It again rained Saturday night, but not hard, so the track was ready to go hot at 8am. This matched me up against Jim Netherland for Sunday’s Eliminations. I don’t ever remember being a last place qualifier.
That said, I was still 9 numbers off my index and was last place Qualifying.
#Indy 440 brakes locked plus
That was nine numbers better than second qualifying plus the six numbers from the weather being worse – meant that I gained a 1/10 and a half from the jet change. The Weather Station said that the cars would run six numbers slower in the 3rd qualifying than the second. 30 is bad, 130 is horrible for drag racing. For the last qualifying the water grains was 130. I’ve never had smaller than 110 square – but I was convinced into taking a big swing with smaller jets – and put 104s in the back of both carbs – leaving 113 in the front. I drained the oil out of my evac tank, and it smelt like it had gas in it. A couple of racing buds came by to see if they could help. My 2nd Qualifying pass was a horrible 9.93 – almost 2/10 off. It rained again Friday night and we again got a late start. Everyone was complaining that they were off and had spun, and so I figured that must have happened to me. Back in the pits I checked the timing and valve lash, and it checked OK. I left 11 pounds in the weight box, and ran a shocking 9.86. In the afternoon it was very hot and muggy. I ran a 9.77 with some weight in the car.
#Indy 440 brakes locked trial
We got one time trial and the first Qualifying in. Thursday night it rained hard and Friday there was a little delay. It was hot and muggy, and while the 60’s were off, the car ran low 9.70s. Thursday, NMCA sells two time trials, and I bought in.
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