Friday, March 15, 2013

Boogity Boogity Boogity!

My buddy Ray ask if I wanted to go to the track, and I said 'Hell yeah!'



This was my first time at the Orlando Speedway.  Had never even been a spectator there before.
Ray is a seasoned Racer with his Buick WE4 (Just like a Grand National). I would have been lost without his presence.  Its intimating know knowing the do's and don't's of the track.  But its not as difficult as I thought. All racers were eager to help.


 Ray sat in with me for the first couple runs. We noticed the car fell flat around 4000 RPM.  I remembered the Rev Limiter was set to 4000 RPM. I borrowed some tools from another racer and bumped it up to 6k.

Here's a shot of the proof I was doing burn outs!
 The car looked good under the lights. I had lots of complements.
 People even asking to take pictures of the car.  The announcer in the tower even made comments that it was a beautiful car.
 This is a shot in the burn out box just before a race.













And finally, here's a video of my best run.  15.05 at 91.89 MPH




So whats next?
The guys on V8Buick.com seem to think that timing and practice will easily put me in the 14's.
Plus I have some goodies to throw on the car, like a set of Stage 1 heads and headers.  And a Magnaflow 2.5" stainless cross over system.  

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