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NHRA's
New All Motor Record!10.259 @ 129.92 MPH
We Rolled back into Dallas about 7:30pm Monday evening from Moroso Park in
Florida.
On our way to Moroso we stopped in to see our friend Jesus
Padilla's Shop. He showed us around and introduced us to several of his
friends there. We got to see some of the other race cars he's built and raced
over the years. From there it was off to his house, Then to the track 2 hours
away, were we dropped off our trailer's. A quick shower at the hotel and off
to dinner with Jesus and the Florida gang.
Saturday
we started off qualifying process with a 10.375 at 127.91 MPH pass. This put
us in the number 1 Qualifier position as well as open the ability for us to
cinch the NHRA All Motor Record if we could back the pass up. This was our
BEST EVER run in the car. To make sure we got the record Ken decided to lay
down a 10.348 at 128.40 MPH to push the record further and cinch it.
Sunday Morning was our last qualifying round. So we decided to try a little
something different. It didn't work so we went back to the old settings we had
run all weekend long. Then it was time for the first round of Eliminations
were on a Bi-Run Ken ran a 10.396 at 125.26 MPH. Second Round we had to run
Angel Valentin, a good friend with fast RX-7 to boot.
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Angel had been fighting with the car all weekend and wasn't on top of his
game. We know that he will soon over come the problems he had and be stiffer
completion at the next event.
On to our third round were we meet up with Jesus, who we knew might be holding back some power, so Ken push the pedal a little further to squeeze out a 10.259 at 129.92 MPH. A new record!
The
final round matched us with Scott Mohler and Team Mopar. We lined the cars up
and the lights on the tree flashed down. Ken didn't see Scott Red Light, and
started reeling him in quick at the thousand foot mark but thought he had lost
the race when it was over. But this wasn't the case. Ken finally gets his
first Wally to put in his trophy case.Remember to stay tuned for full event coverage from Kenscheepers.com. |
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