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Anybody going to be LIVE at Rockingham? I will probably post some pictures either Saturday night or Sunday morning.

See u there.

Butch

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I'm guessing Michael Beard will take this topic til end.....along with a few others helping along

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Test and tune went smoothly tonight, and the Duck Tape Volare is running right where it should, thanks to some massive efforts on the part of Tim Sloan at Sloan Racing Engines. Even had him slaving away on his birthday. ;) We've had the power all along, just hadn't had the efficiency we needed. Even after getting that squared away, the whole Calvert springs/shocks/CalTracs setup from MoneyMaker Racing kept the car glued on the radials every single pass. It's printin' tickets and carrying the wheels nicely, even with the shocks just almost full tight and running more air ni the M/T radials than I used to. Reaction times came along with it, so I finally feel like we've got what it takes to turn on some W's again at long last.

They were running Test n' Tune til 9pm (even though only advertised to go til 7, I believe). We didn't even get there till late (about 4:30), and I still got 5 runs in. Headed out around 8pm or so, and there was a significant stream of incoming trailers at the gate. Looking forward to a good weekend!

I tore down the carb on the Turismo the other night, as it had swallowed something at MIR last month. Gave it a thorough cleaning, then ran out of daylight. Just need to bolt it on in the morning, (and we'll see if I helped or hurt it) :p Gonna have to do the 2-car 2-trip shuffle Sunday night, but Rockingham is only 44 miles from the house. Worth the extra trips to take advantage of the two Gold Cards.

I'll probably be stupid busy between the two cars tomorrow, and I have quite a bit of decal work to do this weekend, so reports may be scattered, but I'll do my best!

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Here are some shots from today's time trials.

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More from today.

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Thanks for the great pictures!

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Another sunny humid day greets us in Rockingham, NC as we begin eliminations today. The wind will also play a factor, as it has gone from hit n' miss cross-headwind to more steady and stronger...

Air at the end of Rnd 1... 85.5 F, 67%, 29.51, 3038' DA

Decent turnout, think I heard around 270-280 cars... Half as many now, as Hot Rod is rolling to the lanes for Rnd 2!

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Barometer has dropped a couple hundredths in a short time, and we're getting a couple gusts on top of the existing wind. There's talk of weather this afternoon, so we 're trying to hustle right along. Almsot done with all of Rnd 2. Should be back to the top of the order shortly.

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It's Beard and Emily Volkman in the Final for SS. Good luck to both, but I'm pulling for Emily. One of nicest and friendly groups in the Sportsman ranks, especially Larry Stott.

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Man! Rough crowd! In the 1/4's, I was .003 dead-on 1, Emily Stott-Volkman was .010 dead-on zero, and Mike Boyles was .000 dead-on 1! Emily proceeded to go .000 against a red-lighting Jake Sealey, and I survived a tough race with Boyles to set up a final round match with Emily and I. We were suiting up when the rumble and lightning hit (down the road). They unplugged everything, then you could see the rain coming up the track. I think we've just got SS and SR finals left to run. It's just a little cell, but it's really windy and coming down hard. Can't imagine drying for two pairs... Maybe finish at Darlington in 2 weeks? Dunno, haven't heard yet.

Mmm! More buckets of rain....! Couple big rumbles, too.

Congrats to stock semi Charles Myers. Finalist's Terry Taylor and Marvin Strickland

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It stormed real bad, had to hold onto the easy-up! Quit for awhile, they got the tractor out, then it rained again. Had more cars left than I thought. All finals left mebbe?

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All finals except for top dragster..
I got to shoe a super rod car this weekend .won 1st round against Greg Slack and the lost to Steve Furr 2 nd round by.011.....Man that sure was faster than my stocker and was fun too....But i still love stockers the best.....

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Just got postponed til Darlington pro-am in 2 weeks.
Plan is to finish it that Sat

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See Ya'll in Darlington. Hope that Emily and Michael get to run, but I know her husband is entered in Indy.

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It may have happened before, but I don't recall seeing one Pro-Am event needing three different weekends in three different months at two different tracks to be completed. That's really stretching it out!

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Only 1 track, but VMP in 2002 took 4-5 tries! Eddie Bolton was glad he kept going back. :p

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Another abysmal showing at the track this weekend!:( But all was not lost - Michael Beard applied the graphics to the 'wagon, and it turned out even better than I hoped for! The car really looks like a "race car" now, and maybe some day it'll start ACTING like one! :o Thanks, Michael for cheering me up. And thanks also to Charles Myers and his Dad for their hospitality, it was very much appreciated. Hopefully I'll be back out again soon with somewhat better results.

I got a chance to get the camera out of the bag during the first time-trials, here a few pictures.

Lew

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...........And a few more...........

The last picture is my 'wagon in front of the statue of Iron Mike at Fort Bragg, my spiritual center. HOORAH!

Lew (1SG U.S. Army, Retired)

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Lew, What's going on with your car? What's it doing or not doing?
There's plenty of help available right here...

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Congrats MB. Glad you got the the car where it needs to be.

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Thanks bud, and congrats on another runner-up. I know you'll make something of yourself someday! ;) Get your spacer? I gave it to Jim at Martin last week.

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I didnt even think of the spacer. I am not worried about it. I will it sometime.
Thanx for the props I am going to win one sometime.:cool: hopefully grow up to be like you.

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Phil -
Rule #1: Don't spend any money.
Rule #2: Don't grow up.

Been doing some more thinking about your ride... consider a heat gun or temp gauge directly on the intake manifold. I'm thinkin' that's where your ET is moving around, since you said you were getting the *engine* temp the same. I see Gale Pinkston ice the intake on his Camaro every single run... food for thought.

For Mike Volkman.... after studying the photo Butch posted, I'm wondering if you don't need to go *up* on the tire pressure. I've run into traction issues by running tires too low as much (if not more) than having them too high. Running them too low, you may be wearing out the sidewall before you wear out the 'tread'.

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You mean someone was having traction issues at Rockingham? There's a surprise!

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It looked like it was all good this time around.Our superstocker was .05 slower than in March. I think most were around.12 due to weather (hot, Humid , ) you know...Oh , i got you a hat next time i see you.

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As per usual, the BIGGEST problem there is racers parking in sandy areas and then not cleaning out their wheel wells/rocker panels in the staging lanes. I didn't see hardly anyone making sure their cars were clean, and people give me funny looks when I'm banging on the wheel well to get rid of a half-handful of sand. :rolleyes: If people would quit dragging crap up there with them and dumping it in front of their OWN tires, their experience would be better. The track prep itself was great.

CalTracs, Calvert split mono-leaf springs, Calvert 9-way adjustable shocks, and 29.5x9 M/T Radials @ 20psi, I had absolutely ZERO problems. 60' times were 1.40-1.41 over the course of 3 days, day to night, lane to lane, even playing with launch rpm and shock settings. (I know, not too fast for a S/S'er, but I'm only running a 4.56 gear...)

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Sweet! Thanks!

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In reply to mike beard; was glad to help you get the car right and we will be pulling for you at darlington.

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Yes and thanks for the Great Pics.