Straight Line Racing brought the Mustang and Team Torque rooled with the Eclipse. Both teams had great guys, although some of them seemed a little nerous about being on camera.
About midway through the garage session for Team Torque they told us that the car they were working on actually belonged tothe girlfriend of the team leader, Troy. I got a little worried about thier relationship when I saw how they tore that brand new car up to remove weight. I mean they took out everything they could unbolt. I'm not sure how much a plastic door panel weighs or how much it will slow you down on the drag strip, but hey...it was entertaining to watch.
Straight Line Racing's team leader was Caleb Emberson. He brought his brother'scar and it was pretty sweet. His brother found it on Ebay and bought it from a woman who had taken great care of it. Garage Kept. That's what Caleb said. Repeatedly. His team gave him a lot of grief about that.
You could tell with both these teams that they all knew each other pretty well and raced against each otheron the weekends.
When we got to the track, I was really wondering how all of this was going to go. I mean that Mustang rocked and I couldn't see how the Eclipse could compete.
Before we started racing Troy had toget out of the dog house with his girlfriend over tearing up her interior. So he did what any normal, drag racer would do....he proposed. Nice.
But they started the Elimination Race with the Mustang handicapped by 1.85 seconds. That's a long time on the starting line. But the Pony ran the Eclipse down. The Mustang picked up a full second and the Eclipse only picked up 0.57.
Which makes me wonder....I mean both teams did essentially the same thing....they added drag radials, and opened up their exhaust. They only had $1500 so what else could they do. But why did the Mustang pick up so much more?
Check out the Squidoo site for the parts list and let me know if you have any ideas.....
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