First time at a track, Dissapointing results :(

[White93z34]

well my first experince at a track of anysort very dissapointed in myself :(
got 4 runs in in 1/8 mile untimed raceing

first run 90ish Cavy z24 (2.8, 5 speed) beat on him prety bad, got a decent launch

second run 92 Lumina z34 (3.4 auto) got a so-so launch, she won by about a car leigth

third run 9x neon, (2.0 ohc, 5 speed) i totally messed up the launch and he got a huge head start i lost :oops: :oops:

fourth run ford windstar (3.8 auto) finally perfected the art of launching, it was a slaughterfest

i'm majorly disapointed in myself, oh well i supose its not bad for the first time i ever drag raced however i'm wondering how bad these "lord knows how many mile" plugs are holding me back, ah well its time for a tune up anyhow.

[slick]

Any timeslips?

[White93z34]

nope it is all untimed

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

Untimed?? And what's up with people (dragstrips) only running 1/8th mile on the strip?? That sounds like a lame ass track to me. I've only ran 1/4 and I don't see how 1/8th can be all that much fun. :shrug:

[White93z34]

well its at the local airport and its still a fairly new event this only being the second season, so hopefully it will grow in the furute

[mfewtrail]

Untimed?? And what's up with people (dragstrips) only running 1/8th mile on the strip?? That sounds like a lame ass track to me. I've only ran 1/4 and I don't see how 1/8th can be all that much fun. :shrug:

A lot of dragstrips are only an 1/8th of a mile long...I have a 1/8th and a 1/4 mile track close to me. 8)

[Dirty Rockstar]

fourth run ford windstar (3.8 auto) finally perfected the art of launching, it was a slaughterfest

I think my 87 6000 could have seemingly perfected the launch against this one! My 3.1 hauls ass on my gf's mom's 98 3.8 Windstar! :lol:

[OldsmoBeast]

Untimed?? And what's up with people (dragstrips) only running 1/8th mile on the strip?? That sounds like a lame ass track to me. I've only ran 1/4 and I don't see how 1/8th can be all that much fun. :shrug:

Safety...with some of the things people are doing to cars these days, the speeds at 1/4 mile can get absolutely uncontrollable... I just had a discussion with one of my fellow Auto Trader employees about this today...he's the rep in charge of Old Car Trader nationally here in Canada, and i'm just one of a few Auto Trader reps in S/W ontario...we had an interesting conversation...theres an astro van that has 2200hp (NOT A TYPO..2200) and runs 6s in the quarter mile...just to name one example...he also said something about a 67 Camaro that does 213MPH on the dragstrip. The 1/8th offers a decent measure without the chance to break into uncontrollable speeds.

Thats our take on it, anyhow

YK

[KING JOKER]

which airport did you go to? i nmight have to check taht out some night and test out the "flat black beast" aka my cutlass

[KING JOKER]

which airport did you go to? i nmight have to check taht out some night and test out the "flat black beast" aka my cutlass

[White93z34]

http://www.w-body.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17775&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

[KING JOKER]

every saturday? kool might have to take the trip and see what its all about