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October 16, 2012 – Dave Schultz
Monday the 8th the rig was loaded up for the week long trip to Indy for the Nats, and Tuesday we were off. At the time we'd left Dave was #1 in points, and Dallas was #5 prior to drops and bonuses. When adjusted for drops and bonuses, there was less than a 20 point difference from #1 and #4 in the points — and all of the Top 10 were expected since this was a "Double Points" (200 points per round of eliminations).Friday we bought new slicks for the Whale and swapped carbs on the Big Red Ram prior to our first time trials. Both cars were about .150 too fast in the cold weather, and both were starving at the top end. We fattened up the front jets from 113 to 116 on both cars and ran our second time trial. Bother cars were a hair faster yet — but we had base runs for the 1st round of qualifying. We added the appropriate weight to run our indexes (C/FX for the Whale and B/FX for Big Red Ram), and ran our 1St Qualifying in the early evening. Dallas was a hair too fast (as were 13 of the 20 cars) in Qualifying, and Dave ran a 9.758 — putting him as the number 1 Qualifier after 1 round.
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We loaded up and hit the rack at 6:30AM, left for home at 10AM, getting to just west of Memphis at 7:30 for the Texan game (another Heart Break!). Up at 4:30 and on the road by 5:30, to the shop at 3:00, and unloaded by 4:00PM.
We gave a lot of thought on if we'd run the NMCA Series again (have not missed a race since 2007) — or to try the Victory Series. Both are about the same mileage, and both have good friends of ours running — but we came so close to a Championship that we're going to go for it again in 2013. My understanding (worst kept rumor in the pits – even through they don't announce until PRI) is that they have six races next year:
- Bradenton, Fl
- Atlanta, Ga
- Joliet, Il
- Bowling Green, KY
- Norwalk, Oh
- Indy, In
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