i won at the fun drags with the ranchero!!!

[karfer67]

in sacramento we have sacramento raceway and every wed night they do bracket racing. i took the ol ranchero out there to see what it would do and ummmm well not as fast as i thought. best time of the night was 19.70 at 69MPH however i kept beating guys cause i have done this with other cars before and know how to get good reaction times the hardest part is figuring out how fast a car will react once you launch it. my avg reaction times were in the .054 range on a .000 tree so that is pretty good. in the final i went up aganst this huge 69 GMC truck that was dialed in at 16.5. i got a huge hole shot on him but even then he was right on me at the line and i thought he won then i saw the win light come on in my lane. i was fist pumping down the shut off area and almost missed the turn out. was lots of fun and i was the slowest car out there by almost a full second. !!!

 

[Gold Street Customs]

Congrads I definetly miss those races its just so far to go anywhere from here but I have to make it to Sac drags sometime soon. I used to race a 72 Buick GS Stage 1 at Baylands many years ago along with a 78 Toyota truck with a 350 m22 4spd that was way fun. On the up side when I get this build off bike done I need to turn some time towards my 72 Monte Carlo finish the interior and at least put one complete coat of primer on it.

 

[user 135]

Sounds like fun. You are correct that money cant' buy everything. Skill is usually more important.