Vic Miller Racing

Friday Morning towed to the line in the fog at 8am, I had new slicks on the car and knew that I needed to do a big burnout, along with that there must have been about 50 photographers that wanted to see my car run,....so I rolled threw the box and stopped a moment and then hammered here down with a couple of quick pedals smoked the crap out the ol hides to about 2-300 foot and stopped just before half track.

I got the car back staged and off I went it was a nice feeling again, but then just pass half track the ass end started to skate around big time and I lifted, moisture everywhere on the track,..ran 5.24 to the eighth...waited all day to be tolled exhibition canceled...

Saturday Morning 7:45,..up to the lines again a little less fog but the humidity was still around 83-85 %...they matched me against a early to mid 60`s front motored digger that had a coupe body on it and running on Nitro they had him do the burnout before they signaled me to even fire up...once I did I knew I would rush my burnout get it stopped and get back as to not keep the other on nitro hanging...Moderate burnout stopped pretty quick and started going backwards and noticed that I had left about a 12 inch round puddle of fuel from the over flow...No track guys bothered to get it whipped up so I was left with the thought of ...fug it I will drive around it...The car launched hard and I drove a bit out of the groove as to miss the fuel I left on the track, but know I was realizing something wasn't right,and now we are talking mili seconds I got out of it and realized I hadn't shifted, I hammered it back down and shifted second and ran it out the back door at 158mph 8.83...yea that wasn't fun...lol

Again sat around all day Saturday waiting for the chance to run,..that never happened...

So now all my testing and tunning was all coming down to Sunday,..I was going to run some nitro on Sunday if I could get the tune up where I needed it on alky...never got there, the plugs where still looking new with no heat so I said fug it,.and made my mind up I wasn't going to tip the can...

So Sunday now,.and I had gone from a 105 to a 115 in the main and decided to take more away and 2 flats out of the barrel,..so now its a 125 in the main,....we wait and we wait,..and we wait,..and we waited some more,...absolute bullshitty day,..I insisted we stay and just go take a run regardless of what they were telling us,...by now there were only about 9 out of 3e0 exhibition cars left and when I towed up one by one they followed,..So blah blah blah in the staging lanes and we finally get to run,..Woooooooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooo

I was literally jacked up big time,.....most of you all saw the live stream and saw the pass,..but anyway's big big pedal burnout getting it all crossed up and slide ways out to 150-200 foot...it was sweet...I could here the crowd and announcer...FaaaaaaaaaaaaarRRRRRRR Ouuuuuuuuuuutttt

I get the car back way behind the lines and do two dry hops, stage the car mash the pedal and hiked the wheels up about 20 inches or so and they must have carried them out past 200 feet (it seemed),...The ol Veneys Vega came back down to earth just in time to grab 2nd and it pulled hard threw the 1/8 running 5.13@135.7, and kept on trucking it was such an awesome feeling, I approached the finish line and swatted at the chute lever catching it on the 2nd swat just as I went threw the traps. When the chute deployed and blossomed and it was a big tug and I knew from that it was a good run.

Now I hung out all day and I was hoping the Vega would run like a .30 maybe a .20. My crew coming from off in the distance was honking yelling and screaming as that got nearer and then I really knew it was a good one,Vince my buddy that was there to help me out jumped from the truck before it stopped, and running up to me saying I went..8.06@165 mph. In a bit of shock, and elation, my first response was to look back up track with both middle fingers in the air yelling Cackle car my ass....lol...This run was what it was all about, and it was fantastic...Jeff my other crew guy said it carried the wheels along ways and that the crowed went nutty...what a freaking weekend and all well worth it...I sure would like to see a video, if anyone has any video of any of my runs from the 2009 CHRR please feel free to contact me at nitrokids@charter.net

October 22nd, 2009

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My back is killing me and still a bit of driving lag,..But thanks again to everyone that had their hopes and big proud patts on the back...It is going to sink in for a while....I am very Proud with what I have done.

Out of a box of 1,000 handouts we had given out a little more than 500 and lots of signatures.

Man what a feeling,..I drained the fuel and cleaned my fuel system out and lubed it for tucking her in and away for winter. I pulled the plugs today too, and they are just barley showing any heat...there is DEFINATLEY a 7.80 something in this car on straight alky...guess we will wait till the march meet.

Thanks again

Vic

I had no Internet or clue to the bangshift broadcast, nor the response and congrat's across the web,..thank you all it was a blast, and well worth sticking it out on Sunday to do what I want to do best...Thank you I am now very proud of what I have done, accomplished, it wasn't easy but it sure has paid off.

I would like to give special thanks to the help that made this whole weekend happen and without the help of Dick Pruitt, Mitch Kim of Completely Nuts Racing, Rich Bailey for letting me use his truck, and to Vince Deglinnocenti and Jeff, my son Riley for being the superb crew all weekend long.

I am absolutely overwhelmed and astonished at the amount of response all of you have given me... this is way cool and the best, well the 2nd best anyhow, moment in my life.