Racing

I had a great time at NYIRP Wednesday night racing Steve's sled.  Unfortunately I left water in the tunnel from the water box and blew away the track on the starting line in Round 1 of eliminations.  I had treed the guy in the other lane, but I blew it and lost an easy race.

Shoeless Joe Racing:

I had a great time at NYIRP Wednesday night racing Steve's sled.  Unfortunately I left water in the tunnel from the water box and blew away the track on the starting line in Round 1 of eliminations.  I had treed the guy in the other lane, but I blew it and lost an easy race.

I must say - everything that has been said about Steve's sled here: http://cs.amsnow.com/snocs/forums/t/42806.aspx  is true and then some!  We put a very mild tune on it because it has been sitting for a year and the fuel was a year old.  Even with the mild tune I ran a 9.84/130mph and scared the poop out of myself (I had never gone that fast on a sled).Anybody can take 100lbs off this sled, lean it out a bit and have it in the 9.30's - 9.20's all day long IMO.  Steve has put a LOT of work and thinking into this sled - it is VERY well engineered and extremely clean.  Anybody who wants a turnkey asphalt operation for a dirt-cheap price is doing themselves a disservice by not checking this sled out.  I really can't believe it hasn't sold yet.

 

Steve - thanks so much for letting me run it - the sled is everything you said it was and more!  I'm sorry for letting you down in the first round - the sled would have gone rounds if the driver had his act together! 

 Scott,I'm glad you could make it to NYIRP and get a chance to ride and race my asphalt sled. Once we got the cobwebs blown out and you got a feel for it, it ran pretty much  as I expected. It's too bad I didn't have fresh racing gas because I would not have had to rich-en it up so much to be on the safe side. That said a lot for the quality of Sunoco 114 race gas, super stuff. I often wondered what might have happened if I were to remove 75 or 100 lbs as you mentioned. But as you can see it looks like a trail stock-er with ALL the factory goodies on it and some that I added. When I got home I gave it a look over and everything still looks perfect (motor, track , suspension, etc...) ready for the next time you come to town, unless I take it out myself or It finds a NEW HOME!!!  Maybe someone at Epping might give it a look now that you have driven it. It would look good parked next to yours at your home track don't you think.

It's a shame no one has really taken a good look at this sled. As you can attest from 1st hand experience, it's exactly what I said it is.  Ready to rock and roll.

 Let's do it again if possible. It was great to have met you and your buddies last week, Keep in touch.

    Steve M.

Scott, I told Steve not to sell it. He put so much time and work in it to get it where it is. If he does sell it it would be a super sled/deal for someone as you now know after riding it yourself. It was nice to have met you at the track Wednesday night.

I've told Steve not to sell it also.  He's giving it away...one of my biggest regrets in life is giving away my race car.  If you don't NEED the money and it's not REALLY in your way - keep it and run it when you can!

Good meeting you, had a good time. Glad we made it to the track once this year.

Great to meet you too Joe.  Sorry I bailed on Denny's.  You don't want to know where I ended up until 2am

And I may be back before the end of the season!  Be sure to wear your woolies!

That is - if I don't have Steve's sled sold before then.

2 am what where you doing???

GUYS/GALS - might I add, this is a good sled and a great deal. I havent met Steve in person but I do know by based on his convos in the past, I know he is a very honest guy and will tell you exact like it is. This sled is a must and this is NO BS either. Steve, good luck selling, as I wish I could be the buyer to have a lot of fun with it. If you dont sell it within next year, I might be better position to buy it from you in that time frame.    WL

Somebody would be missing out on an awesome sled and deal by not giving this sled a look see.

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I just had to give this a bump.    It's well deserved.