DGH Motorstports

Again, as written by MY Mr. Wonderful.......

Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series D-7 - Fontana
For the time in over a year, I was able to attend AND compete in a divisional event. This time it was in Fontana, California at Auto Club Dragway at California Speedway. When we were there last time for the Summit Series event I was able to figure out my throttle stop ratio, and was somewhat confident that it was right. We were unable to leave at a normal hour on Thursday, and ended up getting to the track at 1:30am and had to sleep in the truck out in the parking lot. It wasn't so bad actually. We got the car set up in the morning and when I made my first time run, I set up to run a 8.89 and the car ran a 8.88. Thank God, the ratio works. The car was still spitting out water and it was starting to bug me. We found the problem, there was a massive air bubble in the water lines, and so actually there was no water in the motor, which is a very very big problem. We got the bubble out and the motor full of water and it only dropped 6 drops out the overflow the rest of the weekend. In round one, I was paired up against Aaron Kinard, who was fresh off a D-6 win in Boise, Idaho and the current division 7 points leader, but he was no match for me in round one( not really, the weather was completely different for round 1 and I guessed better). In round 2 I raced Don Meziere and was able to get the round win with Don's -.057 red light. Round 3 found me against Gabe Torres, the youngest of the Torres family, which is full of talent. I had a .008 light and was able to back into him at the finish line and take a 8.92 8.90 holeshot win. In round 4, which was the furthest in competition I had ever been, while running super comp was against Rober Naber. He usually finishes the year in the top 10 in super comp D-7 points, and was lucky to get by him as he gave the finish line back to me and I took a .006 margin of victory. In round 5 I was up against Rick Beckstrom. Oh my God, would it be possible to get a easy round today. I was able to pull of another holeshot victory with a 8.91 to a 8.90 .011 margin of victory. I was now in the semi-finals and so happy just to be there with the talent of the people I was able to get by, it did not really matter what happened( yeah it did). In the semis I race Justin Morgan, and I was able to get a reaction time advantage, a small one .029 to .030, and as we got to the finish line I started backing into him, and as we crossed the finish line, my win light did not come on. DAMN-IT. It ended up being a double breakout race, 8.865 to a 8.869 for him. He was .004 closer to the 8.90 dial, so he won. I have no idea where that 8.86 came from. The part that hurts, is in the wallet. I won $300 for my semi-final finish, but at National and Divisional events, they pay contingency money. They only pay to the winner and runner-up, no one else. By my count, I lost out on a minimum of $600 in contingency alone. Oh well, what you going to do? It back to Famoso for Summit series 3, will post that tomorrow.