damn spare tire off my truck.Ill never do a sideways burnout again."I PROMISE"

 

Hey everyone - I posted 30+ pictures at Zing. I captioned a few but also missed quite a few (hint: I need some help!!). If you have problems locating the album do a SVT search at Zing and it's at the bottom. It was my first time with a digital camera and my first time posting pix so please forgive the mistakes. E-mail me at cepat71@msn.com with changes/suggestions. Thanks for your help!!!

I won't be available until Wednesday or Thursday so don't think I'm ignoring you.

Chuck
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Red Gen. II #0763 (with a few mods & ends)

 

The SilverBullet giving a lesson in what not to do. This is a sticky track too.


=== 3.1 60 ft...

Now your wondering how I launched?
1000 RPM Brake Torque, but didn't roll out enough, stabed it a little to quick and shocked the tires... Time to put the slicks on, next run had a 1.94 60 ft and best off 1.901 for the day.

 

WoW, what a great weekend.Gordon says it best, It was great to have met all of you. It was sad it had to end so quickly. I think next time we should plan for a whole week of Drag racing LOL

HIGHRISK,
If the fan club wants to switch over to Empty Pockets Racing fan club, then I should be allowed to join the HIGHRISK Racing fan club

Now I just need to figure out where SILVERBULLET added all that lead weight to my beast . I still cant believe in street trim I weighed in at 4920(220 Driver).

I averaged in the 13.28-13.36 range all weekend. Johnny ran 13.teens all weekend, with a 13.0? in the Ohio heat WOW

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Spiro-TEAM PSP
BLK. #1476

Best run to date
12.753 @107.98
Best 60` 1.84
Best m.p.h. 107.98
@ 4700 lbs.
"Empty Pockets Racing"Drag Race Team NJ-DE
Spiro99SVT@aol.com
LAUNCH HARD

 

Gordon,
you have mail Bud

 

I still can't believe how light my truck was...

Full Street Trim: 4680
With Hard Bed Cover and Stereo

Race Trim: 4260

Spirro Your Truck is made of Lead...

 

I would of loved to bring my Lightning and race with you guys, but my goal was to spend time with my son "Michael Anthony" and to met all of you.I didnt want to take time away from him to race.We really had a great time!! We should plan another get together.It was very nice meeting all you fine folks! Mike

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2000 White Lightning
Alternative Auto Chip
Alternative Auto Blower Overdrive Pulley
Flowmaster 2-chamber 40 series
Air-Raid filter
M/T 26x11.50x16 ET Streets
Best ET 13.39 Best MPH 104.66

 

Hey Gordon,

I noticed you didn't mention that I made it there on Friday night for test and tune. I can only guess that you are jealous of my .500 reaction time. Sure, JohnnyLightning was in the ballpark with a .501, but that was the closest anyone got. It was great meeting everyone Friday night. It's nice to put faces to names. Maybe next year I can make the competition races on Saturday.
Tom

 

TomG,

If memory serves me correctly, Baddog Gordon cut a .502 light and broke out by .01 to take second place.

I have the pic of the scoreboard...very cool.

 

yes o yes!!!a good time was had by all!!!!it was really nice to get to meet everyone and put the faces with the names.sue and i had a wonderful time.thanx to everyone..i hope we all can get together before too long. sue and i decided to stay 1 more night we drove up to cedarpoint to check out the rollercoaster MAN! that things high! to high for me i just stared at it for awhile and drove away slowly. and no i didn't do a burn out i learned my lesson LOL. it was kinda sad when we got back to hotel everybody was gone. my lightning was very lonely! but then again its used to it. its always by itself at the end of the 1/4 LOL!J/K.

lightning steve: when will you ever learn you don't mess with JohnnyLightning (Here)! LOL

thanx again for the great memories! we had a great time.....

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93 cobra 10.90@127.00
99 lightning (black)
e.t. 12.85 @ 105.1
best mph 105.4
60 ft. 1.85
superchiped
johnnylightning ram air
(man i luv this truck)
Cobra93474@aol.com

 

Spiro,
There are several soberity and mental evaluations that you must fail before a fan club application can be taken. The girls got a large chuckle out of the posts. The pooh bears might be up for an award for the worst reaction time or worst 60' ft at the next get together.

PS- Topcat jr. you can't barrow your dad's L and intentionally cut a 3 sec. reaction time and a 10 second 60' just to get the pooh bear award.


HIGH RISK

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