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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sneaky98gt" data-source="post: 806139" data-attributes="member: 11327">Hey man! Sorry I missed this. I have been so busy the last month or so; I don't think I've been on sn95forums since this thread.Yea, I've been told by lots of people that Fayettenam is a good track. I've got an account on HPJ of the same name as here, and I occasionally lurk around, but I rarely post. I know that all of those guys really like that track. I don't doubt that, but SOMETHING was wrong that night for sure, and I'm about to explain why.I went to Rockingham yesterday. The DA was about 500 feet less than my trip to Fayetteville, and I had about 50 more pounds out of my car yesterday. So that accounts for roughly .1 seconds and 1 mph in the 1/4 mile. Everything else yesterday was IDENTICAL, right down to the air pressure in the tires. I ran a 12.65 @ 108.15 mph with a 1.84 60' yesterday. Yes, you heard that right. And it wasn't a fluke. I backed it up with a 12.66 @ 107.88 mph with a 1.83 60'. I had a whole slew of 12.7 time slips. All this is with only a 500 feet DA and a track that really wasn't prepped very well. It's got 12.5s, maybe even 12.4s left in it with good weather and track prep.So when the weight and weather accounted for, I ran (on average) over half a second faster and 3-4 mph faster at Rockingham with the IDENTICAL configuration I ran at Fayetteville. My 60's were also WAY better; 1.85 was the average yesterday, versus 2.02ish at Fayetteville. Was the same type of launch yesterday (brake stand, floor gas off the line) except I could only get it to 1750ish rpm yesterday, versus 2000ish at Fayetteville.I don't really know how to explain half a second and 4 mph other than something being off at the track. And considering that Rockingham is IHRA certified, I think it's safe to assume their track and timing system is accurate. Another guy in the club had VERY similar results as I did between the two tracks on the same days. He has a full bolt on, geared, cammed, weight reduction 01 Bullitt. He ran a best of 12.98 at about 106 (IIRC) at Fayetteville on the same night I did; in the IDENTICAL trim, he ran 12.59 @ 110 yesterday at Rockingham with wheel spin. 4 tenths and 4 mph. I don't know how to explain it, and maybe Fayettevillle is normally right on the money, but something was wrong that night.Anyway, I had a great time yesterday and am ridiculously happy with my times right now. My best 2 time slips (right lane in both):<a href="http://img222.imageshack.us/i/1002528e.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3350/1002528e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://img535.imageshack.us/i/1002531.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/3950/1002531.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>And the link to my thread about these recent track times: <a href="http://sn95forums.com/index.php/topic,57731.0.html" target="_blank">http://sn95forums.com/index.php/topic,57731.0.html</a></blockquote>