Re: Friday the 13th LeRoar

[MO <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, we had some fun. This isn't wheel standing action, but I think we
all had a good time.  I will take a little coaching credit. Terry had
0 experience at a dragstrip.  His reaction times were  as you would
expect----BAD!   I told him as soon as you see the last yellow light
come on--nail it.-- reaction time was .024. He got cut for running
under 8.4 two times without a helmet. By his grin--I think he will be
back at the strip again.  This is what Mopar is all about-- good folks
= good fun.  Now lets see if Dodger will do what he threatened Rich
with  8-)....................MO

LOLOn Jul 14, 12:34 am, Richard Kinsley <leroar.kinsley...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Yep I had a good entourage of Paul, Mo and Dodger. We had brats, sauerkraut
> and cold drinks. I raced my friend Terry in his 536hp '68 'cuda, Pink
> Panther and he did beat me. But we all knew that! C'mon, probably 200hp
> more and 400lbs lighter. BUT I did manage three good runs and two very
> crappy, driver error runs! I turned a 9...@xxxxxxxx for the first run with
> my street tires. Terry did a 8....@xxxxxx The second run I did a
> 9....@xxxxxxxxx my 24" tall drag radials. Terry did an
> 8....@xxxxxxxxxxx third run was horrible, 9...@xxxxxxxx,
> with me killing the engine, pulling through the starting lights, and
> shifting at about 5500????? I was not worth a darn for that run and it got
> even worse the next run with a 10...@xxxxxxxx :-(  My fifth and final run
> was 9....@xxxxxxx !!! WooHoo that equates to about a 14.374 in the quarter.
>
> So I figured it was a success and headed back for another run when old
> Friday the 13th kicked in and my Holley Blue electric fuel pump took a
> dump. Of course at least I died in the lane waiting to run instead of at
> the line. Thank goodness for small favors. And it didn't die on the freeway
> going home. So the car is sitting at the track and I have to be there about
> 10:45am and have it gone by 1pm. It is safe for the night as there is a
> person on site all night. I'll hope I can find a Holley Blue, or a Red, and
> it'll be an easy fix. I do have spare wires to the pump area IF there is a
> wiring problem. But I am sure it's the pump itself. It had been unusually
> noisy this last week. I had checked today to be sure it was not loose on
> the mounts causing the vibration/noise.
>
> BTW, Terry had never run before at any track and I don't think he had even
> been to a track before. He can't race anymore unless he gets a helmet as he
> went faster than the allowed 8.4 secs without a helmet. He didn't even push
> it all that hard either. It's probably good for the 7sec's. I feel that my
> 9.15 with perhaps a bad pump starting to act up might just mean I should be
> able to get into the high 8's. Hmmm! Oh and my first run was with street
> tires and the others were with the drag radials.
>
> More to come later. Got to get to bed so I can get it fixed in the morning.
>
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara LeRoar 4dr 324 poly w/goodies
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Paul L.http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html<pjl...@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
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>
>
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> > LeRoar made a few passes but succumbed to a bad fuel pump.  Did manage a
> > best ever time of 9.15 or so before dying.
>
> > Paul L.
>
> >  Friday, July 13, 2012 9:02:45 AM UTC-5, 62to65mopar wrote:
>
> >> Is Rich's LeRoar '64 still set to tear up the drag strip today? If so,
> >> someone there take a picture please.
>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Gary H.
>
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