Had a great time today at Fuchs Speedway in Portland. It was the opening of their season which was called 'Show and Go'. We did a few quick drags - my son, Alan & I and it was exhilarating fun.
Lots of people had no idea what this car was, but there were a few who knew. A lot had a read of the display I had printed off and asked many questions.
When we had done a couple of runs , the guy doing the starts suggested he rig up the timers just for us. It wasn't planned to do timed runs but he was so impressed he need to know how we would go.
So Alan and I each had a drag on our own, there was no direct competition as it hadn't been planned and there was no Ambulance in attendance.
The Show (over 100 cars attended)
and GO!!
GPS speed didn't work properly for the dashcam.
This was my run ....
and this was Alan's.
We are both novices having never been to a drag strip before - Alan raced with his window down, a bit noisy on the clip but he didn't realize until he'd finished his run
It was a great day!!
My racing ticket. I don't know how these times compare to other P85D's but he reckoned we'd win any race in our class. Charge was down to about 80% when we finished Alan's timed run.
Ludicrous ........ hmmmmmm, still don't know, so tempted tho'.
Lots of people had no idea what this car was, but there were a few who knew. A lot had a read of the display I had printed off and asked many questions.
When we had done a couple of runs , the guy doing the starts suggested he rig up the timers just for us. It wasn't planned to do timed runs but he was so impressed he need to know how we would go.
So Alan and I each had a drag on our own, there was no direct competition as it hadn't been planned and there was no Ambulance in attendance.
The Show (over 100 cars attended)
and GO!!
GPS speed didn't work properly for the dashcam.
This was my run ....
and this was Alan's.
We are both novices having never been to a drag strip before - Alan raced with his window down, a bit noisy on the clip but he didn't realize until he'd finished his run
It was a great day!!
My racing ticket. I don't know how these times compare to other P85D's but he reckoned we'd win any race in our class. Charge was down to about 80% when we finished Alan's timed run.
Ludicrous ........ hmmmmmm, still don't know, so tempted tho'.
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