My Day At The Shoot-out

[brent EB02]

first off i want to thank Cartek for putting on a great event

also want to thank all the sponsors who contributed and tek warrior for all the time and energy it took to get this event together

also want to thank crashed94 and tommy from surf for all there tranny help and carmen from vette drs for the o-ring!!!




i had a blast meeting everyone it was nice putting names with

faces and talking with a great bunch of guys all week-end

i made a few passes sat night to get a feel for things...

then sun morning

i met up with j-rod at the scale before the event even started

we checked each others cars mine was 3260 his was 3175

i guess because he didn't have any exhaust on the car is why is why it was so light


so i went back to my trailer and removed some gas since i had over a 1/2 tank of 94 octane ...

i made my 1st pass 10.71 @ 127 mph 3225 lbs which had to be DQ!!! for being too light

so i went back to add some fuel and went on to race some more


at the drivers meeting Dave made it clear as long as your car met the min weight the run was good

he also informed all to run all day as much as you want

so thats what i did and so did most others
i had 8 runs between 10.73 to 10.77 all day.... pretty consistent

all total i had 28 runs i actually had to send out for some 93 octane because i was running low and right down to the 3250 mark on the scale

my car is tuned for the street the way i wanted it so any more than 94 octane is really no good for my car as tuned

my car as you all know has full exhaust the way i always race it

this is not to take away from j-rods car.. his car is far more radical and thats fine by me

he brought it and yes its a bad ass car no question....

j-rod is an excellent driver as well

i feel bad his car still did not meet the min weight of 3250

on his 1st run of the day

but my car didn't either!!!

my second best run of the day was 10.730@ 127.99

which was the quickest and fastest @ legal weight

which happened to take place around 1 pm after the air went south quite a bit



the weight of my car did move as fuel was consumed and added as the day went on


i did get an chance to go heads up with j-rod

you can watch it here and see for yourself
http://www.cartek.net/videos/brentswininsc.wmv

at the end of the day we challenged j-rod to some more heads up racing

and they declined... i wish they would have but they didn't

i was there to have fun and race my car and show people what this little 346 can do...

i must admit i do have more respect for j-rods car and driving after this past weekend and enjoy the competition

i know most of you from Texas and a few others will continue to bash me and cartek as you always do
even though most of you were NOT even there...

i do have about 13-15 passes in the 10.52-10.59 @ 129-130 mph yes in better air but certainly never better than -1800 DA

i would have posted sooner but didn't get home till 2am Mon morn


j-rod it was nice meeting you in SC and hope to line up again
before the 427 gets put in my car

[iamjdub59]

Good runs Brent. Its a shame that even with witnesses of the weight of the car, Jrods run was DQ. It was faster. This event was bought by the Cartek crew. "We decide who wins this race," Julio.

[z62jag]

Originally posted by brent EB02
i know most of you from Texas and a few others will continue to bash me and cartek as you always do
even though most of you were NOT even there...

Brent, I have nothing negative to say about you, your car, driving or anything else about you. You came to race - no problem. You prefer to have your car setup in a more streetable fashion - again, your decision, certainly within the rules - no problem. My remarks were directed entirely at the comments made (again, not by you) about how J-Rod's car idled faster than yours ; or that he used race gas during a race.; ran open headers, etc. These types of inappropriate comments just flat out rubbed me the wrong way and I felt compelled to comment. I certainly can't speak for anyone other than myself but I wonder if the perceived "Cartek" bashing might not ease up a little if comments such as those above were to go away?

I think everyone knows that Cartek, LGM, MTI, LPE etc. all produce some fine machines and, you know the saying "on any given day...". This the definition of the sport isn't it? Congratulations on your event performance; I wish I could've been there to see it.

[brent EB02]

i didnt have a problem with how they showed up to race

yes it was far more of a race car than mine with all those differences

but guess what thats racing

i did hear that idle at 1800 rpms and smelled the race gas exhaust

and again i dont care i did beat him heads up @ legal weight

again thats racing

[WiseGuyZ]

ALL YOU WANNA BE RACERS/LOSERS THAT BASH CARTEK/BRENT, WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP TO THE SHOOTOUT.....SHUT YOUR STUPID MOUTHS UP!!!!!!!
I WAS THERE AND SAW THE WHOLE THING..... SO THE ONLY SANE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REPLIED SOFAR (MYSELF,BRENT) KNOWS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!!!!!!

[holedgr]

Do you think your shouting and name calling is necessary to defend what really happened and that it gives your opinion validity? Wow. I am SURE that Brent and Cartek NEED your voice to aid in this disagreement. I also am very inerested in hearing more about us wanna-be racres/losers. And if possible, I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

-Tony

[WiseGuyZ]

Tony I never called you a loser..... Iam just saying that all these wannabe's who keep typing away and bashing brent/cartek don't know what happened cause they werent there.

Also my opinion on this matter counts more than any of those other people AS WELL AS YOU. Why CAUSE I HAVE THE VIDEO TO PROVE IT!!!!

So unless you came to the shootout and witnessed all of what went down, i suggest you keep your fingers off the keyboard and back on your dirt machine where they belong!!!!!

[holedgr]

Careful.......you're gonna get yourself buried. Actually.....your comments already have proven to everyone that you are an irrational tool. The more you talk, the further you bury yourself.
Frankly, I feel sorry for you.

-Tony

[WiseGuyZ]

Ok, so iam an irrational tool?????? Coming from you it doesn't mean shit to me since your a BENCH RACER anyways. Well, I can see thats its worthless trying to bang some sense into that thick head of yours. So I wont bother anymore. You have a good day!!!! AND LET ME AND EVERYONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR DUSTY Z OUT OF THE GARAGE AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE BALLS TO RACE IT.

[Andy Cravens]

Funny to watch threads like this

[WiseGuyZ]

Originally posted by Andy Cravens
Funny to watch threads like this

It is isn't it!!!!! I enjoy it more participating in them rather than watching them!!

[z62jag]

Originally posted by Andy Cravens
Funny to watch threads like this

Funny wasn't the first term that popped into my mind but OK, let's go with it.

[holedgr]

Ummmm.......I do race it......you tool.......I went to the fest year.......raced it........took it to the local strip.....raced it......you better ask somebody.......ya tool.

[robz]

As I expected Brent is always a stand up guy with only good things to say about others. Good for you bro. Congrats to you and Jrod on running some great times and how you guys handle yourselves. No need to debate ignorance. I drove zulaters car which is similar to yours and I am truly amazed at how streetable it is as you were saying. I will likely upgrade to the 3x package because of that. Keep your cool and lets get some 10.4x's soon.

[Greg Irvine]

Hurray to the "utes of America", Andy...Good call!!!

Greg