Badenton 1-10-04

[Craiger]

Went to Bradenton Motorsports Park Saturday Night with our 03 Mach 1 and our 03 Cobra. On my first pass with the Mach I laid down a 1.981 60' time on stock rubber but then the rust kicked in and I missed 2nd gear and then missed 3rd, man a couple years away from the track and I was rustyer than a mid 60's Chrysler in the northern states. I was never able to repeat that 60' time, as it was in the mid 40's and the sun was never out all day long. But then I got down to work and ran a string of 13.30's at 106 mph with 60' times in the 2.01 range. I tried numerous launch rpms, clutch slippage but the best seemed to be when i brought the revs up to about 3000 RPM and slipped the clutch. the bigger problem was 2nd gear, if i powershifted it would just flame the tires into a major fishtale, so my better ET's were all granny shifting and feathering the throttle in second. Also my better ET's and speeds I ran the car through the traps in third gear. In all I made 7 pass's with the Mach and my best was.

2.013- 60'
5.771-330'
8.693-1/8 mi
84.48-MPH
11.203-1000'
13.320-1/4 mi
106.37-MPh

Not Bad for the first time out with 2300 mi on the car. Never had a chance to throw the nitto's on it because I was also working my 03 Cobra that I was able to snag a 11.68@ 121.75 w/1.88 60'. made 8 pass's in the Cobra. We had alot of fun and we are looking forward to going back out with both of our Stangs.

[Jim Vaccaro]

Very good times in both cars..Congrats

[Greg@GLD]

Great numbers...! Excellent 60 foot time on the stock rubber.

:shft

[type R]

damn sun you got some work done on that snake i think...
:D i went down to sunshine wed with my friend in his '03 and the best he did before leaving a half shaft behind was 8.5...what should he hope for with the nittos 555r? i was thinkin 8.2 ish...hey main reason i checked in was to find out

[type R]

crap ...apperantly i cant edit my own post...anyway i was trying to find out if the mach came in an auto...reason is i raced my friends blue one and he got a car on me out of the hole and kept it there to about 100 where he just started inching away...this car tonight i hit hard twice and pulled what seemed to me to be too hard and once form 60 again i would have thought at that speed it would have been more his advantage...now if there's an auto this might explain alot...
BTW im looking for some good weather before i make the 100 mile trip to bradenton...40's and dry...

[type R]

please excuse the many mis types i use the 2 finger method and hit submit reply way too fast :D

[Jim Vaccaro]

i was trying to find out if the mach came in an auto...

yes

[Stang53]

craiger where do you live I have a comp orange mach and live in parrish.

[Craiger]

I live in Lutz, about 18 mi. North of downtown Tampa. I am in the Bradenton/Sarasota area every weekday with my job.

[99whitecobra99]

Congratulations on the times. Too bad you missed 2nd on that nice 60', would have loved to see that time.:D

[Stang53]

cool i took my mach to the track and tried to run it but the axle broke on my first pass. are you going to be going to nmra on march 11-14

[Craiger]

No I can't make it for the NMRA or Fun Ford events. I am not really into competitive racing anymore. When I lived up in the Chicago area I used to race a '88 5.0 GT in the shootouts and had a lot of fun, but those days are long gone. I take my cars to the track these days to see what they run and thats about it. I used to spend alot of time at drag strips like Great Lakes, Byron, Cordova, and a bunch of others. Beef that rear end up and go have some fun, good luck...