Todd Covini
03-20-2009, 02:46 PM
I wanted to publicly thank Glenn for bringing back/keeping/continuing our "BFT on 3" tradition.
For those who don't know, years ago we started a Texas AI/CMC V8 trend whereas whenever the grid marshall held up 3 fingers to tell everyone on grid that there were 3 minutes until heading out on track, the AI/CMC racers would all conduct a "ButterFly Test" (BFT) by all revving their engines simultaneously.
The BFT serves 3 purposes:
1) Test your engine's butterflys, throttle bodies, secondarys, etc...to ensure everything's A-OK throughout the RPM range, the engine's running fine and you're ready to go.
2) Get rid of those stomach butterflys that begin to start fluttering when sitting on grid for too long. Just a small shot of adrenaline to get you going before heading out.
3) (Most importantly) Let EVERYONE, and I do mean everyone, in the surrounding areas (and towns) know that the big, bad American V8's are getting ready to go out on track.
Last weekend, BFT on 3 was a little weak on Saturday morning and Glenn reminded everyone by rapidly popping his motor off of the limiter a few times. The result was a very loud V8 rumble from 20+ AI/CMC cars which made everyone laugh (and get their own stomach butterflies). Folks down by registration even started to move over to the fence to see the start of the race after hearing BFT on 3.
Corn, Clifton, Adrian & many others remembered BFT on 3 with an adrenaline smile. Thanks for keeping the tradition alive!!! :wink:
For those who don't know, years ago we started a Texas AI/CMC V8 trend whereas whenever the grid marshall held up 3 fingers to tell everyone on grid that there were 3 minutes until heading out on track, the AI/CMC racers would all conduct a "ButterFly Test" (BFT) by all revving their engines simultaneously.
The BFT serves 3 purposes:
1) Test your engine's butterflys, throttle bodies, secondarys, etc...to ensure everything's A-OK throughout the RPM range, the engine's running fine and you're ready to go.
2) Get rid of those stomach butterflys that begin to start fluttering when sitting on grid for too long. Just a small shot of adrenaline to get you going before heading out.
3) (Most importantly) Let EVERYONE, and I do mean everyone, in the surrounding areas (and towns) know that the big, bad American V8's are getting ready to go out on track.
Last weekend, BFT on 3 was a little weak on Saturday morning and Glenn reminded everyone by rapidly popping his motor off of the limiter a few times. The result was a very loud V8 rumble from 20+ AI/CMC cars which made everyone laugh (and get their own stomach butterflies). Folks down by registration even started to move over to the fence to see the start of the race after hearing BFT on 3.
Corn, Clifton, Adrian & many others remembered BFT on 3 with an adrenaline smile. Thanks for keeping the tradition alive!!! :wink: