08-23-2018, 09:46 PM
8/23/18
I SPENT THE SUMMER IN THE LAST FRONTIER BREAKING IN AND TINKERING WITH MY TWIN YAMAHA 150'S (HP NOT CCS). AS A CAUTIONARY NOTE - I WILL GLADLY TALK TO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN ALASKA, BUT I USUALLY GO ON AND ON AND ON.
THE WEATHER WAS GREAT TODAY AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD TOMORROW. SATURDAY MAY PROVE DISAPPOINTING (REALLY WET).
THE TURNOUT WAS GOOD TODAY. IF MORE RACERS SHOW UP TOMORROW, THINGS WILL BE REALLY BUSY. THERE WERE LOTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING KARTS IN THE PITS (B & C REAR AND SIDEWINDER DUALS). IF MOST OF THEM CAME TO RACE, IT WILL BE WORTH COMING TO THE TRACK WHETHER YOU RACE OR NOT.
RACE OR NOT.
THE TRACK WILL PROVIDE A GOOD TEST OF THE VARIOUS THEORIES ON ROD BOLTS DISCUSSED RECENTLY ON THIS FORUM. THE STRAIGHTAWAYS ARE LONG AND THE ENGINES ARE TURNING HIGH RPMS FOR QUITE A WHILE. I EXPECT TO SEE SOME SNAP, CRACKEL AND POP (AND LONG FACES) BEFORE THE RACES ARE DONE.
THE RADAR SETUP PROVIDES SOME REALLY USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE RACERS. IT PROVIDES YOUR SPEED COMING OUT OF THE 180 TURN INTO THE STRAIGHT AND A READING AT THE POINT WHERE YOU MUST BRAKE FOR THE NEXT TURN. I DIDN'T SEE ANY TWIN SIDEWINDER TIMES. PAPA NEGAL HAD THE HIGHEST SPEED WITH HIS SAE/MC101S AT 62 MPH. SEVERAL OF THE SINGLE SIDEWINDER B-BOMBS CAME WITHIN A MPH OR TWO OF THE TOP GUN'S TIME. IF THE POWERS THAT BE HADN'T HOUNDED HIM AND HIS SON TO REMOVE THEIR TUNED PIPES THE DIFFERENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN GREATER. SEVERAL OF THE B-BOMB DRIVERS WERE SKINNY LITTLE GUYS WHICH ALSO AIDED THEIR IMPRESSIVE SPEED.
I SPENT THE SUMMER IN THE LAST FRONTIER BREAKING IN AND TINKERING WITH MY TWIN YAMAHA 150'S (HP NOT CCS). AS A CAUTIONARY NOTE - I WILL GLADLY TALK TO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN ALASKA, BUT I USUALLY GO ON AND ON AND ON.
THE WEATHER WAS GREAT TODAY AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD TOMORROW. SATURDAY MAY PROVE DISAPPOINTING (REALLY WET).
THE TURNOUT WAS GOOD TODAY. IF MORE RACERS SHOW UP TOMORROW, THINGS WILL BE REALLY BUSY. THERE WERE LOTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING KARTS IN THE PITS (B & C REAR AND SIDEWINDER DUALS). IF MOST OF THEM CAME TO RACE, IT WILL BE WORTH COMING TO THE TRACK WHETHER YOU RACE OR NOT.
RACE OR NOT.
THE TRACK WILL PROVIDE A GOOD TEST OF THE VARIOUS THEORIES ON ROD BOLTS DISCUSSED RECENTLY ON THIS FORUM. THE STRAIGHTAWAYS ARE LONG AND THE ENGINES ARE TURNING HIGH RPMS FOR QUITE A WHILE. I EXPECT TO SEE SOME SNAP, CRACKEL AND POP (AND LONG FACES) BEFORE THE RACES ARE DONE.
THE RADAR SETUP PROVIDES SOME REALLY USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE RACERS. IT PROVIDES YOUR SPEED COMING OUT OF THE 180 TURN INTO THE STRAIGHT AND A READING AT THE POINT WHERE YOU MUST BRAKE FOR THE NEXT TURN. I DIDN'T SEE ANY TWIN SIDEWINDER TIMES. PAPA NEGAL HAD THE HIGHEST SPEED WITH HIS SAE/MC101S AT 62 MPH. SEVERAL OF THE SINGLE SIDEWINDER B-BOMBS CAME WITHIN A MPH OR TWO OF THE TOP GUN'S TIME. IF THE POWERS THAT BE HADN'T HOUNDED HIM AND HIS SON TO REMOVE THEIR TUNED PIPES THE DIFFERENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN GREATER. SEVERAL OF THE B-BOMB DRIVERS WERE SKINNY LITTLE GUYS WHICH ALSO AIDED THEIR IMPRESSIVE SPEED.