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Tommy Gaynor · 07-23-2013, 07:44 PM

So Toby has a pretty close to accurate description of what happened. When I went up for first round it was 55 degrees and 90% humidity, a cool overcast morning, normal for Sonoma. I drove to the lanes and got out to talk to Jim. When I got out I left my fan and water pump on, for about 10-12 minutes. When we pulled out of the lanes to the ready line my car was about 85 degrees. The way I run my car it has to be 115 degrees for the fuel injection system to go into closed loop. If it runs in open loop below 115 degrees it shoots numbers all over the place. I did my burn out with the water pump off, didn't move much so I started stalling it up against the convertor with the fan and water pump off. It slowly started warming, as per the rules I kept making forward motion as it warmed up. The starter waived me in one time and I kept bumping forward. By the time I got in I had rattled myself to the point I was .060 on the tree. I felt awful about it after the race, I went by Jim's RV to apologize and he was not there. I approached Jim after the race in the Victory Circle area and he rode off on his scooter. I was texting back and forth with another racer yesterday morning and got Jim's cell number. I left Jim about a 2-3 min voice mail apologizing for not being prepared to race when I pulled in the water, I'm assuming that's where Toby got all of his info. As of now I have not heard from Jim and would like the opportunity to speak with him face to face. If any one else wants to ask any questions give me a call.

Tommy
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07-23-2013, 07:44 PM	#1
Tommy Gaynor Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Vancouver WA Posts: 253 Likes: 2 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Anybody Have Video of the Epic Burndown in Stock at Sono So Toby has a pretty close to accurate description of what happened. When I went up for first round it was 55 degrees and 90% humidity, a cool overcast morning, normal for Sonoma. I drove to the lanes and got out to talk to Jim. When I got out I left my fan and water pump on, for about 10-12 minutes. When we pulled out of the lanes to the ready line my car was about 85 degrees. The way I run my car it has to be 115 degrees for the fuel injection system to go into closed loop. If it runs in open loop below 115 degrees it shoots numbers all over the place. I did my burn out with the water pump off, didn't move much so I started stalling it up against the convertor with the fan and water pump off. It slowly started warming, as per the rules I kept making forward motion as it warmed up. The starter waived me in one time and I kept bumping forward. By the time I got in I had rattled myself to the point I was .060 on the tree. I felt awful about it after the race, I went by Jim's RV to apologize and he was not there. I approached Jim after the race in the Victory Circle area and he rode off on his scooter. I was texting back and forth with another racer yesterday morning and got Jim's cell number. I left Jim about a 2-3 min voice mail apologizing for not being prepared to race when I pulled in the water, I'm assuming that's where Toby got all of his info. As of now I have not heard from Jim and would like the opportunity to speak with him face to face. If any one else wants to ask any questions give me a call. Tommy 360.798.8998 __________________ "Go With Confidence"