Finally back from SORC road race.

[Jon]

I am finally back. It is good to be home except now I need a new transmission. I didn't even get to race the road race part of the event. My transmission broke during the half mile shootout. I managed to slip the transmission to 152.4 mph in the standing 1/2 mile which got me 3rd place out of about 50-60 in the unlimited King of the Hill. I then finished the transmission off in the burnout contest. We only had 15 seconds to shred the tires which was fine because my tires wore out quick at 182mph in OD sitting still. We went over there with two others from this area. My friend Dayna in his '95 Mustang GT with Cervini Cobra R body kit and 392 stroker. His dad also came with in his bolt on '95 GT. Since my car was broken I navigated for one of our friends that has a 2000 Cobra R that is turbocharged putting out 709rwhp. His exhaust came apart during the race and the carpet started smoking from the heat. We ended up pulling out of the race so his car didn't burn to the ground. Overall a bad luck year for me, but I guess it gives me that much more motivation for next year.
Here's a bunch of pics:

Lined up for the starting of the 1/2 mile

I had to do something to stand out in the burnout contest so I painted my tires to match the tires that hang on the fence posts on all the farmers fields.

182mph in O/D

Dayna got 2nd place in the 1mile shootout the in the closest repeated run class when he ran a 157.2 and 157.3 mph back to back
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My wife and I
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My brother/navigator and I
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I thought my trans range sensor went out so we walked through Arnold (population 750) at midnight looking for a Mustang to borrow a part from. This guy was nice enough to let us try his out.
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Here's his car getting jacked up

Trying to fix the exhaust on Bob's Cobra R

Broken Stangs

They've got a grasshopper problem

They had a clash of American Muscle in the Mile Shootout: Ford GT vs. Corvette Z06 vs. Viper (all being new stock cars)
The GT won at 174mph in the standing mile.

 

[Jon]

Now for some random shots:

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[Jon]

Thanks to Ron M. for letting us borrow his truck and trailer to get my car over to Nebraska and back.

Thanks to Rrev Motorsports for sponsoring part of my trip!
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And yes those are real retired NASCARs. They are pretty cool. And I thought the cars couldn't turn to the right. Guess it is just the drivers.

 

[BLK_DVL]

Thats awesome, cool pics.

Sucks about the tranny, but at least you were able to avoid the curbs.......

 

[Juiced87Notch]

welcome back jon looks like you had fun even with the bad luck hehe

 

[gospeedgo]

Sweet!

 

[Jon]

Thats awesome, cool pics.

Sucks about the tranny, but at least you were able to avoid the curbs.......

No curbs there.....just ditches.

 

[loud 95]

It looks like you had a blast. Man, the last time I saw Dayna's car, he only had a saleen front bumper, mid pipe, cat back, and the wilwood front brakes! Though, that was about six years ago.

 

[TheRedBlur]

I'm suprised, I didn't think that the 00 R kit would look good on an sn95

 

[Jon]

Yeah, I was suprised as well. I kind of like it. Sure gives it a different look.

 

[TheRedBlur]

yarr, if I were to employ that bumper I'd have to shave out the sharp edges on the sides, I think it conflicts with the smooth lines of the SN95's. that's my only gripe.

 

[charged9250]

Hey did you figure out why the trans took a crap? Are the trans coolers hooked up right???? Did the fluid in your exhaust ever burnoff????

 

[Jon]

The trans coolers work good. Consecutive dyno pulls only raised temp up to 140*.
Everything is burned out good.

 

[Penguin]

That looks like a lot of fun. I would love to go to one of those events.

So many nice cars racing instead of sitting at a car show.

 

[charged9250]

The trans coolers work good. Consecutive dyno pulls only raised temp up to 140*.
Everything is burned out good.

Why don't you just man up and put in a 6 speed... That way you can bang gears with the rest of us.

 

[TheRedBlur]

eh, go back and take a closer look at the pics

 

[charged9250]

eh, go back and take a closer look at the pics

Um...It was a joke!!! I give Jon s#!t all the time.

 

[TheRedBlur]

Um...It was a joke!!! I give Jon s#!t all the time.

I need to update my internet sarcasm detector

 

[The Factor]

Nice pics Jon, glad you had fun even though you had some bad luck , looks like it was a blast and your Cobra sure is looking sharp. Wish I could of been there to cheer ya on

 

[Jon]

Next year you can tow me over there and cheer me on!