First Round Racing

October 24, 2009

Penultimacy

Posted by: Administrator
Filed under: Museum of Failure, PSCA

Just two races left in the season, and amazingly I find myself in possession of third in the points chase. The last regular 2009 points race in Vegas turned out to be an interesting one - #2 qualifier, made it to the semifinals for the first time, and got to hang out with some old friends from Bothwell Motorsports.

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May 26, 2009

MM Points Through Race 3

Posted by: Administrator
Filed under: Museum of Failure, PSCA

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    Race 3    
Driver Name Race 1 Race 2 Tech Qual Rounds Total
1 Dan Marciano 190 195 50 30 100 565
2 Scott Dool 150 140 50 50 60 450
3 Travis Curry 145 125 50 35 60 415
4 Glen Strzelecki 215 105 50 0 20 390
5 Kirk Bouchard - 195 50 45 80 370
6 Paul Huizenga 105 115 50 25 60 355
7 Duane Cress 115 120 50 15 40 340
8(T) Brandon Giesler 70 150 50 15 40 325
8(T) Mark Kauffman 130 80 50 25 40 325
10 Paul Wolfe - 110 50 10 120 290
11 Brandi Montague 110 70 50 0 20 250
12 Ken Morgan 120 105 225
13 Tony Toro 140 50 190
14 Brian Serl 50 40 80 170
15 (T) Alan Wells 95 - 50 0 20 165
15 (T) Terry Anderson 90 - 50 5 20 165
15 (T) Bill Radoi 75 - 50 20 20 165
18 Dan Hale - 155 155
19 Javier Rarras 70 - 50 10 20 150
20 Alfredo Martinez 70 - 50 5 20 145
21 (T) Ricky Raus 140 - 140
21 (T) Stephen Porcho 70 - 50 0 20 140
23 Billy Hale 115 - 115
24 (T) Carl Gagnon - 110 110
24 (T) Bill Quay 50 20 40 110
26 George Keller 105 - 105
27 Sergio Felipe 95 - 95
28 (T) Nick Hages 90 - 90
28 (T) Joe De Los Santos 50 0 40 90
28 (T) Michael Valentino 50 0 40 90
31 (T) Bernardo Haro 80 - 80
31 (T) Chuck Keehne Jr. - 80 80
33 (T) Nicholas Meyer - 75 75
33 (T) Khristopher Olson - 75 75
33 (T) Dan Ellebracht 50 5 20 75
36 (T) Frank Lanzas 70 - 70
36 (T) Adam Montague 70 - 70
36 (T) Paul Pafundi 70 - 70
36 (T) Ed Contreras 70 - 70
36 (T) Anthony Dalrymple 70 - 70
36 (T) Gregg Kampen 70 - 70
36 (T) Sergio Minjares 70 - 70
36 (T) Mike Lapere 70 - 70
36 (T) Adam Wilson - 70 70
36 (T) Brian Spencer - 70 70
36 (T) Ken Ferguson - 70 70
36 (T) Alan Casey - 70 70
36 (T) Paul Fercho 50 0 20 70
36 (T) Alex Sanchez 50 0 20 70
36 (T) Fred Blankenship 50 0 20 70
51 (T) Charles McGuire 50 - 50
51 (T) Enrique Moon 50 - 50
51 (T) Bryan Spencer 50 0 50

May 18, 2009

Three and Out

Posted by: Administrator
Filed under: Museum of Failure, PSCA

The third PSCA race of the season was a mixed bag - my best qualifying performance so far (sixth out of 25) and two round wins, but both were thanks to broke byes rather than any particular skill or effort on my part. Third round was the end of the road, up against #3 Kirk Bouchard.

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April 21, 2009

My own worst enemy

Posted by: Administrator
Filed under: Museum of Failure, PSCA

This is what it looks like when you put a bullet in your own brain at the dragstrip…

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The good news is that I didn’t take myself out until the third round at the second PSCA event of the ‘09 season, and that I seem to have my reaction times figured out. After trying to intentionally redlight in the third qualifying session by going deep, bumping a little farther in, then giving it one more nudge for good measure, I pulled a -.030. In eliminations, going deep plus a single bump resulted in a .073, a .089, and a .032, which seems like about as much as I can expect considering I’m using both the foot brake and the parking brake to hold the car against the converter.

