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Old 07-14-2008, 08:27 PM
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First, they WILL NOT have the same coarse at 2 events, at least not on purpose.

Second, there were some real pigs, but how fresh they were should have had nothing to do with it. We did not set the world on fire, but got around pretty good. And keep in mind EmptyNest was fired on Weds night / Thursday morning at 3AM, made a pass up and down our culdisack on Thursday night. We fixed 2 ahh ****s and at 4Am loaded it in the trailer and headed to Columbus. Friday morning I drove it maybe 3/4 of a mile from the hotel to the show field, then went straight to the autocross. We did 6 laps in all and I got a 19.3 including a 1 second come penalty on my second pass. Scott Pruit got it around in 18.5 seconds on his first run babying it

So what I am saying is how fresh the car is has nothing to do with it. Nothing was fresher then our car. Now weather the car was built to actually drive...................Now that is a different story. Kenny used the term rolling art. I think Kennys car is much more then rolling art, but many others obviously were not. Some absolutly beutiful cars, World of Wheels quality indoor show cars, really had a hard time. The red Cuda, orange Camaro, multi colored Nova, proCharged 69 Camaro all come to mind, amoung others. I really think it is great they had to prove they can run, because any of those 4 could have made the top 5 easily had the autocross not been part of the show.

As for knowing the track, they let us walk the track and I personaly spent 30 minutes watching the vendor challenge earlier in the morning at different track positions to familiarize myself with the track before we ran. At any other Goodguys event you will get nearly unlimited runs, so you will have plenty of time to learn the track. Only columbus had the limited run schedule. Also, you will find plenty of pros willing to help you with adjustments, driving style, etc. ate any GG event.
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