Finally a 12.0500 on the last day of the season at Santapod.
I cant thank my family and friends from the MMA enough for a thoroughly immense year and what a learning curve
So after may tuning tweeks with what I had available it came down to ditching those 29 year old (yep 29!) tyres and whacking on a pair of slicks.
What a difference, hooks up nice and keeps straight as an arrow, no more twitchy rear end, mine or the cars
Oh, I'm the yellow one by the way
What a perfect race between two Darts
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 9:24 am
by Dom66
Like
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 10:03 am
by gmopar59
excellent.
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 10:09 am
by Pete
Well done James!
A great achievement, you and your family have learned and achieved so much.
I am sure there is much more to come in the future.
For my part, that it quite an ironic Video
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 10:10 am
by Steve Chapman
Nice one, good article in CA too.
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 10:20 am
by Blue
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 11:27 am
by MattH
Good result, well done.
I will get the Chally down the track, I need to be there with more time and less BMW's queuing up.
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 12:54 pm
by Dave81
Well done James.
11s next year then!!
Is that your old Dart Pete (340/408?)?
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 3:45 pm
by Demon James
Cheers everybody
I reckon feeling as pumped up as I do is enough to get 11.???? next year alone
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 4:45 pm
by Pete
Time to spend even more money.... "Speed costs money, Boy; how much do you want to go fast" as the old saying goes...we can discuss at the NEC over a pint or two of Merlot.
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 5:15 pm
by Demon James
Merc caught napping, I had it with just over a car length. Although he ran a 12.0 to my 12.1, nice and close, I like to think it was a ‘first across the line race”
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 5:33 pm
by Pete
If it was a "who spent the most money to run a 12 race" then he won hands down!!!!
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 5:43 pm
by SJH
Well done James
cheers
Shayne
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 17 10:01 pm
by Cannonball
I had a good chat with the merc owner it is a right tool, he had issues with it only running on one bank of cylinders so was racing it like that certainly a quick car running on half his engine ,
Re: 12.0 at last
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 17 12:50 am
by Demon James
Running a 12 on 4 cylinders that’s frikin awesome, Dunc!
My daughter spotted your girls car and totally unprompted said she loved it. I said we will track you down and say hi but I missed ya in all the excitement of the day.