It rained and snowed most of the night, but by Saturday morning the track had begun to dry out. We arrived around 9am to set up camp and get some last-minute tuning done. There was a small turnout, but still enough for an interesting day of racing!
I installed the velocity stacks and megaphone pipes, and ran some test passes on the backup track. Most of the carb tuning was fine, but I did have to increase the main jets from 100's to 120's. Once the track had dried off completely, the race officials opened it up for runs.
Unfortunately, the weather didn't completely cooperate, and there was a stiff headwind all weekend. The first pass went poorly. I am not used to wearing the race boots, so I missed a shift. The next pass was spot-on, but the bike maxed out at 7500 rpm in top gear. We were shooting for 100+ mph, but the best the bike would manage was 94. Still, that was enough to beat the previous record, and I'm satisfied with the results.
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| Base Camp |
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| Final Prep |
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| Saab 93 Racer |
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| Former Stock Car |
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| Resurrected from a field, and running a Straight 6 truck engine |
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| Datsun Racer |
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| Setup at the start line. |
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| Fox Body racer |
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| The most impressive cockpit instrumentation of the entire weekend. |
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| 500cc BSA Partial Streamliner |
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| Newer former stock car |
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