Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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What if you had your own little chunk of drag strip at home, maybe 150 ft or so and then some shutdown area? You could really get the chassis dialed in. Has anyone done this? If so, how did you build it, how did you prep it?
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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you mean not the county pavement in front of the house? That would work for the no prep guys! I'm thinking something that could be prepped like a typical drag strip starting line. That a guy could do unlimited launches to test every possible combination to see what the effect is on the 60 ft. My driveway's a half mile long and it's gravel. I could potentially pave a stretch of it for this purpose. The site is secluded enough that I don't think I would be bothering anybody.
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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always thought about doing my gravel driveway (21 telephone poles long) was going to do first 60 ft concrete, then maybe 100 or so feet asphalt, but know my ex-wife lives there
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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hot tires off the end into the gravel would be a mess of picked up rocks though? It's always been bad for me coming off the highway onto the drive after tomfoolery at least and that's at the end of 1/8mi or so
It would be very helpful to have though!
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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I test in my driveway before we head out to an event. Maybe 150-160 ft of asphalt. You definitely pick up some stones but that happens everywhere with m5 or whatever flavor of sticky tire you run.
The main problem with these driveway antics are trees, buildings and power poles.
If your road is clear of hazards I say go for it. In fact, make at least 660' of it 14ft wide.
If you build it, they will come. Would you have a tree and some sort of timing system?
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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For 20 years or so I've wanted a water box and maybe 150 feet, just for 60-foots. Bet you could charge admission, say $10 a burnout Would be fun to have. Without a timing system though, hard to tell by seat of the pants even a few hundreds regards 60 foot
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Those "Dragy" GPS based systems do some pretty amazing things so I am sure you could use one of those. I have seen lots of people post real time slips next to a dragy app view and they are pretty damn close. https://dragymotorsports.com/products/dragy-gps-performance-box
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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Good stuff, thanks for the replys. I'd need a timing system to test the effect of changes. My driveway has trees and drop offs on both sides. So I'd need so concrete barriers, or else build it out in the field where there are no hazards.
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You could just go to the local 1/8 track that is 45 minutes from your house…
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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What if you had your own little chunk of drag strip at home, maybe 150 ft or so and then some shutdown area? You could really get the chassis dialed in. Has anyone done this? If so, how did you build it, how did you prep it? We have all dreamed about this .
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You could just go to the local 1/8 track that is 45 minutes from your house… the opportunities are so few.
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My driveway is about 1/4 mile long and mostly straight. Hay fields on both sides. Only the portion close to the house is paved w/ asphalt, the rest is recycled asphalt...so it isn't nearly as hard/durable.. Always wanted to do a 100' stretch of it in concrete and then pave the rest of it, but $$$$.
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Re: Has anyone ever set up their own starting line/launching pad
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I live on a "dog bone" where each end of the street is a cul de sac and the neighborhood has cookouts and get-togethers on our end of the dog bone on occasion. My wife and I were going out for dinner the other night when there were a bunch of people hanging out; one of the local Dad's yelled "Do a burnout!" The old expression "Be careful what you wish for..." came to mind, but I slooooowly pulled out of the driveway and drove carefully through the crowd of kids and adults. These are the same people who think of the 1320 as "the loud car", when the fact is most didn't even live here when the '73 Chally was last running. They have no idea... If I turned our cul de sac into a 60-ft practice pad, people would totally freak.
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