Re: Drag Racing 1/8 mile

From: Michael Clark (mike@snakebite.com)
Date: Fri Oct 02 1998 - 21:36:45 EDT


> RT E.T. MPH
> 1.221 9.658 72.838
> 1.108 9.740 72.497 (got a "little" smoke at the start)
> .940 9.749 72.341 (broke the second mark for RT's :-)
> Robert

Damn Robert..... Green means you waited too long. ;-) <jk>

This might help next time you go. Go "on" the third yellow. In other
words, when you actually see the third yellow come on, nail it, don't
wait for green. The
first time I ever ran I left on green and got a 1.021 rt. Last weekend I left on the
third yellow like I was told and my rt's were .609 .685 and .787. So
even leaving on the 3rd yellow I still had a good amout of time before
red-lighting. I never even saw a green light last weekend...

Also your 1/8 mile et's are pretty good. Last weekend I had 1/8 mile
et's of 9.79, 9.76, and 10.35 <-- don't ask... BUT the thing that
caught my attention comparing your times to mine is the MPH. On the
above 3 runs I had 74.49, 74.59, and 73.4 So on average I'm running
about 2MPH faster than you in the 1/8. That seems like a big
difference. I think our trucks are almost identical, right down to the
ground effects. It seems you might be falling off on the top end. Or
could elevation be the cause? What were your 60' times like? Hey, I
wonder if the ram-air hood makes a difference, more drag?

---Mike, <bit by the drag bug> near Houston.---
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