New race, same story

So another ET race has come and gone and the results were the same, lost in the first round. I don't really know what my problem was but I was really "chasing the tree" all day. What that means is I couldn't find where on the tree to leave to get a good light. My first reaction time was a .357 and remember .000 is perfect so your looking to get a light in the .020 to .050 range. To say I was slow on the tree is an understatement and my next light was only slightly better, .179, so I have a lot to improve before first round. The times for each run were a little more consistent, 12.18, 12.10 so I put a 12.09 on the window and knew I had to have a pretty good light and I should win. Well my first round light was terrible, a red light in fact -.059 so I wasn't even close on that light and my opponent was handed an easy win. My day was now over, time to pack up and cheer on the every one else, whoopie.

How's this for irony too, my friend Mike whom I race with had the same opponent I for his second round race and what do you think happened? Yup he had a red light too!! His was a lot closer though, -.008 so the guy was given another gift and ran out of luck in the next round when he red lit and finally lost.

The one good thing about the weekend was there was very little wind, no rain or snow, and I actually got sunburned.

There's another chance to do better next Saturday so I'm looking to start doing better.

Definition of stupid

That would be going up to the race track with a bad cold and trying to race when the weather was horrible. It was cold, windy and even snowed some all day long. The hardest to deal with though was the wind, it was gusting up over 20mph most of the day so I had to wear my hood up on my hoodie all day long but it must have helped because I don't think I have pneumonia any ways.

So how did the day go with the race car?

Disappointing, but it didn't go to bad over all. The car was working just fine but the driver wasn't so sharp (bad cold remember). For my first round race I said the car would run a 12.11 and the car went 12.103 so I lost by .007 of a sec! The sad part is I was way ahead of the other car and I lost track of where the finish line was. They re-did the track over the winter and the finish line looked different so I didn't take my foot off the gas in time to slow down enough to not break out. It was kind of funny really, the car was running so well I just sat there and checked out all the gauges, made sure all was good when I realized my opponent was no where around. I looked around a bit for him then looked up and saw the finish line and pulled my foot off the gas.

My racing buddy, Mike, made it all the way to the quarter finals and had a great day. The guy was winning everything from races to coin flips for lane choice until the car got quicker unexpectedly. The person he lost ended up winning the race so at leas the lost to the best that time.

No racing this Saturday so we'll try again the following Saturday and see if I can do better.