JP1738's Stocker and S/G car

[nickh]

Dawson in the heat 65 mph max. We did switch to 16 inch 14 ply like Keith did, then we slowed down from 80 to 65 problem went away LOL

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by nickh

Dawson in the heat 65 mph max. We did switch to 16 inch 14 ply like Keith did, then we slowed down from 80 to 65 problem went away LOL

I'm not exactly setting land speed records as it is. I usually set the cruise in my truck at 69-71 because that's where the diesel engine is happiest. Also, I never blow the tires in the heat of the day, always at night near the end of the drive. I blew the tire coming home from Roxboro at 11pm and the one before that coming home from SGMP at 1am.

[JP1738]

Also, in the spirit of the build section, I've been doing a moderate amount f work to my cars. This week I did a quick oil change on my Mazda at it was nearing it's run limit as well as lashed valves and remounted and rotated the rear tires. When I mounted the tires a few months ago, I only put wheel screws on the outside bead of the tire, but noticed that they had all started to loosen and get pulled all the tire's rotation. I dismounted the tires, remounted and balanced them, and put screws in both beads. I don't think it was causing any issues but I wanted to correct it just in case it was.

When doing the oil change, I noticed that the alternator pulley was busy sawing my lower radiator hose in half and was about to become a BIG issue. I took it off and went to the auto parts store in search of a close replacement, or at least something I could hack up and make work. That was fun lol. They let me go through there entire catalogue of fitted hoses to find one that I could make work. It took about an hour of searching, but I did eventually find one I could cut the ends off of and make work.

[JP1738]

Well I made my last trip with my enclosed trailer last weekend down to SGMP for the big outlaw quarter mile index race. I ran 10.50 and 11.50 index, won 2nd round in both classes, and then it rained it out. Ended up getting a decent lump of cash after they split all the money up so I'm not too bothered about it.

I listed my trailer for sale and sold it yesterday, so I have no trailer to race out of for the foreseeable future. I was tired of it eating tires over and over, so I just got rid of it all together. I think the axles were messed up on it to be honest, the tires were consistently overheating and getting out of round. Not to mention it was ugly and the tail lights didn't work. I also never tagged or insured it the entire time I had it, so I'm happy to be starting over. Sold it to a guy who needed to haul lawn mowers around, at this point I think it's better suited for that.

So if anybody has a beat on a cheap 24 ft enclosed trailer with 5k axles, let a guy know. I spoke with Michael Scott of Right trailers while we were at SGMP last Saturday and he could build me a bare bones new one fairly cheaply but I'd have to run his sticker, which I don't really want to do. I'm not above it, I just don't want to

[JP1738]

Been a few weeks but I'm still out doing my thing. Made my way to the Jegs Sportsnationals at SGMP a few weeks ago with my station wagon.

Pulled in on Tuesday night about an hour from the track where I nabbed a hotel stay, then made my way on the the track Wednesday morning. It rained most of the day that day so we were only able to get one time-shot in for Stock. Ran class eliminations and first round on Thursday.

I ended up in the Auto Combo for class eliminations where I ran Cody Philips, I only managed a .20ish under pass and was swiftly dispatched out of class run-offs. Had an extremely tough draw first round of the national event in Joe Santangelo. I got a bit too aggressive on the starting line and unfortunately turned it -.004 red ending my weekend. I was really pleased with the car though. it ran extremely consistently in the 4 hits I made, running 12.764 off my 12.78 dial-in after my red-light first round, which is pretty much exactly what I thought it would go.

I left that evening to come home for a local points meet at Roxboro on that Saturday, more on that later because there was serious drama. I don't want to clutter this post with it though.