This should prove interesting...
As many of you know, I am a bit of a gearhead (I think most of us here are) and enjoy my hotrods and racing. In September, my buddy and I are going to embark on what is possibly the greatest test of man and machine in street legal drag racing. We are headed out on Hot Rod Magazine's Drag Week 2012 in his 1967 Mustang Coupe. Josh and I have been buds since high school, and although we both have a lot of gray hair (and most of the rest has long since been lost) our love for the sport of drag racing has grown.
So... The two of us are going to jump in his 351C-powered Ford and take off from Topeka, KS and drive to Tulsa, OK. The race starts Monday morning (Sept 10) at Tulsa. After racing on Monday, we will drive to Ennis, TX and race there on Tuesday. Wednesday morning will dawn on a new day of racing in Gilliam, LA followed on Thursday with racing in Memphis, TN. Friday we will be back in Tulsa for the finals. We have to drive the car from one track to the next as putting it on a trailer will result in an instant disqualification from the event. Eleven separate classes with a total of two-hundred-fifty cars will be competing and it should make for not only a great test of man and machine, but also for a good time with fellow gearheads. The class the Mustang races is Small Block Naturally Aspirated. Past winners have posted times in the mid 10-second range, but we will be happy to just finish the event.
Wish us luck and I'll keep you all posted with results.
Ron