A LONG day at the track...

4th of July celebrating independence with the joys of internal and external combustion at the track....

Fun times, carnival, jet cars, and fireworks.... a great combination!

Held up many hours with a rain delay then a bad accident involving the top qualifier in quick 16 (7.33 @ 182). Very fortunate the driver wasn't seriously injured but he left in an ambulance after spending a long time cutting him out of the car :(

Showed up at 5:54am and pulled out 1:30am.... I was already exhausted when the rain came in at 5pm but turned out to be great day for me...

Track record (4th round) and finally the win (7th round). Note the timestamps on the slips **)

and new points leader

goes to show bracket racing isn't about having the fastest car.

-Chris

Great package on that final round!!!! Tough to beat a car that's total is only .005 off perfect!!!! Well worth all the waiting I'd say!

Yeah, by far the best package I ever put together... too bad it was wasted on a red-light win but track record counts for an extra point so could make a difference at the end of the season. Definitely worth the wait but would have been nice to have some time to celebrate :HMMM:

Instead hit the sack dead tired at 3am

-Chris

Hey, that point might be the one that wins it!!!! IMO, a .005 package is never wasted!!!!!

An on dial run with an .005 light will win most of the time! If someone can beat you when you do that, they deserve it! And the .001 off dial in the final (backing off!) ain't too shabby either. Especially since you had to adjust your dial in for changing conditions. Shows how well you know your car. Congratulations, hope you took home a fat sack of ca$h.

Pat

Thanks, Pat!

That's where the luck comes in.... I ended up with back-to-back bye runs 5th and 6th rounds (opponent couldn't start car for 5th and had laddered bye in the semis). Good thing too because 5th was 11.77 on 11.69 dial (and I'm not entirely sure why) then 11.64 on 11.73 in the 6th. The final would have been really close to 11.630 had I not lifted judging by the 1000' but could have been 11.62x... fortunately had some room to work with :D

I should find out today from the post-man on the cash.... I think it will be around $200

I figure I'm doing good if I can maintain around .030 package. A .005 light is a little too close for comfort for me (foot-brake).... Stage 1/2" deeper or 1/2 pound more air in the front tires and you're in the red zone.

-Chris

Pleasant surprise in the mailbox yesterday: $425! That covers 3 almost 4 weekends of this horrible addiction :toocool:

Congrats Skids!!!!! Never gonna get rich bracket trashin', but it sure helps to cover some of the expenses!!!!

Sure do hope the newbies to bracket racing (and those who think it's boring) are studying those time slips closely!!!! Very good example of what it takes to be competitive even on a local basis these days!!!!

Thanks Dave! I don't think my dreams of racing professionally will come to fruition... I think about super street or super gas but even being successful on the circuit isn't likely to get you out of a day job. Not to mention a .010 package usually isn't good enough. :HMMM:

Anybody know about what it takes to get sponsored? Probably pretty tight in this economy **)

-Chris

Sponsorship is like running a business. You have to put together a proposal that shows a potential sponsor the benefit you can provide to their business. I suggest you aim toward non-automotive sponsors because automotive companies are the ones that everyone goes to first. When I was bracket racing, I got a sponsorship from a McDonalds franchiser that had a restaurant on the way to the track. I put together a proposal that showed him how I could get the people going to and from the races to stop at his place. I had the golden arches painted on my car, he paid for it. And I handed out food coupons for a free order of fries to everyone I talked to at the track. My kids helped me pass them out too. In return he paid my entry fees for the car and a crew member for each race. I had to show him that I attended the race. And committed to running a minimum number of races. I also added into the proposal that if I qualified for season ending finals he would help with my expenses for that. I actually sent my proposal to several restaurants, but the McDonalds guy was the one who bit. It worked out very well for both of us. That's just one idea for you to consider.

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Glad to see you got that nice check!

Pat