[Jetlaag]

Well Erik, my pathetic Backdraft ran a miserable 14.2 1/4 mile.

On its defense however, was:

1. Bad driving.... haven’t tried this drag thing since High School. (over 20 years)

2. Bad driving....those who saw me kill my car 2 or 3 times at the burn out contest at Strat's understand...

3. Bad driving....spun the (right tire - no Posi - not good for drag racing) crap out of the car in 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Finally hooked up but a little too late.

4. Lost 1 of my 2 bolts holding on my front left caliper on the drive out to the track. Couldn't figure out what the slight shimmy was. Finishing 1/4 mile at just over 100mph the shimmy was pretty wild when I touched the brakes... Not good. Then finally got under the car to realize that I was missing a bolt with no BMW replacement parts on hand. Go figure.

So, unfortunately I only got 1 (I like to call - practice run) in for the whole day and had to limp the car home, downshifting and using the e-brake to stop.

A word to Jeffko and your Great Looking new Backdraft...

CHECK ALL YOUR BOLTS... ALL THE TIME!!!

This is not the first time I have lost a caliper bolt. I lost one before and had to flat bed the car home... after getting the car home I thought that I took off all caliper bolts and put lock-tite on them all, but maybe I just did the back brakes as the front ones were not loose at all at the time... Many other bolts have worked themselves loose also... But I guess that's why we love these cars - because we love to work on them...

Oh well, live and learn.

Jack