races 9/8/07 kennedale tx

[Tom Shideler]

well we finally got back to the track with great anticipation for a win but we did not have very good luck. we took the 2 sons of our freinds with us, teenagers, and they had a great time chasing girls but we were first round runner up's this time. it startedoff bad during time trials as when I put the trans brake on to stage for my first timetrial I rolled thru the lights and deep staged on the next try, for some reason the brake kept blowing fuses. I got one good time trial w/ a .001 light footbraking it and ran a slow 6.82 et 1/8 mile track at 100 mph. normal is 6.5 or 6.6 area so I am loosing alot without the brake. we dialed in a 6.82 but I new I could go red and backed off the light too much in the first round and ran a 6.84, trouble is the other guy cut a better light and ran dead on with a .0 to put me in the trailer, oh well next time. I haven't footbraked a car in 20 years so I cant feel too bad, I'll get it fixed for the next time, lol. I hope you have a better day at the track. on the way home we had had trailer light s going dim and then bright again so I put my spare pocket flasher on the tail end and had my wife follow me home in her car so the cops wouldn't get me, most of the time they worked but just in case ! we will get them next time , have a great time out there and I'll see you in the funny papers, Tom