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well i showed you guys some pictures of codys truck a while back. we took it to the track yesterday for the first time and got 3 runs in. the first run was a 14.39@74mph. this was the very first time that he had raced, so he let off at the 1/8 thinking it was the 1/4. on the second run he got a 14.34@94mph. that run the truck was really lean and it was cuttin out perty bad. so we richend up the carb and reset the timing, and he ran a 13.50@103mph.
so i guess thats pretty good for the very first time at the track. here some pics.






neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

I hope to do that well the first time I take the the Mazda drag truck that I'm building to the track.

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1980 Chevrolet LUV stock 1.8L longbed
1980 Chevrolet LUV parts truck shortbed
1983 Suzuki Gs550 Sportsman
1989 Nissan King cab P/u <totalled> 4/1/06
1986 Full size Chevy P/U
1993 Volvo 850 GTL

mkay. went out to the track on the 20th. got there, it rained. ok, wait and hour and a half. they get the track dried off and we start racin.

the first run he made the track screwed him over. they were only letting us run 1/8 runs cuz the end of the track was wet, but cody gets up to the line and they announce that we're gonna be running quarters cuz the track is drier. ok cody get up does his burnout and then the officials make hime wait for like a minute so that they can tell him that he can only run an 1/8 run. theyre saying this after they annouced that the track is doin 1/4 runs. ok.
so they let him stage, and by this time his slicks are cold. soo he ran a 14.00@74 because they told him to let off at the 1/8, but they gave him a quarter mile time. pissed me and him off.

ok. now that were back on the staging lanes for the second run everyone notices that the belt on his motor is streched, BIG TIME. i guess during the first run the belt flipped over in the pulleys. so the belt is super loose. we all pushed the truck the rest of the way down the staging lanes and into the burnout pit. he starts it up and does his 5000rpm burnout. his dad told me when he came back up to me that the belt had flipped over again.
at this time im getting kinda scard that the belt is gonna break while hes goin down the track and the motors gonna overheat really bad. well he did the burnout and he stages and gets off the line really good. i mean like the best hes ever done. hes shiftin at 6500 every gear, chirped 2nd hardcore...



HE RAN A 12.864 @ 108 MPH!!!!!!


the belt flew off at the end of the track. dont know where it went. so i get back to the pits, and the guy he raced was a pal and had towed him back to his pits. i guess the motor got up to 240*.
well we need a new belt now, and we done have a spare. so his brother and his other friend take off to go get another belt. i guess the emmett parts stores werent open, so they went all the way to ontario oregen and got like 4 belts. while theyre gone some of the guy's girlfriends start goin around the pits asking if we could borrow a belt. by the time they were done, they had to have tried 50 belts and none of them fit.
but luckily the other guys got back with a belt that fit.

so for the third run, it was about 11pm and it got really cold. so he only ran a 13.1@10? mph.

so all in all... he did really kick ass for what it is.
hes got the fastes vehivle at the high school, so i guess thats bragging rights!!

ok. sorry for the novel.


neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

Cool story. It was a fun read and sounds like you guys had fun all in all. Pretty quick truck too.

I never could get those v-belts to stop flipping over and breaking on mine either. Ended up going with a multi-v flat belt like they use on the new serpentine setups by buying a kit from March.

lol. of all people to post a reply. lol the site owner. LOL

yeah we had tons of fun. he got that truck in the middle of junior year in high school, and now next teusday is his last day of high school. weve had sooo many long nights. busted nuckles, crackes blocks, and busted reaends.

but you know what... it was all worth it. no doubt about it.


neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

Very cool. The times are basically better every run. That's just how you want it.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

we'll be going to the track on friday. i hope the weather is going to be good this time. we're wanting to get some consistant 12.5 runs in. i might be able to get some videos of cody truck and pee_roy's truck! so maybe look forward to those.


neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

well things didnt go good at all today. first of he was late to get to the track cuz of work and having to do so finish work on the truck. second, he only got one time trial in, which was a 13.2 @ 102. he had a 15mph head wind and 81 luvs are not the most aerodynamic vehicles made. and then thirdly, when he got up to do his bracket race, he overstaged and the officals DQ'd him. so not a good day. s**t happens, theres always next month.


neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

How many people were out there from the school this time? I couldn't make it because I had to work late 'n stuff.

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uhhh. lil sh*t with the red neon, colby, waddle, TR, that kid with the saturn looking car, ernesto, julio. theres probably more that i dont remember.


neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

well the he took the luv out to the track for the forth time last friday. hes done a whole bunch of stuff to it since the last races, so one again he doesnt know what its gonna run.

he got 3 runs in. the first run was a 13.01@106. really good for the first run with the holley.
second run he got a 13.6@like 100somthin. he got excsited and shifted at 4000 in first.

the 3 run wasnt good though. the line lock locked after he launched and he got DQ'd. the line lock wasnt working good on the front tires though. were probably gonna make it so it locks the back tires so he stall out higher.

all in all it was a pretty good day.


neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

i also foud some pics from the first time he took it out to the track. it was kinda funny. the first run he made with the truck was against another v8 luv.








neil

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

That was a really cool race..

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that luv is slow he runs fourteens lee and i do that in reverse

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81 chevy luv 336 small block

01 dodge cummings

well, he is out at the track every races though. gotta give him that.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

I ran my '68 Nova @ Firebird back in 97, 98, 99 for HS drags I donk know if you were running there at the time but my car was a maroon 4 door with duel 8 foot antennas off the back quarter panels. ran 14.03 @101mph
Raced for Weiser High School

yeah i just started goin to the races last season. to bad you arent racng for weiser again. theyre only in 10th place with 29 points.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

i keep missing the high school drags....last time around i got caught up in work..damnit!!!

if you could keep us posted in when the next session is that would be excellent!!


and some standings for the races wouldnt be bad either....

well you should go to the highschool races on friday. the gates open at 2pm and it costs 11 bux to get in.

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

this friday.....f*ck yeah i will be there......i will have to see if i can get outta practice.. do high school drags go late into the night like most drags?

thanks man
anthony