OSW is under new ownership and they have been open quite a bit over the last few weeks. They are running Sunday Funday today and I took out the bone stock, stock-tire '13 for some passes.
Weather is in the mid-50's, day started off with a little bit of a tailwind, but by ~12:30 or so, a pretty stiff crosswind started.
First pass, mode 7, 3200 rpm launch and the car bogged a bit...11.708 @ 125.78 on a 2.105 60 ft.
Second pass, mode 7, 3400 rpm launch car bogged a bit less...11.644 @ 125.86 on a 2.048 60 ft.
Track shutdown for about 45 minutes for EMS to help somebody in the pits who passed out. Unfortunately for us, the '13's have to have a coolant temp of 170* for full power/rpm and use of LC. The car was hooking so well I dialed up the LC again..
Third pass, mode 7, 3600 rpm launch, car bogged a tiny bit but generally came out well...11.454 @ 125.04 on a 1.854 60 ft.
The crosswind at the top of the track was blowing the car around, and it clearly effected it as the mph dropped ~.8. I rolled the car back to the staging lanes and walked up to the bathroom...on the way back it was blowing hard. I looked up the track and you could see clouds of dust and sand blowing across both lanes. Seemed like a good excuse to call it quits and race again another day.
If this is representative of how well the new ownership is going to maintain the track, I expect to better my 11.38 best soon.
S.
Weather is in the mid-50's, day started off with a little bit of a tailwind, but by ~12:30 or so, a pretty stiff crosswind started.
First pass, mode 7, 3200 rpm launch and the car bogged a bit...11.708 @ 125.78 on a 2.105 60 ft.
Second pass, mode 7, 3400 rpm launch car bogged a bit less...11.644 @ 125.86 on a 2.048 60 ft.
Track shutdown for about 45 minutes for EMS to help somebody in the pits who passed out. Unfortunately for us, the '13's have to have a coolant temp of 170* for full power/rpm and use of LC. The car was hooking so well I dialed up the LC again..
Third pass, mode 7, 3600 rpm launch, car bogged a tiny bit but generally came out well...11.454 @ 125.04 on a 1.854 60 ft.
The crosswind at the top of the track was blowing the car around, and it clearly effected it as the mph dropped ~.8. I rolled the car back to the staging lanes and walked up to the bathroom...on the way back it was blowing hard. I looked up the track and you could see clouds of dust and sand blowing across both lanes. Seemed like a good excuse to call it quits and race again another day.
If this is representative of how well the new ownership is going to maintain the track, I expect to better my 11.38 best soon.
S.
