Back in November we headed down to Las Vegas Motor Speedway to race my Eagle Talon. Side note – I ended up with a 11.2 @ 130 mph. Anyway, on the way back we stopped in beautiful St. George, Utah to snap some pictures for my Gearbox Magazine interview. Of course, I just pulled the car off the trailer and Jet Snow worked her magic. Below are some of her beautiful creations!

I was thinking yesterday about the Slide slideshow I created back in 2007 dug through my old blog post and found it! I need to create a new one with all the cars we’ve had since 2007, but I actually think we’ve slowed down on the car collecting. There used to be good money in buying, fixing and reselling cars. Not anymore. I’m pretty sure we can thank the recession for that. On a good note, I was able to spend all that time and money on getting my Talon done

Be sure not to hate on the purple GMC with raspberry flames, that thing was HOT when I got it at 18! Obviously, the color scheme shows my age, but we won’t talk about that.

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Recently, I posted about a new online magazine called Mitsubishi Gearbox. Well, I was lucky enough to get myself and my Eagle Talon an interview. During our recent trip to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, we stopped in St. George to take some photos (blog post coming soon and thanks Jet Snow for taking the pictures!) for the article. Read my complete interview at Mitsubishi Gearbox Magazine.

We loaded up the truck and trailer last weekend and headed for the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After an uneventful drive and stopping in St. George to pick up Jet Snow we arrived in Las Vegas. “The Strip” puts on Friday night Midnight Mayhem events similar to Rocky Mountain Raceways midnight drags.  I’ve never raced anywhere but Rocky Mountain Raceways and Wendover Raceway so I was excited.

For some reason, the first pass right off the trailer is always my best. I joked with the hubby we need to start loading the Talon back up on the trailer after every run.  Anyway, I threw Jet in the passenger seat and we got ready to race. First pass was an 11.2 @ 130. Wait, what?? I fumbled around with the slip to make sure I was reading that right. Wow, that was like the sixth or seventh pass for the car down ANY track. Needless to say I was pretty stoked! When I checked the logs I was getting some knock. Before we headed down to race I’d up’d the boost to around 30psi. I’m fairly sure I’m running out of fuel pump at higher rpm’s so I had to richen the car up and subtract timing. She wasn’t very happy with that so I only managed to run an 11.4 and 11.5.

Bring on the videos!

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If you love Mitsubishi’s as much as I do, you’re going to love the newly launched Mitsubishi Gearbox Magazine. Why?  Because the site features normal, everyday car owners. Some examples include:  Mike’s 92 Galant VR4, Bryan Roehrs – 1991 Stealth R/T TT and Greg Wallace – 2003 Lancer Evolution VIII.

My favorite part so far? It’s looking like November is ladies month – Amanda Minks 2003 Lancer and Catalina Kemp – 1991 Talon. Who knows, you might see yours truly on there before the year is over (fingers crossed).

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