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We did some testing tonight with Roberts truck to make sure everything went well with journay and it was as strong as when it left sweden.
Myclone, Ms. Myclone and Joe Keller met us there, as did the local JSM guys.
I was the driver for the swedish green bus aka tow rig.
I can tell you guys this truck is much more impressive in person. Best part was we got there 2 hours before the gates opened so we unloaded it outside the gates. Robert DROVE the truck into the track.
Since he was here and to avoid any issues we decided to go ahead and get his NHRA license tonight. Call it a soveniour if you want. Not many other swedes will have that one.
So he made 6 runs, 2 60fts, 2 1/8th mile, and 2 in the 9's. Low boost, easy launches etc. Yep I said it EASY 9's to finish off the required 6 runs. Did I mention the first 4 runs were done within 10 minutes of each other? 2 minutes between rounds. This is a true TRUCK, not a race only.
We then started to pump things up a bit.
Run #7 he forgot to turn on the nitrous. Then at the end the brand new belt busted so he let off for a 9.11 @ 144 (memory, timeslips still in truck)
With some quick help running to get new belt while the track was delayed due to sprinkles we had a new belt on and ready to go.
Run #8 netted another 9.11 @154mph. Truck was spinning almost all the way due to rain, and just in general not so great conditions.
We decided that was good enough, load it on trailer and head home happy.
Robert is very pleased with those times. No tuning was done, track conditions not ideal, truck spinning a bunch and still LOW 9's. If this doesn't prove his truck can run fast in US nothing will.
Tomorrow we are going to make some belt changes, minor tweaks and get ready for nats. See you guys there.
Several cameras were rolling so don't worry. I am just dead tired and we need time to rest.
The crowd at the track after the 60ft runs kept asking me if it would run 10's, I just smiled.
By the end of the day, when they saw us come to line, everybody had camera's rolling. It was good.
Myclone, Ms. Myclone and Joe Keller met us there, as did the local JSM guys.
I was the driver for the swedish green bus aka tow rig.
I can tell you guys this truck is much more impressive in person. Best part was we got there 2 hours before the gates opened so we unloaded it outside the gates. Robert DROVE the truck into the track.
Since he was here and to avoid any issues we decided to go ahead and get his NHRA license tonight. Call it a soveniour if you want. Not many other swedes will have that one.
So he made 6 runs, 2 60fts, 2 1/8th mile, and 2 in the 9's. Low boost, easy launches etc. Yep I said it EASY 9's to finish off the required 6 runs. Did I mention the first 4 runs were done within 10 minutes of each other? 2 minutes between rounds. This is a true TRUCK, not a race only.
We then started to pump things up a bit.
Run #7 he forgot to turn on the nitrous. Then at the end the brand new belt busted so he let off for a 9.11 @ 144 (memory, timeslips still in truck)
With some quick help running to get new belt while the track was delayed due to sprinkles we had a new belt on and ready to go.
Run #8 netted another 9.11 @154mph. Truck was spinning almost all the way due to rain, and just in general not so great conditions.
We decided that was good enough, load it on trailer and head home happy.
Robert is very pleased with those times. No tuning was done, track conditions not ideal, truck spinning a bunch and still LOW 9's. If this doesn't prove his truck can run fast in US nothing will.
Tomorrow we are going to make some belt changes, minor tweaks and get ready for nats. See you guys there.
Several cameras were rolling so don't worry. I am just dead tired and we need time to rest.
The crowd at the track after the 60ft runs kept asking me if it would run 10's, I just smiled.
By the end of the day, when they saw us come to line, everybody had camera's rolling. It was good.
