[NataSS Inc]

What a f***** week. Here is a quick run down of events. I could write a 4 page essay on everything that happened but this about sums it up.

-14 hour drive, arrive in Battle mountain
-pass tech inspection first time through
-sheer 2 HS rocker arms and trash the widnage tray in the valve cover on practice run but was still able to run 150mph on 7 holes.
-With ALOT of help from other competitors, come up with 2 factory rocker arms and pedistol. Do field surgery on an LS1 in hotel parking lot. Car runs great.
-Jim Macklaviane (sp) from GM high tech performance does a photo shoot on Mine and Bills car for future magazine article.
-Wife gets to navigate for a friend in a faster class.
-Car runs flawlessly over first leg of race.
-Run into a rain storm at 140mph on the race slicks, had to drop car to under 80mph just to keep it on the road.
-once out of the rain we lost a TON of time. Had to keep the car at 150mph over the rest of run.
-rain caused 3 other cars to slow down. next thing you know, you have a 63 galaxie, 65 dart, 96 vette and myself doing 150mph fender to fender passing each other and going through corners in a pack. That was a fooking BLAST!
-cross the finish line at about 149mph but still 5mph slow overall.
-pull into turnaround point, rear end pinion seal is completely out of the rear end and is puking all of its fluid onto the ground. After alot of direction and help from others we get the seal back into the rear end and are ready to make the return run
-the #8 studebaker comes off the road at over 180mph and the race is called and scored after only the first leg.
-since we didnt get the return run to make up the lost speed we ended up taking 6th out of 9 in the 130 class.
-Wife ends up taking 2nd place with Craig Homechick in the 145mph class. And is making sure to rub my nose in it.

[NataSS Inc]

Forgot to mention how well the car handled.

This thing was like it was on rails. The LG coil overs were FLAWLESS over the entire run. anywhere I pointed the car, thats where it went. It was almost scary how smooth it was at 150mph, through corners and over dips and bumps. There were a few coners where we saw .6 G's and the car didnt even flintch. .6 doesnt sound like alot to most of you track guys but when your at 150mph in a corner, .6 might as well be 1 full G. I did a full inspection of the mounting points......NOT A SINGLE SIGN OF STRESS.

I really have to hand it to Lou, he built one bitchen set up and I was nothing but grins going through those corners. I was pulling at least 15mph more speed or higher through all of the corners than just about any other competitor in my class.