vegasnitro
Nitro Member
My story is not as cool as Rapid Randy's are, but here goes anyway.
I am actually working in Vegas this week as my company was hired to setup a secured wireless network between 3 buildings at Las Vegas Motorspeedway for Shelby American. Yes, that Shelby. I spent all day watching them convert Mustangs in to Shelby Mustangs, even saw them working on a convertible 500 GT-H. So about 930 yesterday morning I climb up to the roof of building C at LVMS and begin assembling the antenna and stand when I hear a familiar sound ... a fuel motor ... I walk to the edge of the building and look towards the dragstrip and there is lots of tiresmoke where someone has just done a burnout. I stand there and listen for the hit ... sounded like about a 330 ft pass. During my lunch break I walk over to the dragstrip and there's Tommy Johnson Troxel Jr, Del Worsham and Melanie Troxel Johnson Jr. I got to see TJ warmup and then Del make a shut-off pass (7.72 @ 104) then it was back to work where I got listen to them warmup and make hits all day. On the one hand, I have the complete run of Shelby American, which is very cool, but on the other, I wanted to be over at the strip watching those guys test, it was almost torture to be that close to fuels cars and not get to watch.
This was my first time hearing a fuel car this year, so my un-trained ears may need the rust knocked off of them, but it sounded (and felt) like there was more pop in the tank when I was over there on my lunch break, so I am guessing they are trying to sort their 90% tune-up.
I am going back out there this afternoon for finishing work, so hopefully I will get to see/hear some more hits.
I am actually working in Vegas this week as my company was hired to setup a secured wireless network between 3 buildings at Las Vegas Motorspeedway for Shelby American. Yes, that Shelby. I spent all day watching them convert Mustangs in to Shelby Mustangs, even saw them working on a convertible 500 GT-H. So about 930 yesterday morning I climb up to the roof of building C at LVMS and begin assembling the antenna and stand when I hear a familiar sound ... a fuel motor ... I walk to the edge of the building and look towards the dragstrip and there is lots of tiresmoke where someone has just done a burnout. I stand there and listen for the hit ... sounded like about a 330 ft pass. During my lunch break I walk over to the dragstrip and there's Tommy Johnson Troxel Jr, Del Worsham and Melanie Troxel Johnson Jr. I got to see TJ warmup and then Del make a shut-off pass (7.72 @ 104) then it was back to work where I got listen to them warmup and make hits all day. On the one hand, I have the complete run of Shelby American, which is very cool, but on the other, I wanted to be over at the strip watching those guys test, it was almost torture to be that close to fuels cars and not get to watch.
This was my first time hearing a fuel car this year, so my un-trained ears may need the rust knocked off of them, but it sounded (and felt) like there was more pop in the tank when I was over there on my lunch break, so I am guessing they are trying to sort their 90% tune-up.
I am going back out there this afternoon for finishing work, so hopefully I will get to see/hear some more hits.