Calder 1st October

[ms700]

that's what we like to see!

11's!

[xrdreaming]

Well done mate, you went out there to get elevens and you got one.

[BRI BRI's XR]

Well done Craig what a great result, you must be stoked

[geea]

Here is what I have entered in Rumbles thread. Thanks for all the support guys.

It really shows what a great community this is.

I only wish Jeff could have been apart of tonight aswell. He's done most of the hard work and I'm getting the rewards.

Had a great night tonight. JB, Deek, Rod and everyone else made it thoroughly enjoyable. I'd also like to thank Jeff, its a great car buddy.

I thought it was going to be a frustrating night though with lots of times in the low 12's and the driver not quite getting it right. I ended up with a best time for the night of        11.999@121.96mph.   This was run on the factory dunlop 17's.

When I got the slip and saw the time I was rapt. The cars awesome but I've been told that I had some wheelspin in 1st. In the car I couldn't really tell. I did know that it got from 3000rpm-5000rpm real quick in 1st. The biggest problem I had was timing the 1-2 gear change. The car has too much power to leave it in auto mode with the transmission as it is. I'm thinking of having Kewish possibly strenghtening the auto a bit more.

Below is a full list of all my runs.

6:03pm 12.357@120.70mph 60'=2.138

6:08pm 12.209@120.56mph 60'=2.055

6:15pm 12.140@118.84mph 60'=2.062

I was reasonably pleased but I really wanted to get in the 11's so I let the car cool for awhile.

8:11pm 12.135@122.36mph 60'=2.062 I did everything wrong this run and it should have been my best run. I hit the limiter in 1st and changed from 2-3 at about 3500rpm. This was a wasted opportunity.

8:49pm 12.029@120.06mph 60'=1.985 So close yet so far.

9:26pm 12.121@120.20mph 60'=2.074 I'm starting to think I'm not going to do it tonight.

9:45pm 11.999@121.96mph 60'=2.039 I'm over the moon.

10:07pm12.088@120.67mph 60'=2.043

10:18pm 12.451@119.45mph 60'=2.127 I think the car was a bit hot by now.

Overall it was great and both Deek and JB also got PB's.

I'd also like to thank all the guys that gave me support and encouragement. You know who you are and Thanks.

Geea.

Geea.

[aps]

Geea well done on your night out at calder the T looked really great...............now if you go any quicker I will need to bring the APS ute out of retirement.

Peter

APS

Edited 01/10/04 03:36 PM by aps

[ducatijb]

Well done Craig.....your perserverance has paid off...Congratulations mate

[ktford]

Awesome work buddy, showing about 580 neddies in the car. 9 runs, that's also incredible with your layoff, dont think you'll be getting more than 5 in January at Willowbank.

Scotty

[TBO240]

well done craig sorry I couldnt make it hopfully be there next time....its great to see you continue to raise the bar.. and congratulations on getting in to the real street top 5 in ford performance magazine.

[turbotom]

Well done Craig. 11's club

[geea]

Thanks guys, I've just got up and have a splitting headache. Its not from the racing or partying afterwards (Deek, JB and myself only had 2 light beers each). Its from lack of caffine, I left home at 315pm yesterday and only had a coffee in the morning and never had another all day. I need my coffee, I'm having 2 cups of double coffee now so I should be fine in 30 minutes.

Its amazing what a difference 1/1000ths of a second can make you feel. I've been on the wrong end lots of times were I've had a target and missed by a few 1/100ths.

*beep* I'm happy right now.

Geea.