You should have seen his ride from the tower, we know the car is yellow on
both sides.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: Fw: BMR rides again
> Will Handzel and I have been chatting about this race for a while.... for
> those of you who don't know much about the BMR coupe.... it's a GMC based
> six banger run by Doug Robinson and Crew....( I know Doug just can't for
> the life of me remember the other two )
>
> anyway Will is trying for the Dirty Two Club at El Mirage for a while...
> and they just can't seem to put " THE " pass together yet.... God knows
> they are trying....
>
> Figured some of you might enjoy El Mirage from a Drivers Perspective
> Read on....
>
> Keith
>
> ----------
> > From: Willhandzel@aol.com
> > To: kturk@ala.net
> > Cc: freiburd@emapusa.com
> > Subject: BMR rides again
> > Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:19 AM
> >
> > Hello Keith,
> >
> > Well, by now you know I slid off the course before the lights, but I'm
> sure
> > you're interested in "the rest of the story"...
> >
> > We had a starting number of 76--which means the course has had a lot of
> cars
> > digging it up before we even get called to the line, but we were
thinking
>
> > positive at least. The weather was perfect--high 70s, light tailwind,
> bikini
> > tops--you know--but the course was a little chewed up by the time we got
> to
> > the line.
> >
> > Doug had pulled 2 degrees of timing out of the engine, richened the FI
> two
> > clicks and added 20 psi of air to the rear tires (everyone keeps telling
> us
> > to run 80 to 100 psi in the rears, so we're trying 80), all changes I
was
>
> > happy about.
> >
> > I stuck to the plan we spoke about. Short shift first, hard into 2nd,
3rd
>
> > WOT, pedal for an instant during shift to 4th and WOT through 5th. This
> > seemed to work--I let the car drift all the way to the left, back to the
> > right and back to the left by the time I got to 5th. With plenty of
track
>
> > left to get 500 rpm, I was running 182 mph (via the data) and WOT in
> fifth
> > when the rearend really started to wag (it was wagging the whole way but
> not
> > like this). Car "rocked" pretty hard left, then right, then shot left at
> > about a 45 degree angle. Rearend out and counter steering. Hit the
> parachute
> > lever, waited...nothing. Kept my foot in it to keep from going around
and
> got
> > it collected back up. But not before smashing a cone to bits.
> >
> > Don't know if this is good or not, but wasn't scared. I'm starting to
get
>
> > really used to this Fuel Altered way of life--keep the throttle WOT and
> just
> > let the car find it's way. According to Doug afterwards, on the course
> walk
> > on Sat he saw a spot about 3/4 track on the left that was dark (means
> moist)
> > and had two tire tracks imbedded. Thinks I went over that. I spoke with
> > others about that area and they said it slipped them up too.
> >
> > Plug check showed engine was running perfect, Doug was happy with my
> > execution and we're glad to have the car in one piece. It was ripping.
> > Sounded awesome. Really tough deal though. I guess if it was easy
> everyone
> > would be doing it. We know it will take a perfect run with perfect
> conditions
> > to get this--we'll be back there.
> >
> > Glad to be able to write about it and smile.
> >
> > So now you know...the rest of the story! Will
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