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When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386425 07/25/09 10:39 PM 07/25/09 10:39 PM
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Mr. T OP super stock M Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,161 Mississippi	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqad9QRd8VU Not a good time to run out!!

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Mr. T] #386426 07/25/09 10:47 PM 07/25/09 10:47 PM
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Barnstorm mopar Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 644 Minnesota	At least you didn't blow the motor on a red. 5375839-mopar_resize.jpg (98 downloads) The little old lady from Pasadena is back!

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Barnstorm] #386427 07/26/09 12:23 AM 07/26/09 12:23 AM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 977 Poulsbo, WA ChrisJohnston669 super stock
ChrisJohnston669 super stock Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 977 Poulsbo, WA	Manny was KILLING the tree all day. and had already won the 30k. He was blinding that's why he didn't see steve die on the line.

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: ChrisJohnston669] #386428 07/26/09 12:38 AM 07/26/09 12:38 AM
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Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: ProSport] #386429 07/26/09 07:33 AM 07/26/09 07:33 AM
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MegaDart master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,314 The Swamp	There's a lot of ways to lose but that one sure had to hurt... Manny is just one of many killer bracket racers from Bradenton/Tampa Fl area

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: MegaDart] #386430 07/26/09 07:37 AM 07/26/09 07:37 AM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	holy crap, I would have got out and slapped myself for that red light

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Quicktree] #386431 07/26/09 07:38 AM 07/26/09 07:38 AM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	doesn't the other car have to make it to the end of the track? or just stage?

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Quicktree] #386432 07/26/09 07:44 AM 07/26/09 07:44 AM
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BBLM23 top fuel Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,273 Greenville, South Carolina	Just stage. Walter 1969 Dart Swinger w/ARC Pump Gas 493 B1/BS 10.18 at 130mph Racing Pro in street trim. 1981 Aries ARC 548 B1 8.88 at 147mph (footbraking) 1996 Ram 2500 V10 16.52 at 80mph 1981 Reliant 400

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: BBLM23] #386433 07/26/09 08:24 AM 07/26/09 08:24 AM
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Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Mr. T] #386434 07/26/09 08:46 AM 07/26/09 08:46 AM
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440Jim I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,923 NC	That had to hurt (red light). The way I think of it, the race is over as soon as somebody red lights (that is why if the second racer red lights or breaks out it doesn't matter). We were just talking at our track last night, any light beats a red light (some of us were red lighting too often...)

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: 440Jim] #386435 07/26/09 09:08 AM 07/26/09 09:08 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	how fast were those cars, they seemed to be a little slow,especially the red lite bandit!

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386436 07/26/09 09:10 AM 07/26/09 09:10 AM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: how fast were those cars, they seemed to be a little slow,especially the red lite bandit! did you watch (and listen to the video?)

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Quicktree] #386437 07/26/09 09:11 AM 07/26/09 09:11 AM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	you don't have to be fast to win bracket races

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Quicktree] #386438 07/26/09 09:13 AM 07/26/09 09:13 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: you don't have to be fast to win bracket races trust me i know, we got a few guys that race with us that go 12.00 that win alot. i just feel if your racing,why not go fast. i ran 12.00 and 11.87 back in 1974.

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386439 07/26/09 09:24 AM 07/26/09 09:24 AM
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Hot 340 master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,395 Pa	Quote: i just feel if your racing,why not go fast. Simple. They dont get cheaper as they get faster.

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Hot 340] #386440 07/26/09 09:31 AM 07/26/09 09:31 AM
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actionange top fuel A Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,627 anywhere@ anytime	Quote: Quote: i just feel if your racing,why not go fast. Simple. They dont get cheaper as they get faster. For some folks money is no object... and going fast is what racing is all about (oh- and wheelies too)

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: actionange] #386441 07/26/09 09:34 AM 07/26/09 09:34 AM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: Quote: Quote: i just feel if your racing,why not go fast. Simple. They dont get cheaper as they get faster. For some folks money is no object... and going fast is what racing is all about (oh- and wheelies too) so true, us poor welfare basturds run as fast as we can and make our junk last forever

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: actionange] #386442 07/26/09 09:36 AM 07/26/09 09:36 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: Quote: i just feel if your racing,why not go fast. Simple. They dont get cheaper as they get faster. For some folks money is no object... and going fast is what racing is all about (oh- and wheelies too) could we please leave the politics out of this . i was ordered by the president to stimulate the economy. i would just like to see some faster cars win the big $$$$. thats all please actionange no drama

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386443 07/26/09 09:44 AM 07/26/09 09:44 AM
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slantzilla Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,163 Park Forest, IL	Manny's light was -.005. Not exactly a blatant foul. Steve Alford is not a duck either. And these guys were feetsbraking. No electronics at all. "Everybody funny, now you funny too."

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: slantzilla] #386444 07/26/09 09:49 AM 07/26/09 09:49 AM
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Darrell top fuel D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,634 Petersburg, Va	Quote: Steve Alford is not a duck either. Nither is his brother Richard! Tough racers with the luck on there side this time.

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: Darrell] #386445 07/26/09 10:00 AM 07/26/09 10:00 AM
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ajcasini mopar A Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 686 PA	I was stanging at the starting line when this happened. It was the craziest thing that I had seen in a very long time. Steve Alford actually was trying to rock his car into the stage beam while trying to get it started. Then as soon as he got it fired it jumped out 3 feet and that was it. Talked to Manny after this and he said he was so focused he didnt know what happened until after his foul. Manny was killer all day and flirting with the red bulb. Just an inoppertune time to turn it red.

