Live from the Summit Nationals at Las Vegas

[Harry 6674]

I was sure hopeing your great live reporting wasn't interfering with your concentration on raceday. Good to see we had nothing to worry about. Great job.

[Ron Middleton]

Congrats Toby and Jody. Job well done.

[mopar jeff]

Originally Posted by Toby Lang

Man, am I lucky. It was the typical deal in the lanes with nobody wanting to go up. They said they were going to start running Stock. There was only one pair up there and I figured I'm ready so let's go.

When I got to the front of the lanes they had already sent the first pair around the tower, so I started to get my belts on. By the time I got around the tower, the first pair was already in the water. Then they motioned for us to go out. About 20 feet across the line I remembered I forgot to put the last number of my dial-in on. I thought, oh well, not much I can do now.

I thought he was dialed pretty soft. He ran a 13.02 last night and was dialed a 13.09. I was pretty sure it wasn't .07 slower than yesterday and I'm thinking the only way I'm going to win this is if he breaks out. I'm shifting the car a little higher this year so there's not much I can pick up there. I was going to put an 11.86 on and it would have ran an 11.87 all out.

Maybe it's my day.


-Toby

Toby,
You were right, it wasn't .07 slower, but I thought it would be 4-5 anyways. We had no tail wind, and worse air, so I figured I was safe. My car was on a pass from hell, and I had no idea. I scrubbed a bunch of ET, plus 10mph, and still broke out by almost .07. Go figure. I think you being dialed too hard, and me being to soft, plus .04 on the tree, put us so far apart that I figured you were broke. That is what I get for thinking, and nice job on the win. You deserve it.