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The stars are aligning for me to go Wednesday and I was just wondering if anyone else had plans to go up for the street drags?
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heard track prep is shit.Originally posted by Dirty Bird View PostJeremy
Originally posted by Slow35thI have no idea what im doing yet.
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I will be there just to make a couple passes to make sure my gearing is correct, that way I can swap them out thursday if needed.Originally posted by Dirty Bird View Post[
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track prep is not shit on street drag night.....................there is no track prep, the local napa store workers run the show, you are lucky just to get water in the burnout boxOriginally posted by 01darkblueTA View Post[Comment
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They don't put much water down because they don't want water dragged up to the starting line with all the street tires. That's the point of the whole evening.Originally posted by torkflight View Post8.54 @ 159 mph on a 275 drag radial
5.43 @ 127 mph to the 1/8
8.91 @ 153 in True Street legal trim
Best 60' at Top End Dragways 1.22 on 275's
Thanks to the following:
Richard at Mean Street Performance
DSMotorworks
Transport Graphics
Knowlton's Thunderheads
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Heaven forbid people drive around the water when their not going to do a burnout. I usually just go around the box, then do a quick spin to get the rocks off and call it good, course I run street tires and AWD so...Originally posted by Ford Fan View PostComment
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bir says they don't prep the track because they don't want anyone to hook because then all the junk starts breaking[Comment
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I think the issue has more to do with the non-powered tires after the burnout. There is nothing worse than following a FWD car to the starting line with a RWD car.Originally posted by Dirty Bird View Post
A FWD car tends to leave a lot of water draining off the rear tires while they are staging. RWD cars do the same, the front tires track a lot of water up, but then they drive through it with their rears and clear most of it off. Plus they are not draining the water out of the tread right where the rear wheels are for the next guy.
I'm not complaining, just what I have observed at the track.Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a sheep with a gun who disagrees with the decision.Comment
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That would make sense. Yeah, as far as no prep so people don't break stuff, I think that is the consensus at BIR or Rock Falls for any day other than the bracket race days. Last time I was at BIR on a Wednesday, traction started ok, but then got bad, couldn't even hook up on my stock wheelbase bike by the end of the evening.Originally posted by ford_fixer View PostComment
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I think they are trying to cater to all racers, from the beginner to the professional, and the Wednesday night street night is their "beginner" night.8.54 @ 159 mph on a 275 drag radial
5.43 @ 127 mph to the 1/8
8.91 @ 153 in True Street legal trim
Best 60' at Top End Dragways 1.22 on 275's
Thanks to the following:
Richard at Mean Street Performance
DSMotorworks
Transport Graphics
Knowlton's Thunderheads
www.twolaneracing.comComment
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Ended up running a 11.52@125mph. Could do better, only got 2 full power runs in before I started having clutch issues. That run I only managed a 1.83 60'. So the 1.66 the 60' I was able to run later that night would shave off .3 on the ET alone, not to mention the sloppy shifting into 2nd. But its put up or shut up so thats what it is I guess.Comment
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Yes. But you have to read the parking signs or it will be an expensive mistake. Parking tixs are (I think) $80-$90. Weekend parking depend on where in Manhattan. That "someone" may be in an area that have weekend parking available. In the area I park on Saturday, it is meter on one side and free for the weekend on the other. However, It is free on Sunday. Good LuckComment
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