Racing Behind Jet Cars??
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05/20/13 02:34 AM
05/20/13 02:34 AM
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reknapp52
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Last nite Bandimere's had their "Night of Fire and Thunder" which features Nostalgia Fuel Dragsters, Nostalgia Funny Cars, and also Jet Cars, and draws a pretty large fan crowd. After the jets went, they ran the 3rd round of Super Comp cars, then the 3rd round of Super Gas, which I was a part of. From about the 1200' mark to the finish line, my car got to skating around pretty good, and it got a little hairy. After the run, and I got back to my pit space, I heard that one of the racers in the pair behind me had crashed just beyond the finish line--I am sure that it was from the kerosene residue left by the jet cars. The driver was OK, but his car is not, don't know if he will be able to rebuild it or not. Just a heads-up for anyone racing where they have jet cars booked in.
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Re: Racing Behind Jet Cars??
[Re: pittsburghracer]
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05/20/13 10:57 AM
05/20/13 10:57 AM
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Yep Stopped going to anything that says Night Under Fire! Even with my slow junk it was bad.We refused to race at one of these races a few years ago because of the track was junk after the jet cars. More racers should do that. Can not imagine a fast car on small tires or even slicks.
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Re: Racing Behind Jet Cars??
[Re: Duner]
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05/20/13 01:30 PM
05/20/13 01:30 PM
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Al_Alguire
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We generally run after the jet cars at the Fallon divisonal...It SUCKS...The entire track is prety much a mess so I try to come up as late as possible. Wont make Fallon this year so thats one thing I dont need to worry about I guess.
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Re: Racing Behind Jet Cars??
[Re: Al_Alguire]
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05/20/13 02:08 PM
05/20/13 02:08 PM
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dartman366
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Even as well as Norwalk preps the track I wil not run one of those events ever again, did once when my car was less power than it is now and the results were as stated above,,part way down track and started to skate around,,,,,I hate skating.
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Re: Racing Behind Jet Cars??
[Re: Al_Alguire]
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05/20/13 03:11 PM
05/20/13 03:11 PM
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dartman366
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Awe come on skating at 160 is fun
I was only running 116/117 at the time and that was enough,,,,worse part was prying my fingers from the steering wheel at the ET shack so I could take the ticket from the guy.
Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.
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Re: Racing Behind Jet Cars??
[Re: JD Dart]
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05/20/13 09:09 PM
05/20/13 09:09 PM
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Polarapete
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In my experience it is a bad idea to even be in the staging lanes behind the jets because when they leave they blow all the small debris back into the lanes and if your trying to do some between rounds maintenance on your valve train with the covers off guess where all that stuff goes...
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