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Full Version: 2009 Slo Pny Drag Day
Psh.... Needing a faster car to beat me there snookems?
Im going to beat em with my pimpcane.
Im going to beat em with my pimpcane.
QUOTE (Dan Boles @ Jul 24 2009, 08:50 AM) 
Psh.... Needing a faster car to beat me there snookems?
Im going to beat em with my pimpcane.
Im going to beat em with my pimpcane.
Save a Lot sells pimp canes for $1
200 miles of break-in (almost), and I THINK she's leak-free - keeping fingers crossed!
Highway Construction & Traffic Info
Notice to Racers:
Warning about I-80 bridge closure..
Directions to the track…
From Iowa… If you are coming from I-80 west you have three options
1. Take I-280 east around the Quad Cities to I-80 west to I-88 east. Take the Hillsdale exit off of I-88. Exit right and go right up to the stop sign. At the stop sign take a left on 94th Ave N (Hillsdale/Port Byron Rd) and follow it into Port Byron, IL. At the stop sign take a right on Hwy 84 and the track is 10 minutes north on the right. (Click Here for Map)
2. Take Hwy 61 north to Hwy 30 East (DeWitt). Follow Hwy 30 thru Clinton, IA and go over the Hwy 30 bridge into Illinois. At the stop sign take a right on Hwy 84 south and the track is 12 miles south on the right side. This route is 4 lane roads until Hwy 84. (Click Here for Map)
3. Follow I-80 into the Quad Cities to I-74 east. Follow I-74 south over the river and exit off at Hwy 92 east. Follow Hwy 92 to Hwy 84 north. Follow Hwy 84 thru city traffic to the track. This route is mostly for spectators and brave racers that are comfortable towing trailers in city traffic. (Click Here for Map)
From Illinois:
1. From I-80 or I-74 take I-88 east. Take the Hillsdale exit off of I-88. Exit right and go right up to the stop sign. At the stop sign take a left on 94th Ave N (Hillsdale/Port Byron Rd) and follow it into Port Byron, IL. At the stop sign take a right on Hwy 84 and the track is 10 minutes north on the right. (Click Here for Map)
(http://www.cordovadrag.com/2009/construction/highway.html)
Hope to see everyone at the track... GOOD LUCK to all you racers!!
Thanks for putting on another great day of racing.
It was good to get the Talon out and beat on it for the first time this year. Best was a 12.68 @ 107.51 at 21 psi on the street chip. Considering the heat and the race gas chip wasn't in, that's not too bad. Made it to the third round of the brackets (winning ugly) but I'll take it. The used Tial I put on really improved the boost stabilizing @ 21-20psi instead of the normal drop of 21 to 17 on the stock BOV.
Wife had a blast running also, she made 5-6 runs with a best of 14.04. She was hoping for a 13 but she needs to learn to launch it, 2.6 60' is leaving a lot on the table. She finally started getting the rpms up on the last couple of passes and started leaving on the last amber itstead of after the green.
Between me running the brackets and her test and tune, the car stayed in the lanes all day. Car never really cooled down and toward the end of the day the battery was taking a beating. It's barely had 13 volts at the end of the track. The injector duty cycles kept creeping up trying to feed it fuel as the pump voltage dropped. The car used 2 gallons of 110 in 11 passes.
Dan, we'll get that race next time!
It was good to get the Talon out and beat on it for the first time this year. Best was a 12.68 @ 107.51 at 21 psi on the street chip. Considering the heat and the race gas chip wasn't in, that's not too bad. Made it to the third round of the brackets (winning ugly) but I'll take it. The used Tial I put on really improved the boost stabilizing @ 21-20psi instead of the normal drop of 21 to 17 on the stock BOV.
Wife had a blast running also, she made 5-6 runs with a best of 14.04. She was hoping for a 13 but she needs to learn to launch it, 2.6 60' is leaving a lot on the table. She finally started getting the rpms up on the last couple of passes and started leaving on the last amber itstead of after the green.
Between me running the brackets and her test and tune, the car stayed in the lanes all day. Car never really cooled down and toward the end of the day the battery was taking a beating. It's barely had 13 volts at the end of the track. The injector duty cycles kept creeping up trying to feed it fuel as the pump voltage dropped. The car used 2 gallons of 110 in 11 passes.
Dan, we'll get that race next time!
Pretty decent day at the track... This year there were a ton of motorcycles racing and what was up with all the VIPERS???
had a good time, even though i was just spectating!
had a good time, even though i was just spectating!
Freaking awesome day, and I got my ass totally ruined.
Thanks to Marcus and Josh for hositng yet another awesome event.
Thanks to Marcus and Josh for hositng yet another awesome event.
Thanks to everyone for coming out to the track today. The shear number of people showing up to race was shocking and appreciated. We ended up with just under 120 racers, which unfortunately meant the track had to bring in more personnel and bump the cost up considerably.
Even so, Josh and I really appreciated everyone making the trip so we used the extra money to increase the payouts on all three competitions to $125 for first place and $75 for runner up. We also increased the race time to 5pm so everyone could get in all their runs since the lines were a bit congested for the first couple of hours.
There were more folks that took advantage of the competitions at no additional cost, but still not nearly as many as you would think. The winners seemed extremely happy with their winnings and everyone that I spoke with said they had a good time!
I got to run Josh's gold nugget a couple times down the track. The best I could muster was a 11.07 at 124mph. The 60ft. weren't so great at 1.6s when they should have been 14-1.50's. The thing was just spinning out of the hole too much.
I was so busy keeping things running I didn't even get the Talon tech'd or make a pass in it. Still, I had a great time and the weather was beautiful. Thanks to everyone that joined us!
We will have to set-up pre-registration next year to make sure we keep the number of racers at a manageable level. We may also make some changes to add more value to the racers and spectators if we can continue to get this kind of turn-out.
Marcus
Even so, Josh and I really appreciated everyone making the trip so we used the extra money to increase the payouts on all three competitions to $125 for first place and $75 for runner up. We also increased the race time to 5pm so everyone could get in all their runs since the lines were a bit congested for the first couple of hours.
There were more folks that took advantage of the competitions at no additional cost, but still not nearly as many as you would think. The winners seemed extremely happy with their winnings and everyone that I spoke with said they had a good time!
I got to run Josh's gold nugget a couple times down the track. The best I could muster was a 11.07 at 124mph. The 60ft. weren't so great at 1.6s when they should have been 14-1.50's. The thing was just spinning out of the hole too much.
I was so busy keeping things running I didn't even get the Talon tech'd or make a pass in it. Still, I had a great time and the weather was beautiful. Thanks to everyone that joined us!
We will have to set-up pre-registration next year to make sure we keep the number of racers at a manageable level. We may also make some changes to add more value to the racers and spectators if we can continue to get this kind of turn-out.
Marcus
Bad runs but great times! My son had a good time, too. It was good to see my neighbors in action, finally, on their drag bikes!
lol, always good to be driving AND working the camera 
Camera man sucked
Looks like one hell of a trucker tan you got going there Dan!
lol. You should see my ass.
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