Welp found out when "to cold" is "to cold"...

BlownStangGT

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Jan 22, 2002
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Went to the track last night for the last Friday night racing to see what the cool weather would do. Low was suppose to be 33* or so. Got down there, got unloaded, temps around 40* and some car breaks at the finish line. About 45 min to hour later they start running in the opposite lane of the break and only are running 1 lane. No biggie I figure. So I get to burnout box, all but ready to burn out and some civic blew up halfway down track :mad: Really? By now temps down to upper 30's or so. After another 25 min. wait they go back to the 1st lane that had a break in it. So mind you, its been like 2 hours since a car has gone down this lane now, so its not warm, nothing! Of course I am the second car, the first car was a grandam:shrug: so he wasnt helping warm the track. I do a decent burn out....launch...spin 1st....spin 2nd....and 3rd....all on Et Streets....mind you it kept moving while spinning, wasnt a crazy spin but enough to get interesting....crossed the lines at 12.49 at 120.34 mph. So I am guessing the spinning factor played a role in the 120 trap, but maybe the cooler weather helped, but 60' was only 2.0 normally a 1.6'. Next pass you guessed it spun like a mother 1st 2nd again to a 12.5 at 118.7 with a 2.1 60' LOL. For some reason I got greedy and wanted to try a 3rd pass:shrug::(:nono: Talk about aborting a run, felt like the car was on ice....so oh well, Im done with cold track trips no and done for the season.....Next season gonna have some Et Drags along with tubular k-member and some suspension tweeks in search of 11.60's at 120!:flag:
 
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Best time to go is during the day when its cool/cold. The sun helps keep the track sticky while the cool air helps the cars make power.

Our track used to move its test n tune day to saturday afternoon late in the season.