20 July 2007 - Pueblo, Colorado - Pueblo Motorsport Park

I have spent the better part of two months twisting wrenches on the Buick Grand National... it has endured the turmoils of assault by vandals (eggs were tossed at it on more than one occassion, mudballs and rocks are constantly found near it), and then there is the 1" golf ball sized "Hail" of Colorado's mother nature that has left it's share of dents all over it.

I drove the Grand National down to Pueblo, Colorado on 20 July 2007 to celebrate an early 46th birthday. I took it down the track four times. A legal venue for me to "drive it" as the Buick division intended.

The air was muggy after recent rain and increased 100+ degree air temps. It seemed to suck the performance out of many of the cars that attended that day. Many owners commented that they were 5 tenths or more slower in ET because of the humidity and heat soaked conditions. The best time out for the car was a 13.77 at 112 mph. Not bad for a car running low boost and a small 50 horse shot of nitrous. The car wasn't "raced" down the track... it was merely driven off the starting line from an idle. Not bad IMO.