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Re: Is Cecil County Dragway really faster than Maple Grove? [Re: Duner] #1511570
10/03/13 08:17 PM
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Cecil does have a slight downhill pitch to it.Fast as hell.

Re: Is Cecil County Dragway really faster than Maple Grove? [Re: UNDERDOGG] #1511571
10/03/13 09:15 PM
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i run at both tracks. maple is a lot closer time wise. it to me seems cecil may be .1 faster. i do have my best times on my bike at cecil.

now compare numidia to cecil and i say .3 to different.

numidia about 1050ft
maple 540ish
cecil i think 200 ft or so

Re: Is Cecil County Dragway really faster than Maple Grove? [Re: dmking] #1511572
10/03/13 09:54 PM
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First off do you guys realize how much the track would need to be pitched down hill to make your car faster????

I ran my 10.oh truck at midnight at cecil and it went 10.007 134.97 next morning we ran the grove first pass of the trailer we went a 10.023 135.42
the 60 was a 1.42 at cecil and 1.44 at the grove.

Anybody else keep a log book? lets see the real numbers for comparison on some consistent cars.

Also Atco and maple grove have a tighter rollout. If I leave my cecil shims in my switch i'm red at both atco and the grove


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Re: Is Cecil County Dragway really faster than Maple Grove? [Re: bigtimeauto] #1511573
10/03/13 11:11 PM
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Back in the late 90s when I was racing my 71 340 Duster (stock), I could run 14.0 all day at MG, but no 13.90s. I swore the car had 13.90s in it so I kept going back to MG week after week trying to get that 13.9 time slip but it would just never get any better than 14.0. So I drove it down to Cecil County one Friday night and ran 14.0 first pass and a 13.9something on the second pass. So is Cecil faster? Maybe, but not by much for me.

Re: Is Cecil County Dragway really faster than Maple Grove? [Re: bigtimeauto] #1511574
10/03/13 11:16 PM
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Quote:

the question should be....Why doesn't maple grove prep the track or care about the racers?




Because MG sucks! I live a half hour from MG, but drive right by the exit for MG when I'm on my way to Cecil County. I can haul down there in about an hour if I really push it.

Re: Is Cecil County Dragway really faster than Maple Grove? [Re: bigtimeauto] #1511575
10/04/13 12:12 AM
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All I know for sure is what the video showed...
and that when we had the National meet in Tucson - there were a bunch of very long faces when their timeslips were a full second slower than at Cecil. (yeah, I know apples to oranges there)

All the internet bravado about who's ride was faster gets all mixed up when people are posting timeslips from different tracks times of year and obviously different DA and track prep. Everybody enjoys and down-plays having the "geographical" advantage of Sea Level tracks with mineshaft air. But put the group together in one spot and all that goes out the window.

Then all you hear is excuses. LOL

Re: Is Cecil County Dragway really faster than Maple Grove? [Re: Duner] #1511576
10/04/13 12:36 AM
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do a google earth on it,you will see if its up hill down hill or flat. we have 1 track up here in mi 1 meter higher at the big end and another track 1 meter lower.

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