We have been building a cateye truck for the last 45 days or so to race this particular event but fell short on the build. Loaded up ol reliable and headed to the track Saturday afternoon hoping to get 2 test passes in before the race. The rules had changed since we last ran and they would not allow the use of a transbrake since this was the "street" class. Made 1 pass off the footbrake to get some data and it was not looking good. Place was so packed, we could not get a second run and my mechanic buddy just had to dial it in off the 1 pass. After a change in shift points, NOS progression and timing, we were going to swing for the fence. After a lot of close races, there were 3 of us left out of 33. I had already got a buy, so knew we were going to have to win this race to get to the 3,000.00 prize. Went to stage the truck and noticed the voltage gauge at 10 and dropping. Put a jump box on it and popped the accelerator. It would charge for a small amount of time and then peter out again. Dash was flashing due to low voltage when we lined up and sent it. Lost by .2 seconds and I could hear the NOS system sputtering due to not having enough voltage. Was a fun weekend but really thought we were going to take home that check. Found a pic that a professional photographer had taken of my truck online. Thought it was a bad *** pic.
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