[Daubert20]

NYGTO, Straycat and I (Daubert20) ran our Pontiacs at Island a couple weeks back. NYGTO brought his Blue Charcoal 65 GTO, Straycat brought his Reef Turquoise 65 Tempest and I brought my Burgundy 65 GTO. We also had another car show participant park next to us with his Red 65 GTO. It made for a really neat pit area at a nostalgia event.

After travelling from an hour away in opposite directions, NYGTO and I ended up arriving one after the other! What are the chances?

NYGTO and I ran in Nostalgia 4 for 14 seconds and slower cars. Straycat ran in Nostalgia 3 for cars from 13 to 14 seconds.

In the first round the fans were treated to the best race of the day as NYGTO and I were paired up since our ET's in time trials ended being close out of the 8 car field. I ran a personal best of 14.298 at 97.22 but brokeout on a 14.50 dial to a winning 14.234 at 99.44. NYGTO went on to win N4 and took out a track regular driving a mustang in the final! A GTO in the winners circle!!!

Straycat made it to the third round in Nostalgia 3 with consistent 13.60's and some incredible reaction times!

We all had a blast and I can't wait to race again. It was my first time racing after a couple of test and tunes. I learned a lot (my engineering brain is spinning) and feel like I am finding some consistency with more track time. Sounds funny after owning a car for 33years!