Gainesville was super as usual. The weather was perfect with just a few clouds and the temp around 80. Some of the fair weathered guys and gals got sunburns early this year.
Here is who ran the event
Joe Smith in his Teal Midstates(sad to report his hydro throwout bearing gave up at the Hotel b4 the event and I had to take his cobra home on my trailer sunday but he had a great time.)
Jim & Lorrie Pomroy in their Yellow Vett-ran great and Jim was defeted by Engineer Ed with his imporved brakes although I think Jim ran more consistant than Ed)
Mike Iodice in his Black EM with under car exhaust and some new 16" rims and better tires
Ed Kamptner in his Blue FFR-his brakes worked great this time and he was the second fastest cobra there
Ken Collett in his Blue Superformance-his cobra was the most improved carfrom last time. With the new 17" Kumho Victoracer tires in lieu of the greasy 15" BFG radial TAs he went from last to the fastest Cobra and almost caught the Z06 Vette. Ken said the car had more but he did not.
Chris Allen in his unpainted FFR-ran great with a 90% complete FFR. Wires hanging out fro under the dash, no paint, no bodywork, no carpet and a really big smile. His roller rockers came loose and Dino peformed Pit Crew work an got him runnng again. The look on Allens face was priceless.
Neil McGarry in his Audi S4 Avant twin turbo-all I can say is DO NOT RACE A AUDI STATION WAGON THAT HAS A STANGE WHISTLE COMMNG FROM THE ENGINE or you will be sorry. He was one of the fastest cars there. 4 wheel drive and twin turbos make moms wagon real fast. A true sleeper
Terry Brannon in his Cobalt Blue EM-With under car exhaust this has to be the quietest cobra on the face of the planet
Ruble Moore in my Red Hunter Cobra-I think I ran pretty well and ran similar times to the Audi
Jerry Rowley in his Blue Unique-He had some problems with his pit crew fueling his car with Diesel Fuel so he had the smokiest cobra there. Sad to report his fuel cell sprung a huge leak so he had to park it before he caught fire
Jeff & Roberta Wetzel in their Black Z06 Vette-King and Queen of the hill again but the cobras are getting close. They cheeted this time with R compound steemroller tires and a new trick Cat-Back exhaust
Diino Booth in his Black FFR-he made 1-1/2 laps before he threw the serpentine belt at 6500rpm and wet down 1/3 of the track with slippery anti-freeze. The NHRA guy with the broom and
oil dry was not too happy with him. We did a late night exhaust gasket repair after dinner that night
Kim Crocket in his Red Aurora Slabside 289-This car did the coolest powerslides on its skinny wire wheels and tires. It beet me out for least HP and he still ran respectible times. He said he forgot to turn the AC off and spent too much time trying to find a good radio station
Jerry Cowing in his Burgandy Unique-He was running the famous BFG TAs and they could not handle the torque of his big block FE. Those FE's take afew laps before they stop caughing then just hang on.
We had 16 drivers in 14 cars but only 14 drivers got to run becaust they broke b4 the event (Joe) or on the first Lap(Dino)