I had one of those weekends. Overheated the motor, spun #3 rod bearing,swapped out with a junkyard shortblock couldn't run the Index lost oil pressure and never let off the gas just because I wanted that engine to feel like I felt.
http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2004#indextop
After taking a while to get that bad taste out of my mouth I got back on it and did things right, took my time, tried not to spend bad money, did a good bit of bracket racing first and this time my good friend and I went from bottom and close to the bottom to close to the top.
http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2008#indextop
But next time out for the Cajun Sports Nationals both of us in the top 10 with my 1st #1qualifier and the Q/SA record.
http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2008#indextop
Now the reason I refered to both of us is we are both 1st generation racers under 35 who do most of our own work, run limited amount of races due to family, work, and money and used Combinations that held special meanings to us. I bought my truck brand new in 96 and it was the first S10 stepside driven off of Jerry Lane Chevrolet's lot in Baton Rouge, LA. Now we have had plenty of help from many older and not so old racers and I can honestly say some of the nicest people I know I have met at the track. Now even though I don't race near as much as I would like which still kind of makes me feel a little like a outsider I welcome you to Stocker Racing and I hope you continue to plug away at it because seeing what you can do with basically nothing has got to be what I find most enjoyable.