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2019 - 2026 Wednesday Night Drags Sonoma

gixxerjeff said:
So how did you guys do, Joe and Merlin?
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Not so great for me. I had a easy run in the first round of eliminations. Then I dialed a 9.32 for the second round. I need to go rounds to keep the longshot chance that I have of catching Doug in the points. I win the race in the second round, but I don't see my win light come on. I slowed at the end so I wouldn't break out but no win light. I'm thinking to myself, I must have been on a really good pass for me to break out while letting off on a 9.32 dial. I get the timeslip and yes I didn't win. I look closer and I see they put the wrong dial for me. They had me at 9.42 and I just made a 9.35 run. Would have been great for my 9.32 dial that I should have had. I didn't see it before the race started so it's on me.....I will say I don't know what was happening last night because almost all of the regular track crew was not there. Two of us has wrong dials in that round. Doug went on to win the event. Merlin made his quickest pass ever on the Victory electric bike. I'm sure he will post with better details of his runs. He just came off a epic road trip also.
 
Yikes man. Sorry to hear about the staffing woes.
At least there was a friendly and familiar face working the gate! :)
She was cute, she told me the Barfer with the "Stinger Bee" came in but had a different bike on the trailer. I had no idea what the hell she was talking about...then it hit me. I said "Do you mean the "Light Bee?" She just said "Whups...yeah....that." She also said you were there. Did you fix the clutch already or did you run the other bike?
 
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Haha yeah she recognized me she said honey bee or something and I was like oh yeah yeah that's me. I broke it so I brought a different bike.

I think I will make a video about this one since it's kinda short. But I brought the Empulse, there's something up with the drivetrain on the Light Bee so I took the Empulse out and it did pretty good, I must be getting better! =P I had an pretty epic race against Doug I almost had him but almost doesn't cut it :(
 
HadesOmega said:
Haha yeah she recognized me.
I had an pretty epic race against Doug I almost had him but almost doesn't cut it :(
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Yeah, believe it or not she keeps track of you two. She has also been known to peek at this thread periodically like a good little lurker. :laughing
If my work hours weren't so fucked up I would be out there more. I am working on it. I really miss it.
 
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gixxerjeff said:
Yeah, believe it or not she keeps track of you two. She has also been known to peek at this thread periodically like a good little lurker. :laughing
If my work hours weren't so fucked up I would be out there more. I am working on it. I really miss it.
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A little catch up on your adventures.

Good shit! :thumbup

Congrats Joe!

Glad you guys are having fun.
 

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Here is my VLOG of WND October 21, 2020. It's pretty much just from my perspective. The highlight of the night was Eric testing out his new wheelie bar. You could see when the wheels spun because they lit up! I'll post a AAR VLOG and some race clips after.

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HadesOmega said:
Here is my VLOG of WND October 21, 2020. It's pretty much just from my perspective. The highlight of the night was Eric testing out his new wheelie bar. You could see when the wheels spun because they lit up! I'll post a AAR VLOG and some race clips after.

[YOUTUBE]WysmQvnn970[/YOUTUBE]
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After VLOG here plus some pictures at the end.

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Nice video's. It was your night to get Doug, you were right there, you had a good run against him. glad you got some footage of Eric's widow maker wheelie bars.....
 
Wish I had a better camera... You definitely launched faster than him. Must be scary getting that big bike front wheel up in the air like that.

Haha Widow Maker wheelie bar is that what they're calling it. I have to say it's pretty cool when the wheels light up. I'm sure he put a lot of work into designing it even though it looks kinda janky.

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HadesOmega said:
Wish I had a better camera... You definitely launched faster than him. Must be scary getting that big bike front wheel up in the air like that.

Haha Widow Maker wheelie bar is that what they're calling it. I have to say it's pretty cool when the wheels light up. I'm sure he put a lot of work into designing it even though it looks kinda janky.

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11-11-20 Wednesday night drags is on. Should be good weather for fast times. Gates open at 3pm racing starts at 4pm.
 
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Here the story about last week I just barely got it up today. Might be last drag race for the little Light Bee this year, I pretty much destroyed it during Sunday's Hare Scramble race. It performed it part well that night me not so good. It was a good night a lot of bikes.

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After Action Review VLOG
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Taking the loss on a break out when the other guy is 4 seconds off his dial sucks. I will be out there Wednesday.
 
Going to sit this one out I still feel beat up from the race on Sunday and I just feel so tired last night. I think it's because the sudden cooler weather and yeah I got beat up on Sunday. I forgot to charge the Empulse also =P Good thing is I will be able to fix my Light Bee today I'll get a part that I broke and hopefully make it fast again.

There is one more race for the year? I think it was the 18th?

Happy Veteran's day to all the veterans and veteran drag racers. I know Bill is a Vietnam vet. Least I can get a free meal today :)

Here's some record passes for me from the last race. While I did get eliminated quickly I ran my fastest pass on the Light Bee, my fastest reaction time, and I beat a Triumph Daytona off the tree and to the finish line!

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Take a breather! Happy Veteran's day also. Yes one more race on the 18th. Yesterday I thought this was the last one. Will try to give the details on tonight.
 
Is it me? Whenever I'm not there Eric wins the races. I feel like I'm his kryptonite or something.
 
HadesOmega said:
Is it me? Whenever I'm not there Eric wins the races. I feel like I'm his kryptonite or something.
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The Karma swings both ways, I suppose.
When you are there he tends to grab a handful of front brake and body surf that shit across the line.
 
Then you need to be there every race! I blew it in the finals. I had the worst reaction time of my life! no joke. .330! I have no idea what I was thinking. I tried to catch him and ended up breaking out. All I had to to was let off, because he broke out also, but I broke out more.....A corvette crashed on the big end so they cut the racing down to 1/8 mile and eliminations was the next run. Weather was cool, but no real headwind. I took Doug out with a great .016 reaction time and he was over a tenth off on his dial. I beat Alfredo on the supercharged Harley in the first round, Doug in the second round and then Bill on the new to him Super Hawk in the Semi's. Had a big turnout and they ended up reaching capacity and started to turn people away.

Next week will be the last Wednesday night of the year and they are also having a special big money jackpot class for the cars. There will be a lot of racers from Sacramento, so get there early to make sure you get in.
 
.330 is like average for me haha. Wow 1/8 mile! Never tried that before, must go by pretty fast. Sounds like an exciting night!
 
I don't know what i was thinking. I had the .016 lite against Doug, two .077's and a .156. Just blew it against Eric, and that is why they say, "That's racing!"
 
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