I go by myself most of the time. But I am not an every weekend racer as I only get to race a few times a year. And I drive my car to the track most of the time and its nice I dont have to crawl under the car to tie it down with my back and knee problems. I dont normally do any maintenance between rounds as I dont even take my hood off unless there is a problem. I usually race at test & tunes or when they have a local NSS race that I can run in. Many times my brother is also there racing and there is always many friends who will help if needed. Thats one thing I love about drag racing and that is most all racers will help each other when a racer needs help. Ron

I'll give it a try by myself to see how it goes. If it's to bad I'll stick to my bracket cars as I have a great system set up for that type of racing. Even with adding alcohol after every pass I could run that car alone in my sleep. I even have a line drawn on the wall of my 24 foot enclosed trailer so I have a nice gap between my quad and duster to tie it down.

Just put a ad on craigslist looking for a possie .

I hope you spelled the last word incorrectly

I used to always go by myself, went some rounds but could never get that first win. Finally after about 25 yrs a high school buddy started going with me and bingo started to win some races. We had good chemistry, he takes care of the car at the track and I try and concentrate on driving, we discuss the dial In and how much weight for the index, sometimes we agree and sometimes we don't I usually leave it up to him. ( he's always right) lol. Then 2yrs ago his mom was in hospice and didn't go racing with me, I was able to win some races, but not not much fun when your the only one in the winners circle and nobody to share the moment with.

Hey every now and then ya gotta take her too!

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Most of the time I'm by myself. Always someone at the track will help if your in a jam, went once to a different track did not know anyone finel round at 11 pm had 4/5 people helping me!

If you need help I have Nitrous Big Block Chrysler experience, you will just have to fly me over from Australia, give me a bed and beer

I think you will be fine once you get a set routine going between rounds of what and when you need to do certain things as well as what you need to do in the staging lanes. You already have found some tricks like marking your trailer and leaving the window open. It seems like most on here go by themselves and have been for years whether its having friends pitting next to you or meeting new pit pals at different tracks and it always seems like someone is willing to help out when the rounds start going round robin when they are out and kind of get excited for you!! Good luck and have some fun!!

I've raced a bunch of different cars over the last 30 yrs by myself now after pizzing the better half off She use to tow me around like we where big time racers I did win a bunch of Pro bracket races at LACR back in the day, before everyone else got better. I made the mistake once to often of hollering at her to hurry up when she was towing me near the 1/4 or semi final rounds, that was her last trip to the races with me a regular helper I run mostly bracket 1 and 2 cars now, not hard to make a car run consistently without breaking it N/A if your careful I do run a alternator and volt meter to make sure it is working, I charge both RV/Marine batterys at 3 amps for two or three dyas before racing and again during the lunch and drivers meeting breaks at the local track IHTH

I'm 71. In pretty good shape for my age, but still hard at my age. Load the car, drive 90 miles to the track. unload. Make 3 time runs ( average 1/2 hr in the lanes each time - if no one breaks ). By the time eliminations comes around, I'm pretty used up - and I still gotta load up and drive home - and unload at home. just can't do it all by myself anymore. I was fortunate to have my wife as my pit helper for the last 5/6 years, but she has kinda begged off. Don't blame her. She also shared the tow driving duty's. Can't hardly do it by myself anymore and not many drag race fans up here where I live. A real bummer. BTW, I am often the oldest guy racing at many events - or in the top 3 oldest - and that ain't no "old wives tale"!

Crizilla: Great looking Magnum. When I met my wife, she got stuck in the snow with her Magnum. Had to tow her back to my shop. Drove her home, took her out to dinner the same night. 34 years later...No, she doesn't have the car any more. She had the louvres in the opera windows at the time.

Thanks. It's a 300, not a magnum. Same platform though - Cordoba - late B body.

Mine was a dirt car and differs significantly but for me being organized was key.
Most of the tasks that were more detail oriented had to be made idiot proof if others decided to help.
Tool placement always the same...small things like your line in the trailer will make things more manageable.
Look on the bright side...you don't have to scrape off mud and stack tear-offs on the helmet...
I may be up to a few races next year at PRP...I can help some and maybe learn too...

Used to go alone all the time. With a slow street car you really don't help anyway.

I won a Drag News Ring race and Drag News never put the winner's circle picture in because I was alone. Lol!

Its more fun with good buddies, that's for sure.

Get a bottle heater that wraps around the bottle when the bottle is in the car. You probably have a generator so plug the heater in, to bring the pressure up to where you want it. We set the pressure at 950 psi. Between rounds we use the in car heater that runs on 120V, also has a 12V wiring if needed but we use the generator. If you use the bath heater for your spare bottles that is good, obviously it has a thermostat to maintain temp. You will have to figure out what that temp is as not to over-pressurize the bottles. If you are in the lanes a long time the 12V heater wiring will come in handy. Wrap a thick towel around the bottle in the car to keep the temp and pressure from falling too quick.
DO NOT USE AN OPEN FLAME OR PROPANE TORCH TO HEAT THE BOTTLE. Have seen this too many times and I pray that nothing happens to the guy doing it. But I am sure that you already know this.
Have generator, then you have a battery charger to keep up the battery up between rounds, especially if you are using the 12V heater.
Make sure that your nitrous fuel flow gauge has at least a 3 to 5 foot hose to go into a fuel jug or make sure it will reach your fuel cell if it is mounted under the hood for when you are adjusting the fuel pressure to fine tune.
DON'T FORGET to open the tank valve as well as the main line valve...
You have been racing a long time so you know that you need a routine and stick to it, for the most part.
Have fun!

Racing a bracket car by yourself and a heads up, small tire nitrous car by yourself, are two entirely different things. For one thing, reading the plugs is going to be impossible if you have to drive the car to the lanes and back from the top end

I run by myself , just works out that way , wife not that keen neither my son . Not quite as old or fast as most of you guys
I don't tow my car though .
This weekend i drove 9 1/2 hrs straight through interstate , qualified and raced over 2 days . Then drove home this morning . All solo . Yes i pit with guys i know . I did have to repair my shifter after snapping the top/handle off it on saturday morning in q1 . Result didnt bear up though , that was a [censored] .
Major repairs i do in my shop , 1 man deal .
Hey no arguements over the music choice
You just make do .

Tex