JP135
10-14-2007, 08:38 PM
At Redline Sat. night.
We've tried to find a sport for my little girl to compete in. Ice skating/hockey/softball/soccer/basketball. All of them are "ok" but nothing more. When she was five she saw Junior Dragsters at the dale and was muey impressed. For almost three years, she's kept talking about junior dragsters. She's finally old enough now so we arranged for a friend to have his son's old car at Redline last night. She jumped in with no hesitation and tried hard to do what we told her. After the first run she came back and told me she wants to do this every weekend forever!
Here's the results:
Run 1
RT: 1.46
60': 4.37
330': 17.95
Got a little scared because her shield fogged up, stopped on the track, shut down the motor. Had to be towed back to the pits with the golf cart. The timer auto reset LONG before she got to the big end.
Run 2
RT: 1.03
60': 2.74
1/8 mile: 21.66 @ 17.90 mph
Pedaled it all the way down, followed the golf cart on her own.
Run 3
RT: 1.06
60': 2.98
1/8 mile: 16.53 @ 33.24 mph
Everybody at the track was extra cool. I know sitting in the staging lanes waiting for some goofy kid to take six hours to run down the track is a pain in the ass, but I appreciate the patience of everybody from here who was there and got stuck waiting. It really made an impression on a kid.
We've tried to find a sport for my little girl to compete in. Ice skating/hockey/softball/soccer/basketball. All of them are "ok" but nothing more. When she was five she saw Junior Dragsters at the dale and was muey impressed. For almost three years, she's kept talking about junior dragsters. She's finally old enough now so we arranged for a friend to have his son's old car at Redline last night. She jumped in with no hesitation and tried hard to do what we told her. After the first run she came back and told me she wants to do this every weekend forever!
Here's the results:
Run 1
RT: 1.46
60': 4.37
330': 17.95
Got a little scared because her shield fogged up, stopped on the track, shut down the motor. Had to be towed back to the pits with the golf cart. The timer auto reset LONG before she got to the big end.
Run 2
RT: 1.03
60': 2.74
1/8 mile: 21.66 @ 17.90 mph
Pedaled it all the way down, followed the golf cart on her own.
Run 3
RT: 1.06
60': 2.98
1/8 mile: 16.53 @ 33.24 mph
Everybody at the track was extra cool. I know sitting in the staging lanes waiting for some goofy kid to take six hours to run down the track is a pain in the ass, but I appreciate the patience of everybody from here who was there and got stuck waiting. It really made an impression on a kid.