Bad math... Two days without sleep... A come to Jesus meeting with the boss and a FFFFED up race car
Sorry mate. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Eden Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 4:32 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Phoenix Races A quarter-mile is 1320 feet, what kind of a sprint is 1720? Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:26 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Phoenix Races Jim, That's 151 MPH in 1720 feet. I've been in it during a couple of full power passes dialing in the tune-up and the G-forces are incredible. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cheetah Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6:00 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Phoenix Races wow now that sounds like to much fun. i have gone about 120 mph in a corvette but 151 zzzzoooooom!!! can she take me for a ride in that car? jim At 08:13 PM 9/18/2007, you wrote: >Hi Guys, > >Here is the basic run down on the Races in Phoenix. We >arrived at the drag strip complex at Phoenix International Raceways >late Thursday evening. Checked in, received our pit assignment, >unhooked the trailer and headed for the hotel. All of the festivities >were well underway by the time we arrived but all we wanted was food >and a relax. The Summit Racing hospitality suite was still serving >their world famous rib eye steaks so that was dinner. We made the >rounds of all of Carol's sponsors and headed for the room. >The next morning they began the day with a drivers meeting >and tech inspection, all pretty routine stuff. We unloaded >the car and pushed it through the tech inspection line and >it passed with flying colors. I ran all of the final checks armed the >fire suppression system, fueled the motor, pressurized the oil >accumulator system and cranked that mother up. Carol was just coming >back from the drivers meeting with her first round draw of the day >(another blown >Corvette.) She got suited up we got her belted in and she lined up with >her competition. She suckered the kid into a red-light and she won the >first round with a crowd pleasing 10.17 at 149.504 MPH. Her next race >was probably the best one of the weekend. She ran up against a Viper >powered Dodge >Demon. The "Devil Dog Corvette" against the "Black Demon" >what the track announcer called one Hell of a race" and he >was right Carol beat him with a hole shot and.011 on the top >end. They hot lapped the cars and did an exhibition run just >for fun and the Demon broke a drive-shaft. The crowd and the >sponsors loved it. Those back-to-back wins gave her lane choice for the >next round of eliminations and she got through round two uneventfully >blowing away a clone Yanko Camaro, and a Legacy baby T-bird >Saturday was pretty much devoted to a fan appreciation day >with the final round of elimination scheduled under the >lights that evening. >First race in the final round found her running against an >Air Flow Research prepared Mustang from Southern California. >They left together and at half track that big ass Chevy >motor slapped the horse crap out of that Stang and set a course >personal best record of 10.001 at 151.662 MPH. The last elimination of >the night found her lined up against >our old friend the "Black Demon," They both cut a perfect light at mid >track they were dead even Then I heard my motor >spike and shut down. Carol had hit the rev limiter and it turned off >the motor. She told me on the radio that 5th gear >had gone away and the fail-safe system shut off everything. Even broken >the Vette went 9.997 at 151.883 to the Demon's 9.990 at: 152.009. >Needless to say with a scrambled trans we were done for the weekend so >we loaded up the car and went back to the hotel to meet with sponsors >for the next season. There three more races this season but time and >finances aren't going to permit us to make them. >Well folks that is about all of the fun stuff accept that >during prom night with the various sponsors the idea of >Blind Motor Sports occupied a fair amount of conversation. >Carol is due to meet with her top sponsors some time in mid >November and I will know more then. > > >Regards > >Larry Stansifer > >Thou art rewarded for thy results not for thine efforts. > >The Rogue Warrior > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.25/1018 - Release Date: >9/19/2007 3:59 PM To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions >From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws- users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! 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