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386446 07/26/09 10:12 AM 07/26/09 10:12 AM
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Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: i just feel if your racing,why not go fast. Simple. They dont get cheaper as they get faster. For some folks money is no object... and going fast is what racing is all about (oh- and wheelies too) could we please leave the politics out of this . i was ordered by the president to stimulate the economy. i would just like to see some faster cars win the big $$$$. thats all please actionange no drama sounds like a winner to me, how fast can you make my car go sponsorship available

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: ajcasini] #386447 07/26/09 10:14 AM 07/26/09 10:14 AM
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MegaDart master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,314 The Swamp	Quote: how fast were those cars, they seemed to be a little slow,especially the red lite bandit! He might have been dialed faster then you?? I think I heard 5.8x? He lifted soon as he saw red.. Quote: The way I think of it, the race is over as soon as somebody red lights and of course there are always exceptions. My buddy redlit in Top Sportsman against Ronnie Davis who was dialed 6.54. Ronnie never saw red ran it out got squirly and crossed the centerline giving the win back to Mike Thompson!!

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: MegaDart] #386448 07/26/09 11:58 AM 07/26/09 11:58 AM
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RonTheAnnouncer master Joined: May 2004 Posts: 4,617 In the tower	My buddy Rick Baehr won Friday night! I saw a guy run out during the semis of a 5K race at Norwalk. He'd been racing over 20 years and never had it happen. Unfortunately for him, it happened right after his burnout. Ron H. "Just when you think you have all of the answers...I change the questions!" "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: RonTheAnnouncer] #386449 07/26/09 12:02 PM 07/26/09 12:02 PM
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slantzilla Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,163 Park Forest, IL	Quote: My buddy Rick Baehr won Friday night! I saw a guy run out during the semis of a 5K race at Norwalk. He'd been racing over 20 years and never had it happen. Unfortunately for him, it happened right after his burnout. I saw a buddy of mine do it the day he wore his "I'd rather push my Ford than drive a Chevy" shirt. Ran out on the burnout. We were a big hit pushing his Falcon back to the pits. "Everybody funny, now you funny too."

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: slantzilla] #386450 07/26/09 12:27 PM 07/26/09 12:27 PM
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Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386451 07/26/09 01:38 PM 07/26/09 01:38 PM
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instigator super stock I Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,090 north cakalaky	Quote: how fast were those cars, they seemed to be a little slow,especially the red lite bandit! And you think 9.20's is fast.....maybe for a good street car around here.... 65 Barracuda All aluminum Indy HEMI with some boost! COMING TO A TRACK NEAR YOU!

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: instigator] #386452 07/26/09 04:27 PM 07/26/09 04:27 PM
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Uncle Barry super stock U Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,070 Big Western Pencilveinya	Quote: Quote: how fast were those cars, they seemed to be a little slow,especially the red lite bandit! And you think 9.20's is fast.....maybe for a good street car around here.... o my, i almost ruined my laptop by spitting a drink of water all over it reading that one!!

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: instigator] #386453 07/26/09 04:38 PM 07/26/09 04:38 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: how fast were those cars, they seemed to be a little slow,especially the red lite bandit! And you think 9.20's is fast.....maybe for a good street car around here.... you all need power adders to go fast, NOS, Turbo's,blowers,etc. i like natural aspirated, the real way to go fast, anything else is just cheatin imo. if i put a turbo on mine, i wonder how fast i'd go. 5377024-65dodgeatetown.jpg (26 downloads)

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386454 07/26/09 04:52 PM 07/26/09 04:52 PM
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RapidusMaximus top fuel Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,410 Weatherford, Texas	I was at a Ten-grander one weekend, made it down to 3 cars, didn't get the bye, another dragster beside me got it...he pulled into the water, hit it and blew the coupler, rear seal and damaged the shorty plate on the transmission, me and the other guy ran...I was .007 on the tree to his .028...pedaled him too hard and gave the stripe back .002 ...bottom line was they couldn't get the broken car fixed and the guy that beat me byed in the final...the guy with the broken car was......but he still got runner-up money without even staging...thanks to my hard driving at the stripe I got semi-money...nice...real nice... 1968 Plymouth GTX 1974 Dodge P/U Long Bed Stepside 318 2019 Ram 2500 6.4, auto, 4WD

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel #386455 07/28/09 05:19 PM 07/28/09 05:19 PM
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nhramark master N Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,104 Wheels up, MO	Quote: you all need power adders to go fast, NOS, Turbo's,blowers,etc. i like natural aspirated, the real way to go fast, anything else is just cheatin imo. if i put a turbo on mine, i wonder how fast i'd go. A turbo on your car would make so much power you would probably be afraid to drive it. I like (and own) NA cars too, but you are severely tunnel visioned if you can't see the appeal of a turbo motor. [image]http://s1126.photobucket.com/user/nhramark1/library/Racing[/image] 9.100 @ 150 mph 5.780 @ 120 mph

Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: nhramark] #386456 07/28/09 06:02 PM 07/28/09 06:02 PM
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Re: When racing for $10,000,make SURE you have enough fuel [Re: nhramark] #386457 07/28/09 08:38 PM 07/28/09 08:38 PM
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topfueldart master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,697 Renton Wa	Quote: Quote: you all need power adders to go fast, NOS, Turbo's,blowers,etc. i like natural aspirated, the real way to go fast, anything else is just cheatin imo. if i put a turbo on mine, i wonder how fast i'd go. A turbo on your car would make so much power you would probably be afraid to drive it. I like (and own) NA cars too, but you are severely tunnel visioned if you can't see the appeal of a turbo motor. 11.48 @ 120 with a 1.80 60' 318, stock 1.88 heads, stock 904, Pump Gas, 13 lbs of boost. 9.94 @ 134, 318 on pump gas, 14 lbs w/ Eddies, transbrake 727, 3600 lbs, 3.54 gear and 28's.

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