enzom

Just got back from Atco. Had a fun morning with the Vette gang. We knew it was going to be too hot to get great times, but we made the best of it. Saw some awesome 9 and 10 second vettes.

My quickest pass of the day was my first - 12.161 @ 117.08 mph, 1.911 60' time. It was already 75 degrees on my vehicle display for that run (at about 10:25 a.m.) I hot-lapped it and immediately made another run. I ran a 12.184 @ 116.16 mph with a better 60' time of 1.893. I was surprised that the drop-off wasn't much greater.

Made a bunch of passes as the temperature rose. FYI - if you launch in second gear, you'll run a 12.8 @ 115.

I was having progressively more wheelspin off the line as the fuel level went down, and my 60 foot times were creeping up to 2.132 as the ESP interceded more than usual. After a 12.474, I put ten bucks worth of fuel in it and made my last run - a 12.167 @ 117.36 with the vehicle display showing 84 degrees and a 60' time of 1.930.

I am pleased with how the car did, but confused. How did I manage such high MPH on such a hot day? On much cooler days, I've gone through the traps slower. Also, with my relatively consistent back-to-back runs, are we making heat-soak a bigger issue than it really ought to be?