so yesterday was the first time i had ever been to a dragstrip (Island Dragway in NJ). I was there for teh biggest all rotary engine meet on the east coast (rotorfest). I did NOT have my car (heheh you guys will know why soon enough) but i did watch alot of other cars run.
anyway, i saw some interesting stuff:
WRX wagon slaughtered a mustang gt (believe 14.02 to 14.8).
a 1st gen eclipse consistently running low 13s all day until its hood latch came loose and smacked the windshield.
trans am ws6 vs new GTO (not sure of year) was something like 14.1 (ws6) to 14.3 (gto). i thought GTO's were faster than that. the gto trapped higher than the ws6 however.
primered FD rx7 ran 12 something (was mid to high 12s)
some 80s dodge sedan (definitely a turbo dodge) whomping on mustang gt's and a FAST crown vic (13.9)
a p-port 1st gen rx7 looked (and sounded holy shit, i dont know if you guys ever heard a p-port rotary but its loud as fuck) like it would go fast, sounded like it had transmission problems, i think its best run was a low 14.
another thing i noticed: i saw some bikes run, and is it just me or did they have relatively low et for the traps they run? they were trapping almost 150 mph and the ets were a mid 10.