Troutdale Parade 03

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	Prestaging the cars at the Troutdale parade. There were 8 cars total that showed up for the event.
	Heading down the parade route. Rob is in the lead with with Ron and Sharon in his red/silver ACR and John in his black RT/10
	Looking back at the parade route. Doug and his wife Elizabeth in their blue/white GTS and Dean and Doris in his red RT/10. On the other side is Cody and Jenesa in their FE and Larry and Kathy in their red GTS. There was also an unknown '03 in the mix.
	The group decided to cool off at the local McMenamin's Edgefield pub.
	Another shot of the cars.
	Crowd is forming around......
	Ron's red/silver ACR to check out the results of his and Sharon's off-road excursion on the way to the parade. Cody provided some needed fascia realignment around the headlight.
	PIR Saturday Night Drags Later that night, we regrouped at the PIR Saturday night drags to mingle with the ricers and give them an education in what real cars are suppose to look and perform like.
	Rob, Cody and Jenesa explaining the finer points to Ken (me) of how to get his car successfully down the strip without looking like an idiot.
	In the staging lanes. Cody has agreed to give me a 'lesson' if I line up with him. I can hardly wait.
	Rob was up first giving a demonstration on proper burn-out technique. Picture doesn't do it justice and the crowd was loving it. He is lining up against Doug, the other newbie at the track.
	Cody and I are now up and going through the burn-out routine.
	Lining up. Probably too late to turn back now.
	Final staging
	Back from the first run and just happy I didn't suck to bad. First pass was a 12.4 at 116 which was OK by me.
	Click on pic to left to see Cody taking me to school on the second run as the announcer points out.
Results - From Memory Rob turned in the fastest run at 12.0x with his '01 GTS with 3:55 gears, tubes and filters and missing muffler system, offset somewhat by the parachute on the back and missing gas peddle. Rob then switched to Ron's stock ACR later in the night and clicked off the second fastest run of the night at 12.1x to illustrate for Cody that it really is the driver and not the gears. Cody turned in the 3rd fastest time at 12.3x Doug and I both ran 12.4x The way Doug was improving every run, he would have hit 11's with one more run! I was packing the most HP, but couldn't deliver. Next time I'm letting Rob drive my car into the 11's so I have some bragging rights (well at least so my car does). Dean and Ron both ran, but I did not get their times, but I think Dean was in the upper 12's. Ron also brought and ran one of his Panteras for a shakedown run.