I also discovered that just bringing in the nitrous 400 or so RPM earlier is more than enough to give me three or so tenths cushion, so I won’t be on the brakes through the traps in qualifying any more. Going from a best of 15.825 in quals (resulting in a 15.72 index), I got a no-show single in the first round and ran it out to a 15.379 - almost a half-second quicker. Against Carl Gagnon’s much-quicker 3.8 in round 2, it worked out OK - On the brakes hard through the traps, I ran a 15.824 and still crossed first by .338.

Third round, it bit me in the ass. Taking nothing away from Dan Hale as a driver, I had him covered. I was a hundredth quicker at the tree, and by the 1000-foot mark I was wondering why he wasn’t catching me. I was hard on the brakes again in the traps, but I misjudged it and broke out with a 15.702-on-15.72, while still three and a half tenths ahead of him. Live by the sandbag, die by the sandbag, I suppose…

Well, lesson learned. I got three rounds worth of points, made it to the quarter finals, and worked out a bunch of stuff that I’ve been messing around with since the end of last year, so hopefully I’ll be able to do a little better next month in Fontana.

March 18, 2009

Drivers to the Lanes

Posted by: Paul Huizenga
Filed under: Museum of Failure, PSCA

Got a little love from KJ at 5.0 in his blog…

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March 16, 2009

Two and out…

Posted by: Paul Huizenga
Filed under: Museum of Failure, PSCA

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The first event of the PSCA’s 2009 season found First Round Racing in the house, looking for some precious round-wins in the hunt for a top ten finish this year in Ford Racing Mustang Maddness. A lofty goal, when you’re devoted to getting home before the sun goes down on race day, but I think we can achieve it.

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January 27, 2009

Failure to Fail

Posted by: Paul Huizenga

Well, it seems that the FRR sticker is the lucky charm I needed - Since I put it on, I’ve gotten out of the first round unscathed every time. On 1/25/09, me and Donut went up to Barona for the Wicked Stangs “Mustangs vs the World” event, and I ran in the “10 seconds and slower” index. With the newly-installed Zex wet kit and 50-shot jetting, the car went from 10.60’s to 9.80’s; perfect for sandbagging. Since there were only four cars in the category, it only took two rounds to claim the winner’s trophy, but it’s the first podium finish for this car, so it’s all good…

January 21, 2009

Nitrous - always a good idea!

Posted by: Paul Huizenga
Filed under: The Cars

Just a brief update to recap some of what’s been going on. First of all, I quit my job as editor of Race Pages at the end of December, and am now experiencing the joys of being a freelancer. So far, so good. Second, I spent some time at PowerTV doing a Zex wet nitrous kit and K&N FIPK installation on my ‘04 last week, followed by swapping on some Steeda upper and lower control arms I had laying around, along with an Eibach Drag Launch spring kit. I’ll try to get some pics up in the next couple of days, and as soon as the video goes up on PowerTV, I’ll get a link going.

October 20, 2008

Barona Dragway Test & Tune

Posted by: Paul Huizenga
Filed under: Museum of Failure

Some photos and videos from our Saturday afternoon at Barona…

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September 28, 2008

2004 Mustang V6

Posted by: Paul Huizenga
Filed under: The Cars

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Owner: Paul Huizenga
Driver: Paul Huizenga
Crew Chief: Greg Acosta
Class: FFW Mod Comp, PSCA Mustang Maddness
Powered by: 3.9l pushrod V6, 194 hp at the brochure
Mods: Sniper Commando tuning software, Zex wet nitrous system (50 or 75 shot jets),K&N FIPK intake, Zex wet nitrous system, home-made Cherry Bomb glasspack exhaust, 255/50R16 Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials, Steeda billet weight jacker lower and double-adjustable upper control arms, Eibach Drag Launch springs, Tokico Illumina rear shocks.
Best Numbers: 2.121 60-foot, 9.148 @ 77.77 1/8-mile, 14.640 @ 89.89 1/4-mile






















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