Milwaukee Midget

[Stainless1]

Hey I planning to bring a can of VP if running gas.... Or whatever I dyno with if I go to fuel... 

[fordboy628]

midget,

Caitlyn Gray and team Shazam (Gary Gray Honda Insight  I/GT) are in impound @ 122.995 (I think this is correct)   On the 5 mile intermediate course. 

She ran 115 & 118 mph on the short course earlier today.   All this info is from Gary's FaceBook posts about their Speed Week effort.

They will be one of the first up tomorrow AM.    Waiting to hear how it goes.


F/B

[forker]

idle curiosity; that's probably a lot of tests. they all take time. what is the test protocol, in this context? how is gasoline tested in ECTA terms etc? MON/RON? density? speciation?  what's the go/no go data set?

no, I don't have a copy of the rule book.

 
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[Milwaukee Midget]

idle curiosity; that's probably a lot of tests. they all take time. what is the test protocol, in this context? how is gasoline tested in ECTA terms etc? MON/RON? density? speciation?  what's the go/no go data set?

no, I don't have a copy of the rule book.

 
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They run a current through it with a device that determines the dielectric constant of the gas. Anything above 15.0 is considered fuel.

New drive tires arrived.
DSCN0155 by Chris Conrad, on Flickr

We've been calling the old tires 22 " for years - turns out they're actually 22.5.

And after having the new drive tires shaved. we're coming in at 20.75 diameter.

I'll be doing some recalculations and make the decision regarding which diff to use later today.

Listening to the return runs - GO CAITLYN!

[Milwaukee Midget]

Well, whadyaknow?

It's done - and with time to spare, no less.

Which means I've got 19 days before WOS to figure out what I've overlooked . . .

Let me pose this bit of coincidence with the hope it doesn't return ironic.

One of Mark's faster customers has Sprite Midget Race Series Spridget that simply crushed the series last year - COVID notwithstanding - and I understand he's spent time on the podium this summer as well.

Mark called in a favor, and his customer loaned me a 4:55 open diff - so I now have a 4:55 gearset between my axles.

I'm headed to WOS loaded for bear with the 4:22 and the 4:55 gearsets, 2 - 20.75 diameter tires and the original 22.5 tires.

Mark put it pretty succinctly - "I want you take along every possibility for success".

I mentioned coincidence/irony earlier.

The loaner of the differential - to whom I owe a debt of gratitude - is a fellow named John Salisbury.

Can't make that up.

Crew is going to be a bit lighter than I had hoped. My dad has backed out, although he will be our crewchief in Absentia - which is a suburb in eastern Iowa.

Sadly, Mark is staying home as well. I think he's afraid I might have him help me change out pumpkins.

So it's just me, Kate and Nick.

Got to retrieve the trailer this week.

[Jack Gifford]

... a fellow named John Salisbury...
... Can't make that up...

? ? ?

[Crackerman]

I am guessing it's a Salisbury style rear end?

[PorkPie]

Chris,

pit with the Bockscar team as your neighbor....

than you will have a crew....

you will not find a better one.....

have a safe trip and enjoy the salt

[ggl205]

Chris, is it really a Salisbury diff you borrowed from John Salisbury? LOL!

John

[desotoman]

64 years ago.

Tom G.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Just a quick update.

The Midget passed tech late Thursday, and Nick attempted a bailout, but he clearly wasn't comfortable. Steve, our inspector, gave us a night to think it over and we both passed this morning after Rookie O.

Got in line and waited. And waited. And waited. Wind picked up, and never backed down. We pulled the plug at 4:00 today, and now that the cold front has passed through, we'll give it hell tomorrow.

Reconnecting the dots with a lot of names and faces - I love this place.

[4-barrel Mike]

  :clap

Go, man, go!

Mike

[jacksoni]

Good Luck MM. Tail wind maybe1   I had considered trying to come out to help but too many things this weekend already scheduled. Will be rooting for you. 

[fordboy628]

Tail wind, tail wind, tail wind . . . . . .

Remember the 2014 "Checklist" . . . . .

Sorry I couldn't be there, waiting here hoping for good conditions.

[Stan Back]

Midget -- why'd you have to bail out?  License expired?  Never heard of that.  They wouldn't believe you could fold up that tight?

Retired Stan