Well good news- We went to Spokane last weekend for the Lucas Oil Division event. * cars showed up for an 8 car field so we were in just by passing tech. That took the pressure off somewhat. But I still wanted to run well to avoid the dreaded bump spot because the number 8 qualifier gets the number one qualifier in the first round of eliminations. Right out of the box we ran a 6.03 at Spokane's adjusted density altitude of 5000 feet. The car ran well although the motor was way too rich to make optimum power. So I started leaning it out on successive runs which resulted in a 6.11 then a 6.07- whoops- not getting quicker. Then for first round of eliminations I tossed the book at it. I changed gear ratios in the transmission, leaned it a ton, changed compression ratios, added timing. Way too many changes at once but the car liked it- it ran a 5.96 at 239 mph. I treed the opponent (the #1 qualifier) but just didn't have to power to hold him off at the other end of the track. I am not dissappointed though, we had a great weekend. Didn't really hurt anything, the car started coming around peformance-wise. I made four straight passes down the fantastic Spokane dragstrip. All in all a very nice weekend. This weekend we go to Seattle, not quite as good of a race track but lots of air so the power will be there. I am hoping for a good showing but there are 12 cars preentered so it will be a tough show to get into. Like the guy who invented the frisbee said "lets give it a fling and see if it flies". Dave