Another Day of Testing

Well I got to the track today and started charging up some batteries. After I got some charged I put the car on the track and still had the same power as I did before. Scotty came into the track area and was watching my car he said that he still noticed I was not up to full speed on the straight away. He asked if I did what he told me to do and I told him what I did. I took the old 104 tooth spur off and put a 100 tooth spur on and I kept my original pinion on. He said that all I did was nothing. He said I need to change my gearing and when I looked at him like he was talking pig Latin he explained. He told me I need to keep the spur the same but go down in my pinion. I need to change the gear ratio not the gearing it self. So I put on a 42 tooth pinion and as I was sitting there I started to do the math I was back up to a 4.0 FDR. So I put it on the track and mind you my fastest lap with the old gearing was a 13.5 (that’s my personal best) but once I changed the gearing like Scotty told me to my fastest lap was a 12.5 I dropped a whole second. That to me seems weird, but hey I like it. Well it was Thursday and that means off road night so as the off road guys come pilling in because it is the last week of off road before they change the track to dirt oval. A couple of guys came up to me and said that my driving style has really improved because they watched me drive my sedan and can’t figure out how I drive that fast on the carpet. Which in my defense I don’t think I was driving really fast it just looks fast. But it did make me feel good to hear what they had to say. But today is the last night of off road and today I am going to the track to practice off road and then pack it all up and get ready for some sedan racing.

On a side note last night I started a little bit of a friendly rivalry between Jamie Tennis and Beavis. They were both at the track and both took my car out for a run and Beavis pulled a 12.3 with it. Along come Jamie and he pulls a 12.2 so then Beavis had to beat that and pull a 12.1 so it started they were going back and forth trying to beat each other with my car I found this to be very funny and fun to watch because they both are very good drivers. Well everyone just remember keep the rubber side down and have fun. Oh and if Dave reads this I am calling you out meet me at the track on Sunday for some practice.