Since the 1956 Modified/Outlaw is in the shop for some repairs, and since the Nitemare AA/FD was at home in the trailer (Cedar Falls Raceway has cut back the number of AA/FD to 2!!??) I was in “no big hurry” to get to the track. Traci and I headed north to Waterloo to do some shopping (I am looking for a Blackberry Storm).
We finally arrived at the track around noon, signed the waivers and parked the truck over in the nitro pits. My plan for the day was just to hang out and take it easy. Right away I noticed that the Orange Crate was not in the pit so it must have just made a pass. I soon found out that Dale & Radar wanted to make a 100’ test pass to see how things were going to work out.
I hung out and pretty soon everyone showed up and started servicing the car. While everything was being checked out and reassembled (no significant issues) I hung out in the basement of the trailer with Radar discussing some upcoming plans for the 1956 Modified/Outlaw…
Before long Dale’s crew had the Crate ready to fire as I merely hung out giving a hand here and there as needed. We lit the car off on methanol, built some temperature, checked for leaks and then shut it down. Dale had a pretty good tuneup in it and I was skeptical about the track’s ability to take it. (I kept this to myself though… He was right of course… the track did hold it…)
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