I prefer my help. We have fun, and he cooks a mean breakfast burrito! If my buddy Dave isn't with me, my dad is. Could I do it solo? Sure.... but sure is easier with help!

Dave is the MAN!!! He whips up a mean breakfast for sure. Hopefully he makes it to the Mopar race in Vegas

Yeah, or the dragster guys sitting at eye level, needing someone to direct them into the grove. That's a laugher unless it's a BAD. If you can't see the groove in a low 7 second rear engine dragster, you're blind.

I agree with Monty and as I said earlier a KOS type car isn't normally a 1 man deal. Bracket racing is usually Easy for 1 person to do. I can bracket race my car by myself no problem, I can TnT a KOS car no problem where between round times aren't an issue. Now when you go to an actual race it is a different story for the kos car because of the faster turn around time and all that needs done between rounds.

I winch our 11 sec car into the trailer all the time so there is no issues with scratching the paint, denting the fender, or any other mishaps. Getting a car repainted isn't cheap now a days so I take the extra couple minutes to load it. I Loved my 53' trailer with the driver side excess door we had back in 2009. We drove the car in all the time opened the car door and got out. Simple right, till 1 time we were loading the car because it started raining. Going up the ramp the slicks lost traction, the car slide sideways, 1/4 panel hit the cable on the door and scratched and dented the 1/4 panel. After that repair we No Longer drive the car into the 32' trailer I have now and that is why I bought a winch.
David

Always raced by myself, built the cars by myself. Learned a lot of lessons along the way since 1968. I made me a fast car, chasing et, found the faster you go the more you need someone. To hard to strap in, tie the net, then find the water box, then find the groove, to bad if you have to back up by yourself. Sold it after one aborted season. Gave it up for 12 years. Now I'm going back to a slow car, no cage, no net, just side bar. One I can actually turn around in the seat to SEE everything and not feel like I'm in a space capsule. Big fuel cell, alternator, tire gage, shoe polish, no wrenching, full circle. Leave the ego at home and race for fun, smell the smells and listen to the sounds.

Well after a rather sleepless night thinking about some of the replies in this post I would like to thank Monte and several others for their thoughts. Calculating some costs and upgrades needed at this time I'm about 7000 dollars away from making my first nitrous hit by time I would buy the nitrous system and needed bottles, mother bottle and heaters, flow tool, nitrous programmer, fire system, racepak, and a few other goodies. My car trailer a 24 foot with 3500 pound axles is also in need of upgrading. Thinking at this time I will put the brakes on this program and just aim at getting the car out as a NA combo and doing some test n tunes as I know I can handle that by myself. I will miss the heads-up target but the bottom line is I LOVE to race and I love to race every week. Thanks again guys.

Other than when I travel with Wafflebatter I'm a solo operation. The Arrow is a bit of a pain to get in and out of quickly so about the only issue I every have is catching an opponents dial in early sometimes when I bracket race.

Trust me I know the NA side of the sport can easily be accomplished by yourself. Even the added pit work I'm sure I could handle but as others have added about good plug reading with nitrous requiring towing to and from the lanes. I take pride in being able to handle every job from the shop to the track by myself. I swear I enjoy that side of it more than driving.

Any plug reading should be done at the end of the
shut down or tow back... I have pulled many a plug
at the shut down(coasted to a safe area that most
guys are doing the same thing).. I carried the tools
with me on the pass in a canvas bag that straps in
place
EDIT
I take my golf cart with me all the time so if I
can get someone to drag me back I will.. let the
engine cool a bit then pull the plugs

Spending more time in the shop and less time at he track. Shorter distance to take a pee.

What I took from these posts, we are all getting long in tooth, I'd say over 60 average. We need more lists each day just to get what we need done. LOL. Think hard about that commitment, old dogs sit on the porch and let the young ones run. Never thought I would see it that way.

I now limit my creeper trips to 10 a day.

I leave the house by my self about every race I go to. having a slower car helps with that. Im 30 I learned when I was about 18-19 that I shouldn't rely on anyone to bring stuff or be there 100% of the time at the track. but if I ever need anything my race track family is there for me as I am there for them. some times at big races when I have more family there it get more frustrating because they think you should be doing this when your doing the same thing you do every week they decide not to come.. Golf cart in the bed of the truck and hook up to the car and im gone.

I can, but prefer not.

It looks like most do go by themselfs or atleast leave the house by themselfs. But I agree with a very fast car like a blower car or an NOS car you do really need some help. I think most with street/strip cars and bracket cars are like me and when you want to go racing if no one is around to go with you we go by ourselfs. Course it is always more fun when some friends go. Ron

Really? Is it that hard to run nitrous ?

I ran no racepak, and backyard tuned for years. I don't see it as such a complicated deal, but I have used it for years.....I didn't know trailers won races, I went to races on an open trailer and won, I made my flow tool, made my bottle heater....etc

I almost always have my son with me. He has been at tracks since he was 6 or 7 . He helps me a lot and he can read a starting line pretty good. Best part about him is he can walk the starting line and pretty much tell me exactly what the car needs. He can change bottles, pack chutes, maintain tires, adjust shocks, tables may turn though as his car is too slow for him, and he is about 50 lbs lighter than me. Best part is he trees every car in the other lane !

Ok I'll give you some tips

Get a bottle Heater, keep extra bottles in it so they are at temp/pressure ready to go when you need them. I can make a bottle heater for under 50.00 is that too much ?

Get/make a flow tool, it's not that hard

Make plugs easy to,pull.

What's so hard about winching a car into a trailer ? I never drive mine in


Didn't you used to go on Josh'S board saying.......it's SO easy to bolt some nitrous on and race heads up.....yet SO hard to be a good bracket racer ? LOL

I can go racing by myself, but much easier if I have some help. Hard to reach a few things when belted in and better not forget the battery switch or scoop plug. I can and will do it by myself, but I try to get a commitment from someone else to go if possible. If my wife goes it is no problem.

I can't believe some of you guys can't read or understand my main issue but yet say you race alone with your Son. My Son is now grown and lives elsewhere. He works and only raced 3 times last year. I will say AGAIN what my issue is. I'm being told by others that with nitrous to get a good tune you should tow to and from the lanes. How the heck can I tow the car and drive it too. Seems easy to understand to me but if not I will spell it out again

John I KNOW you can do the NOS stuff but what most are saying is for a SERIOUS NOS effort you need to tow back or pull plugs at the high end. THE difference in the effort is making a good showing or winning the whole race. For you getting used to the NOS you can have it a little on the rich side so you don't hurt parts and not have to be so detailed in your efforts.
The TnT passes are a BIG help in getting it dialed in for the racing.
Mike had Good tunes on the polara and he just pulled a plug or 2 at the high end then drove it back most times. He ran 8.60 @ 160 in his 4000 lb car on 10" tires back in 2005/2006. I ran NOS on my grey RR, I just had the big shot kit and used their safe jetting from the instructions and never pulled a plug or hurt the motor, 9.29 @ 144.
You could always run it NA in the KOS series like a few others are just for the seat time. You can also get by without the laptop but it makes tuning a lot easier for engine tune and suspension tune also. Once you run the NOS you will be hooked on it as it makes a Big Difference and is a rush.
Cost is the determining factor for this type of racing so do your homework and make sure it's affordable.
Hope you can continue on the path of power. LOL
David