Famoso Results 3-24-2012

[Trainman]

Had a good day, probably my most consistent day ever. No new record time, but my second best run ever and a new best 1/8th mile speed. Also on the 2nd pass I beat a C6 Z06(427/ 505hp) heads up, he was stock with drag radials. And on the 3rd pass I beat a Lightning with a Kenne Bell supercharger , even though he ran a personnal best against me. It was the same Black Lightning I beat at Fontana in January, see the video by SRTBrad for Fontana. Sorry no video today.
The runs were as follows:

Run 1: 9.56 am, 62 degrees, DA 1092, 60' 1.615, 1/8th [email protected], 1/4 mile 11.719 @ 117.42.

Run 2: 10:52 am, 64 degrees, DA 1231, 60' 1.641, 1/8th [email protected] (new best speed), 1/4 mile 11.676 @ 117.52 (2nd best ever pass). The Z06 ran 12.598 @ 119.00. My RT .131 vs his RT .651, winning margin was 1.4422 (about 12-14 carlengths)

Run 3: 2:13 pm, 75 degrees, DA 2019, 60' 1.612, 1/8th [email protected], 1/4 mile 11.720@ 116.59. The Lightning ran 12.059 @ 113.55 (his personnal best). My RT was .042 vs his RT .062, very good race but the winning margin was .3594 sec.

Run 4: 4:54 pm, 78 degrees, DA 2272, 60' 1.608, 1/8th [email protected], 1/4 mile 11.773 @ 115.90. The air was going away and I accidently popped the shifter out of 3rd gear just before I was ready to shift to 4th, otherwise this might have been the best pass of the day. My 60' was good and I had the best 330' time of 4.810 on this run.

Run 5: 6:37 pm, 75 degrees, DA 2083, 60' 1.629, 1/8th [email protected], 1/4 mile 11.720 @ 117.28. This was the best CORRECTED pass of the day (corrected time 11.438 @ 120.243)

All in all a good day and 2 great kills, especially a 3200 lb, 505 hp Z06 vette, sweet:rock:

 

[ViperJeff]

Very Nice......

 

[FATJACK]

Geat kills, way to go!!!

 

[mysrt10]

Great runs!!!

 

[phxpoolguy]

Nice job Jerry, still waiting for the valvebody from Dusty and I will be ready to roll again. Hope Dom gets his ready soon so we can all meet up somewhere.

 

[chefred112]

fantastic Jerry! great runs, great kills! way to represent mopar!!

 

[SrtBrad]

Congrats Jerry!

 

[Midnight Runner]

Nice run man.

 

[sparksftball69]

Nice Job!!

 

[fastestbrickonearth]

Awesome good job

 

[chrisheltra]

Your truck runs great. Still dont understand how a KB L is so slow. Is he still on a stock longblock?

BTW I bought myself a kirkey the other day.

 

[Race1Mopar]

You ain't lying about being consistent, great runs!!
Joe

 

[Trainman]

Your truck runs great. Still dont understand how a KB L is so slow. Is he still on a stock longblock?

BTW I bought myself a kirkey the other day.

Jose is a great guy, and yes he says the engine is still stock, with long tube headers, and he has a liquid intercooler with ice cooler. Also he was running lightened without a tailgate and passenger seat, along with lighter front and rear wheels and full slicks.

 

[caveman]

A modded L and a Z06 in the same day, congratulations!

I am curious though, How can a record 1/8th speed, not equal a record 1/4 speed?

 

[Trainman]

A modded L and a Z06 in the same day, congratulations!

I am curious though, How can a record 1/8th speed, not equal a record 1/4 speed?

Because I've gone faster in the 1/4 mile previous to that run(118.15 a couple of years ago at Sacramento in minus 660 feet DA, and just last month at Famoso I went 118.01). I think sometimes my 1/8th mile speed depends on when I shift to 4th gear. I shift right at the 1/8th mile into 4th, so if I sometimes hold it a little longer I probably have a little higher 1/8th mile speed than if I shift just before the 1/8th. The factory tach is not the most accurate (like 250 rpm increments) so I can easily vary shift points 100-200 rpm on any given run, although I am pretty close.

 

[caveman]

Because I've gone faster in the 1/4 mile previous to that run(118.15 a couple of years ago at Sacramento in minus 660 feet DA, and just last month at Famoso I went 118.01). I think sometimes my 1/8th mile speed depends on when I shift to 4th gear. I shift right at the 1/8th mile into 4th, so if I sometimes hold it a little longer I probably have a little higher 1/8th mile speed than if I shift just before the 1/8th. The factory tach is not the most accurate (like 250 rpm increments) so I can easily vary shift points 100-200 rpm on any given run, although I am pretty close.

That makes sense. I had no idea the factory tach was so inaccurate. Again, congratulations on several great runs.

 

[Jigsaw89]

Great runs... thanks for sharing!

 

[ViperPowa]

I found 2 videos of you buddy, taken from the Titan peeps on the Titan forums I still frequent, I could recognize it was you from the shifting. Great runs and great driving man!

11.6 run
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeC6B92EuvQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player]2012-03-24_10-52-00_429 - YouTube[/ame]

Jerry spanking that L
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY270dmtIEk&feature=youtube_gdata_player]2012-03-24_14-13-23_718 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Trainman]

I found 2 videos of you buddy, taken from the Titan peeps on the Titan forums I still frequent, I could recognize it was you from the shifting. Great runs and great driving man!

11.6 run
2012-03-24_10-52-00_429 - YouTube

Jerry spanking that L
2012-03-24_14-13-23_718 - YouTube

That is awsome, thanks...the 11.6 run video was against the Z06 vette...am I glad someone got that on video.