Len Imborgno - Jim Skelly - Performance Preserves

Bruce Fulper · 07-01-2007, 01:36 AM

Here's the next set of Sunday morning time trials in order as they were ran. Now then - here's the killer - As you see the car was happily inching it's ET's lower and lower until the last run. I had finally got down to 21.80 at the hottest part of the day so far, and then I made the last time trial. The damn thing jumped .014 hundreths! Just knocked me out. I thought I had it made until that run. Everyone was flipping out how consistent the car had been, then that friggin 21.64 popped up. Talk about stress.

No one was any help. Hell, no one we knew had ever heard of bracket racing before. Even the "old" guys. No one knew what to suggest. I kept looking at those Et slips and finally came up with the thought...."it goes quicker as it gets hotter. I have to guess how many runs I might make and how hot it might get."

It was frustrating as all get out. I was pacing around right up until they called first round. I decided cause it had creeped so slowly to 21.80, and now it had cooled off some, and I wouldn't be making that many runs even if I got to the finals, I went ahead put a 21.70 on the window.

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07-01-2007, 01:36 AM	#25
Bruce Fulper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 651 Likes: 4 Liked 54 Times in 33 Posts	Re: Len Imborgno - Jim Skelly - Performance Preserves Here's the next set of Sunday morning time trials in order as they were ran. Now then - here's the killer - As you see the car was happily inching it's ET's lower and lower until the last run. I had finally got down to 21.80 at the hottest part of the day so far, and then I made the last time trial. The damn thing jumped .014 hundreths! Just knocked me out. I thought I had it made until that run. Everyone was flipping out how consistent the car had been, then that friggin 21.64 popped up. Talk about stress. No one was any help. Hell, no one we knew had ever heard of bracket racing before. Even the "old" guys. No one knew what to suggest. I kept looking at those Et slips and finally came up with the thought...."it goes quicker as it gets hotter. I have to guess how many runs I might make and how hot it might get." It was frustrating as all get out. I was pacing around right up until they called first round. I decided cause it had creeped so slowly to 21.80, and now it had cooled off some, and I wouldn't be making that many runs even if I got to the finals, I went ahead put a 21.70 on the window. Last edited by Bruce Fulper; 07-01-2007 at 01:45 AM.