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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: BBR]
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09/18/14 01:13 AM
09/18/14 01:13 AM
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The min ET rule would apply to all classes....no slow cars at drag week.
Requiring all competitors to run a drag tire, bias or radial would go a long way towards weeding out the stock pickups or stuff like that.
Are you talking a DOT or the drag radials... but it
HAS to be legal on the road.. or HRM would be in trouble
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#1672312
09/18/14 08:39 AM
09/18/14 08:39 AM
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I think it's great that people who don't participate in drag week are the ones that want to change the rules. It's not a spectator event. It's a participant event. Let the ones who participate make their voices heard and modify the rules.
526 cubes of angry wedge, pushbutton shifted, 9 passenger killer!
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: Spaceman Spiff]
#1672314
09/18/14 10:21 AM
09/18/14 10:21 AM
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Has anyone heard if there has been a peep out of Andy Frost ? If nothing else, the S-10 should end that debate.
Andy Frost wrote something on the bullet.
Got a link please?
Here ya go
September 17th, 2014, 06:37 PM
It's been a very interesting week in the street legal racing world, that has seen us knocked off the top spot in ET by the Larson race cars team and all their backers. The congrats have been said by us, and rightly so.
On reflection there's a few things we achieved that the RV team are really proud of.
1/ For 2 1/2 years we held the title of Worlds quickest and fastest street legal car. We did this from England and only able to run on one track.
2/ We changed the face of stre...et legal racing with the way our car was designed and built. Like or dislike that is a true statement. And as proved this week it took an very similar set up to beat the numbers we put up.
3/ We made the whole street legal racing world sit up and take notice of our scene here. And that is not just me, but others that are racing here too.
4/ We proved that with hard work, the will to succeed, and a great team of people dedicated to the job in hand you can achieve great things.
The RV team achieved more than it ever hoped for the last 3 years.We did this having one track to run on,very limited track time and a limited budget.
We are still number 2 in the world in ET,and still number 1 in MPH. How bad can that be!
So what can we do about getting the ET record back? Pretty much nothing, unless we get a major cash injection/ parts donation to the team. That isn't on the cards unfortunately. There is ET/MPH left in the car, but certainly not 5 second ET's with our current engine combination.
So what is the future for the team? We really don't know to be honest. Cash is king in this game, and we're light on that. The only thing we can do is chip away at what we have, and with the limited track time we get. No complaints, it's just the way it is for us...
We are going to do some stuff over the coming months, for a little project of ours. All will be revealed on that via this page.
And we will fix for good the Bruno drive issues that cropped up at the Euro finals. The Marc Lamude engine/Precision turbo combo will have to stay the same, and with only 6 runs on it this year we're not planning on pulling it apart.
So to finish up, we're not downhearted, we're proud of our little team, sponsors and supporters.. The better man has the title for now. Who knows what could happen in the future...
Frosty.
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: Spaceman Spiff]
#1672315
09/18/14 12:00 PM
09/18/14 12:00 PM
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I think it's great that people who don't participate in drag week are the ones that want to change the rules. It's not a spectator event. It's a participant event. Let the ones who participate make their voices heard and modify the rules.
Well said
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: BBR]
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09/18/14 12:18 PM
09/18/14 12:18 PM
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The min ET rule would apply to all classes....no slow cars at drag week.
Requiring all competitors to run a drag tire, bias or radial would go a long way towards weeding out the stock pickups or stuff like that.
Are you talking a DOT or the drag radials... but it
HAS to be legal on the road.. or HRM would be in trouble
I mean when they are at the track. Drag radial or regular slicks. They could run whatever they wanted on the highway. Most "Plan B" people would not likely go to the expense of buying a set of drag tires just to fit their 3/4 ton pickup. Much less change tires every day to make their passes.
Ok... got ya... I know the race director would like
that also.. he doesnt like the street tires(from
what he said to a few of us last year at Bowling
Green on the last day)
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: sixpackgut]
#1672319
09/18/14 01:06 PM
09/18/14 01:06 PM
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I don't know...there are alot of fast and (F.A.S.T.) cars running regular street tires.
Some classes are based around regular street radials now...If someone wants to try to put down numbers on a small street tire...why stop them?
To be honest, I feel no different about a 3/4 ton truck running than a brand new blue mustang hot lapping all day...
I plan to enter next year, providing it is a little more north (as I have no trailer to haul my junk), but will be in SRBB-NA or DD. No bar limits me to 11.50, so I won't be competitive...but it should be fun...
Faster, Faster until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death...
71 Swinger - slowly collecting dust/parts
66 Belv. II - just a streetcar
88 Mustang - turbo LS beater
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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09/18/14 03:56 PM
09/18/14 03:56 PM
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My buddy was running red lines on his FAST car(it
was Dudecs old hemi car) and they were having issues
but still run 11.0.. they were trying to get 10.80
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We'll just have to wait to see what and IF any rules
change but I suspect there will be some changes
Wasn't that car smoking bad on the first day? What was causing that?
CHIP
'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: an8sec70cuda]
#1672322
09/18/14 04:09 PM
09/18/14 04:09 PM
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My buddy was running red lines on his FAST car(it
was Dudecs old hemi car) and they were having issues
but still run 11.0.. they were trying to get 10.80
EDIT
We'll just have to wait to see what and IF any rules
change but I suspect there will be some changes
Wasn't that car smoking bad on the first day? What was causing that?
Not sure if it was smoking.. but they had oil pressure
issues all week long
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#1672323
09/18/14 05:03 PM
09/18/14 05:03 PM
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My buddy was running red lines on his FAST car(it
was Dudecs old hemi car) and they were having issues
but still run 11.0.. they were trying to get 10.80
EDIT
We'll just have to wait to see what and IF any rules
change but I suspect there will be some changes
Wasn't that car smoking bad on the first day? What was causing that?
Not sure if it was smoking.. but they had oil pressure
issues all week long
I think it was the first day I was watching the live feed and it was huffing hard even when they staged the car...got worse going down the track. Ran a real low 11 sec ET. I knew the car and was curious as to what was hurt.
CHIP
'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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Re: Larson at drag week
[Re: an8sec70cuda]
#1672324
09/18/14 06:12 PM
09/18/14 06:12 PM
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My buddy was running red lines on his FAST car(it
was Dudecs old hemi car) and they were having issues
but still run 11.0.. they were trying to get 10.80
EDIT
We'll just have to wait to see what and IF any rules
change but I suspect there will be some changes
Wasn't that car smoking bad on the first day? What was causing that?
Not sure if it was smoking.. but they had oil pressure
issues all week long
I think it was the first day I was watching the live feed and it was huffing hard even when they staged the car...got worse going down the track. Ran a real low 11 sec ET. I knew the car and was curious as to what was hurt.
I havent heard from Rick(the owner) what the problem
was/is.. or of the oil pressure issue.... I watched
very little of the live feed due to I only have so
much ban I can play with each day
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