Race Results

April 18th: Tri-State Raceway for Club Clash VI, Iowa Grand Prix Club vs. Iowa T-Bird Club:
Start: 5th of 19
Finish: 19th with round 1 Red-Light
    I departed around 7:45am, joined up with another Club Member in Waterloo and we headed to the track. On the way to Earlville, which is about 50 minutes from Cedar Falls, it began to rain. I was hoping that the rain would pass by quickly and wouldn't affect the days events.
        We arrived at the track around 915 because of stopping for gas along the way. We paid our 30 dollars (!!!) and went through technical inspection right away. After that I found the Grand Prix's camped out in a area of the pits and I pulled in. After talking with some members for a bit they called cars to staging to begin runs. I jumped in my car and headed for staging.
        I made about 5-6 passes over about 2 hours and decided that I was happy with my results and parked the car. Around 11am they called our cars to staging for qualifying for the race. We were given two attempts, and we would take the best of the two for our time. After discussing strategy with fellow members I decided to go after the pole. My first pass was disappointing, I went after the lights hard and saw red right away. This meant that I would have to get into the show on my second pass alone. As we pulled into the lanes for round two I found that several people had gotten sub .550 lights and decided to lay off and took a .567 which qualified me 3rd out of the 8 grand prixs and 5th overall.
        After qualifying we grilled hot dogs and burgers and talked about how everyone's cars were running that day. Around 1pm we were called to the staging lanes to begin the "Club Clash" race. I lined up next to a Blue T-Bird whom dialed around 17 seconds, which I thought was quite slow for that car. I dialed a 15.40. The first two rows ran with both Grand Prixs winning, which made me feel good about my chances. Unfortunately I did not get a chance to find out. Once again I went after the tree and saw Red with a .487 light. Done for the day right there. So, after coming to the race with high expectations after winning the last event I went home with a first-round red-light.