Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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superchuck, there is no evidence to back up anything you said. There have been articles written that showed that it takes longer to run a 1/8th mile program on a big track like Summit, as the cars slow down and coast a long way to the first turnout.
The main reason the points chasers like 1/8th mile is that the bracket finals is 1/8th. The track is happy because they get a discount on insurance if the cars go less than 150 MPH. My feet are my evidence. I spend more time in the staging lanes on them when we run 1/4 mile.
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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11/27/17 08:15 PM
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I really enjoy the 1/8 mile. my car is built for 1/4 but I will take the 1/8 mile times all day.
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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11/27/17 08:54 PM
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My only question is do they CHARGE less since your only racing on half of the track.. this is my money.. if they charge the same then they are ripping me off
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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11/27/17 10:51 PM
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I run both. I don't care for the 1/8. As far as running the program quicker? Do the math. Same amount of cars and they are slower past the 1/8. How could it ever be a quicker program? Doug Agree 100 percent
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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I am sure they would still run test and tune 1/4 mile. Lots of 1/8th mile racing on 1/4 mile tracks around here, but test and tune is still done 1/4 mile.
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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I run both. I don't care for the 1/8. As far as running the program quicker? Do the math. Same amount of cars and they are slower past the 1/8. How could it ever be a quicker program? Doug Less oil downs and cars being towed off the track. Were you at MMW this year? Remember the guy that oiled down both lanes because be broke but stayed in it and kept switching lanes..... all the way down? Pepperidge farms remembers
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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Most of the tracks here in the N.J. area are 1/4 mile and i haven`t heard of any of them converting to 1/8 mile. At my local/home track Super /Pro runs 1,000 ft. all other classes are 1/4 mile due to a short shut down area. On occasion we have ran 1/8 mile due to track conditions its not too bad, but its over quick when you are used to 1/4 mile. I run at South Mountain during Chryslers at Carlisle which is 1/8 mile and have been pretty successful there always enjoying it but thats In my low 15 second (1/4 mile) 9.70-80s ( 1/8 mile) pickup.
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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What Max said is dead on. I love the top end charge of a Hemi. I have and will race 1/8 mile, because I always know there is a 1/4 race in the future to look forward to. If F.A.S.T. or Drag Week was changed to 1/8 mile, and I only had 1/8 tracks around here, I'd quit.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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In Street Outlaws, they make a 4-5 second half a race seem like 20 seconds the way they chop it up and repeat it 1/2 second at a time 40 times. That's why I don't watch it. You put up with 20 minutes of stupid bs just to see a race, then you never see the whole race. It's like they strapped a bunch of cameras to the backs of squirrels and turned them loose on the track to film it. If they ran a 1/4 mile, maybe they could just show the whole race.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Norwalk 2018 only 1/8 mile
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12/20/17 04:42 PM
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For some reason that I cannot really figure out, the bracket guys seem to love the 8th mile stuff.
They say it's a quicker program, but I don't see it. You've still got to get down to the end to turn off. And, to watch, there isn't enough of it to really get into it, anyway. not that bracket racing is a big spectator draw, anyway. But, I guess to each his own and if that's the way it's going to be, so be it.
Personally, I'd rather eat a bowl of ground glass. If it ever got to the point where 8th was all that was available, I guess that would be my cue to park everything and hang out at car shows with the rest of the geezers.
Last edited by Steve1118; 12/20/17 04:48 PM.
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