[Jeff Kinsler]

I ran in true street last weekend at maple grove at the PRO series event. I was the hottest day and the most humid day I have ever raced on. You have to run a 30 mile cruise and then come back to the pits and you have a 30 minute cool down period and cannot open the hood at any time. You can change tires and add gas or nitrous bottle or fill your intercooler with ice, but after you enter the staging lanes you cannot do anything to the car but lower tire pressure. You have to make 3 back to back to back passes and then they average your 3 times. We ran 3 passes which were 7 to 8 minutes between each pass. It was so hot in the car I almost passed out. The car did get up to 210 on the last run. There were 22 cars in the field.
I played with nitrous alittle but couldnt hit it off the line because it wasnt hooking good at all. The 1st run I screwed up and didnt hit the bottle til 3rd gear and ran a really ****ty 10.81 at 131.00. The second run I hit it in the middle of 1st gear and ran a 10.19 at 134.83.Which is my best run to date and was very happy considering the conditions. My last run was the same as the first 10.81 at 130.90.
I finished 7th out of 22 cars. The faster car averaged a 9.22, which was awesome in those conditons.
I cant wait to get to my home track and run in good weather so I can get my 9 sec time slip!!!!!!! It should go 9.80's on a good pass.
They are having this at maplegrove and atco next year so Im hoping some of the other racers from this site will go next year. We had a great time and you guys would too.