Lori, welcome to the fraternity - -uhhh, uh, I
mean, uhh - - group! Don't even think about
apologizing for writing too much. That's what
this place is for. EVERYBODY contributes, and we
all benefit from it. And don't be embarrassed
about selecting the wrong gear. Maybe other guys
won't admit it, but I've heard some cars do some
pretty impressive revving about half way down the
track before they finally "found" the next gear.
I've even heard that kind of sound on the videos
of some really fast streamliners at Bonneville.
I'm not quite a rookie any more, but I had to
click it forward one more notch on my first run
Saturday when I realized it wasn't shifting to
third! Shoot, even if you made the first run in
low gear, you would still have done something
that thousands of gearheads only dream about!
You ran the line!
Welcome aboard
Dick J
By the way, my 15 year-old daughter is the one
who took the picture of your car that I sent to
you. She can't wait to get her license so she
can race too. She'll be snooping around to visit
with you in the spring, I'm sure.
--- LBodenheimer122@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> I would like to introduce myself, I'm Lori
> Bodenheimer (Jim's better half),
> I've been going
> to Maxton for 2 years now and never understood
> what all the talk was about
> going
> FAST. Well I had my chance this past weekend.
> Now I know and I'm ready to
> try again
> to go just a little faster. I had two runs
> this weekend the first wasn't all
> that great....47,
> due to what I call a rookie mistake, shifting
> to second when it should have
> been
> drive.....never made it to 3rd, well I can
> tell you that it doesn't help to
> turn 5150 rpm if
> your not in the right gear. On Sunday I got
> another chance and was not going
> to go
> through the lights under 100, so when I was at
> the half I got to thinking
> things are not
> moving fast enough....well guess what rookie
> mistake again......but this
> time I knew
> what I had done and had time to manual shift
> to 3rd to turn a 113......if I
> had only had
> more time I could have gotten my 125. Can't
> wait until next time. Thanks to
> everyone
> down there for your support. Plus Thanks to
> Clem for the use of his
> firesuit, Mike for
> the push to shut down after the 47 mph pass.
> Sorry for writing so much, but
> it was
> great learning what all the excitement is
> about going FAST.
> Lori B.
> PS Thanks Keith for helping me get on the
> list.
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