Congrat's Ken!!!........pretty good times!.........I'm headed
back to Pittsburgh Raceway Park after it opens in April!
See if I can get a 15 second run myself.........made a few improvements this
past winter........
Ron-
'01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website:http://www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <kenallgood@cox.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Take your Dak to the track - drag racing basics
>
> Unfortunately at the VMP here, most of the time the whole area is watered,
cannot get around the burnout box.. so I always end up lighting 'em up
anyway. Unfortunately, having to go thru that with street tires makes for
bad launches. Last time I went, I spun off the line almost every time.
Even my last run where I didn't really load up the RPM's at all and babied
it off the line and ran a 16.0 (ran 15.8-15.9 other runs). Funny thing is,
the first run in bracket racing, I spun out pretty bad off the line, and
still got my best run and broke out (15.80 on a 15.88 dial-in).. The
Mustang GT I ran against broke out too, hehe... He ran a 15.38 on a 15.41
dial-in.
>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 CC SLT 5.2L
>
> >
> > From: "RayB" <bpracing@worldnet.att.net>
> > Date: 2003/03/20 Thu AM 11:23:39 EST
> > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > Subject: DML: Take your Dak to the track - drag racing basics
> >
> >
> > For anyone wishing to visit a track to see how their Dak performs, or
for
> > those of you wishing to compete in ET bracket racing, this NHRA site has
> > some valuable information.
> > http://www.nhra.com/basics/index.html
> >
> > Take a look at all the categories there and you will be better prepared
and
> > more at ease for your first/next visit to the track. Let me know if
you
> > have any questions not answered there.
> >
> > I encourage everyone to try this at least once. It's fun, fast, safe
and
> > inexpensive. Read your local track rules and familiarize yourself with
the
> > track layout and local procedures. Avoid the burnout box at first,
> > especially/always with street tires, and launch from the starting line
as
> > you would from a stoplight. This will put no more wear on your Dak
than
> > doing the same thing on the street. When you want to improve your
> > technique, identify someone there who appears to be a knowledgeable
racer
> > (not a ricer ;-)) and ask for advice. Most will be happy to help you.
> >
> > RayB
> > http://www.dragtruk.com/ENTRIES/20KM1FD2KWBP.html
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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