We lost 1st round 
That’s the summary.
Nah, it doesn’t need to be so glum. Here is the real deal.
We had pretty good lights all day (between .030 and .070) and we had super consistent 60′ times (between 1.52 and 1.53). We also were able to get the Racepak to record a full pass. So that data will be interesting to look at. One bummer was that we had some shifting problems. I watched the tach get up to 7200 on a 1-2 shift during time trials. That cause for pause. We put some new weights in the governor and on the next pass it shifted pretty low (so low that I didn’t get a chance to look down and see where it was). Anyway, we struggled with that.
For first round, faced an amazingly fast car, 9.37 was the dial-in. Compared to our 11.09, it was as if we were tied to a tree. I was getting close the finish line and didn’t think my opponent was going to get there so I let off the gas and … whoops, he went by me. Scrubbed too much off and gave up the win. Turns out we were both safe by .05 and the MOV was the same as the difference in reaction (0.02) which equates to 4 feet. My competitor was able to win the whole race so it was just his day. But I sure would enjoy winning a few more rounds so that my friends and family that join us are able to have some fun cheering us on.
I’ll blog about more of my experience with the Racepak as we get more into analyzing the data.