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Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: ProSport] #659757 04/05/10 11:06 AM 04/05/10 11:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,257 acworth / N. georgia - south e... cheapstreetdustr master
cheapstreetdustr master Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,257 acworth / N. georgia - south e...	you guys say lot of people line up crooked at that track? or in general. maybe there is something about that staging lane that makes the perspective look different.. and their points of refrence causes them to line up crooked..? chepast 365" Iron J heads,,3480lbs best 1.39 60ft on SS springs.10.54,124 mph ...6.67 1/8th et.average 60fts 1.46 w/ small cam &.063 no2 pill tagged & insured [image][/image]

Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: cheapstreetdustr] #659758 04/05/10 11:49 AM 04/05/10 11:49 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,910 Eighty Four, PA B G Racing master
B G Racing master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,910 Eighty Four, PA	The amazing thing is not that the driver is "over his head" but the starting line guys never waved him back and assisted in getting him staged properly allowing a potential unsafe run or someone from his crew didn't help stage him. [IMG]http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq21/ajcasini/max_zpsdppwd9km.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: B G Racing] #659759 04/05/10 11:57 AM 04/05/10 11:57 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,155 Frostbitefalls MN (Rocky&Bullw... gregsdart I Live Here
gregsdart I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,155 Frostbitefalls MN (Rocky&Bullw...	Quote: The amazing thing is not that the driver is "over his head" but the starting line guys never waved him back and assisted in getting him staged properly allowing a potential unsafe run or someone from his crew didn't help stage him. I can't agree more. There were a lot of folks that dropped the ball on that one! 8.582, 160.18 mph best, 2905 lbs 549, indy 572-13, alky

Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: cheapstreetdustr] #659760 04/05/10 12:02 PM 04/05/10 12:02 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,556 PA moparacer master
moparacer master Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,556 PA	Quote: you guys say lot of people line up crooked at that track? or in general. maybe there is something about that staging lane that makes the perspective look different.. and their points of refrence causes them to line up crooked..? chepast I have been to a few tracks over the years where the groove actually points you at a slight angle but if that was the case the groove at this track must go off the track and up into the bleachers lol. That dude was not lined up right.... 67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 5.44-126 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174

Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: moparacer] #659761 04/05/10 02:11 PM 04/05/10 02:11 PM
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67Satty pro stock 6 Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,271 Vista, California	Besides not being lined up right, it looked like he was skating on ice. Help me out here because I've never piloted anything quicker than a high 12 second street car. But it seems to me that the larger the slick you are running, the more careful you have to be about doing a proper burnout or else you have less traction than someone running a smaller slick who did a proper burnout and got that right amount of heat into the slicks. Is that correct?

Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: 67Satty] #659762 04/05/10 02:29 PM 04/05/10 02:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,103 East Coast, NJ F fig426 top fuel
fig426 top fuel F Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,103 East Coast, NJ	In a fast car like that,, when you realize you're not pointed straight, do you let out of the gas and point straight, or do you stay a bit on the gas and try to steer it back on track? What are you supposed to do? I've never driven something that fast with 4 wheels so I have no idea. But I do know that if you're pointed towards the wall, you'll probably hit it. Too bad. Chris from New Jersey

Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: fig426] #659763 04/05/10 03:53 PM 04/05/10 03:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,774 A collage of whims topside Too Many Posts
topside Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,774 A collage of whims	Wow, so many things wrong with that: lined up pointed out of the groove, no one is watching, no one backs him out for a re-stage, stays in it too long, too much steering input for too long... With B/G power and that short wheelbase, a car like that is almost a handful without those mistakes.

Re: Driving Lesson 101........ [Re: topside] #659764 04/05/10 04:38 PM 04/05/10 04:38 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,749 Chowchilla,ca Chassisman OP master
Chassisman OP master Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,749 Chowchilla,ca	Quote: Wow, so many things wrong with that: lined up pointed out of the groove, no one is watching, no one backs him out for a re-stage, stays in it too long, too much steering input for too long... With B/G power and that short wheelbase, a car like that is almost a handful without those mistakes. I was talking to Chad Reynolds(Bangshift.com) up in the scissor lift(I was on the ground) when Jeff Jackson of Jackson Bros. video yelled...Hey Ron...you gotta see this !!!!...he's the guy wearing the ND shirt in the clip...I walked up...glanced over the wall and told my newbie to the drags buddy....your gonna get to see a wreck...sure enough he got a track side seat to that.The guy behind with the crossed arms is his crew guy....they had a video person down by us...It was bad from the time he fired the car...tired to do the burnout in neutral...then does a short ugly one in drive...then takes forever to stage...notice the video guy actually cuts the tape off for a short time. Too much car...too little time in the seat !

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