Racing season is just about gone

[chevytrucks92]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Well...rain/snow mix tomorrow night.
Might have to see what is going on at the track this weekend.

A lot of tracks will let ya run the time trial rounds without paying the extra money to enter the race. That might be a thought.

Or you could just quit being a pussy and enter a race !

[Mr. Luos]

I could enter.
And get knocked out in the first round.

[chevytrucks92]

LOL. Ahh, got to start somewhere though, lol. I don't know how you do on the tree, but if you're even half way decent, then you WILL go rounds in the street car class.

Now don't try and enter the "Pro" class (since you're at an NHRA track, some tracks though call that class "Bracket 2" or "Foot Brake" or "Modified" or "Non-Electronics").

You wouldn't have to worry about entering my class ("Super Pro" at NHRA tracks, "Bracket 1", "Pro", or "Top ET" at other tracks). I dont think your car would meet the requirements (usually 0-7.49 in the 1/8th OR 0-11.49 in the 1/4-they don't always enforce that rule though), but even if you could make the time, you would be crazy to pay $45 or $50 to enter a race against full blown race cars with all the electronics. I mean to win a round, you pretty much either have to have a .00x light OR run dead on your dial in. You can fudge a little on the tree or the dial in (by a little, I mean .03x at the absolute most), but if you cut a .03x light and run .03x off your dial, you're going home or buying back in 99 times out of a 100!

[Mr. Luos]

I have outran PRO class cars at the T&T nights.
But they would knock me out I am sure.

Not the greatest tree...but normally around the .100 or better light. Last two times down the track I redlighted by .012. Same each time.


The hardest part for me is the fact that I race with a 6-speed. I am just not consistent.

[chevytrucks92]

well, .100 would be pretty decent in the street car classes. Now there's a few "ringers" in there that like to enter that class to run the 1/4 (there's this one track I go to on occasion that runs Top ET and Modified ET (would be Super Pro and Pro at NHRA tracks) in the 1/8th mile only but their Street Car class runs the 1/4-and usually, that's how it is at all 1/4 tracks-the top 2 bracket classes just run an 1/8th, but the street class and bikes run the 1/4).

But yeah, I think you could go a few rounds if you could cut close to .100 light every time. Even if you don't run your numbers. Becuase the biggest majority of the guys in the street car classes are just their to have fun with their vehicles. They usually do good to cut .2 or .3 lights and you'll see them run tenths, not hundredths, off their dial ins, lol. Thing about it is, if you can beat them on the tree, then you've got some wiggle room on the big end.

And yeah, the PRO classes usually don't have a speed requirement, but the guys in that class are usually pretty serious racers that either don't have a fast enough car to run SUPER PRO OR don't want to fool with a delay box OR don't want to pay the extra $10 or $15.

And I'm not saying this because I run SUPER PRO or TOP ET or BRACKET 1 (its actually just called PRO where I've been racing, lol.), but it is harder to win in the top bracket class. I'm telling ya, the last time I raced, in the 2nd round, I cut an .016 light and went a 6.831 on a 6.83 dial and got beat! Now that's uncommon to loose with a run like that, but it does happen!

[Mr. Luos]

DA was higher than the last time I was out, and we had a nice headwind.

New short times though....
1.674

[chevytrucks92]

Well well well! That's pretty awesome dude. 2 tenths in the 60 should get ya 4 or 5 on the big end, all things being equal.

What about the rest of the times? And I take it the rain/snow held off for ya.

[Mr. Luos]

Wasn't able to best anything other than my short times.

Had a friend tell me I pulled a tire on a pass. Cool.
DA was up and that wind was killing the car.

[chevytrucks92]

Well, in that video you posted a week or two ago, it looked to me like your left tire should have been up judging by your right tire.

And yeah, any little thing will throw off your times. Its funny how that works, lol.

[Mr. Luos]

DA = 7250 (per accuweather)
.354 light (focusing more on the launch RPM than the light)
60' - 1.696
330 - 4.991
1/8 - 7.709 at 89.78
1000 - 10.59
1/4 - 12.010 at 116.72

Came outta the hole at 4000 RPM's. Felt like it bogged again a little.
Friend claims the drivers side came up just a touch on that one.

[chevytrucks92]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

DA = 7250 (per accuweather)
.354 light (focusing more on the launch RPM than the light)
60' - 1.696
330 - 4.991
1/8 - 7.709 at 89.78
1000 - 10.59
1/4 - 12.010 at 116.72

Came outta the hole at 4000 RPM's. Felt like it bogged again a little.
Friend claims the drivers side came up just a touch on that one.

That's what we want, get em up a little. Dont want to get them up a lot though.

You might try about 4600 rpms. I think thats what my car leaves on (I'll look and tell ya for sure in the next day or two). You get too high though and you'll just spin. Going by your 60' though, it looks like 4000 is about right.

Just going from my experience (granted, different setups), that 60' should have got ya in the 4.80 range in the 330, and about 7.50-60 in the 1/8th. But like you say, you had a high DA and a head wind, which probably hurt ya worse then anything.