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Well, I went alone
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so I couldn't leave all my stuff laying around at the track. Which means I ran at full weight. I had over 1/2 a tank of gas. There were a lot of cars (it was sport compact day)!
My first time trial was totally experimental. I got a terrible reaction time of .741, 60' time of 2.306 and ran the track in 14.720 seconds doing 96.57 mph. I raced against an 85 Fiero. He was a cool guy.
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Taught me a few things about dragging, the track rules, etc.
Second time trial was probably my best. I ran against a Honda CRX. Now my R/T was .022!
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Still a crappy 60' time of 2.362 (had the VDC off all the time), but ran the track in 14.615 seconds doing 97.24 mph. My 3rd time trial was consistent with the 2nd at 14.698 sec doing 96.79 mph against a Maxima.
BTW, I beat all 3 cars during the time trials. Now for the elimination rounds. I made rookie/amateur mistakes. I wasn't paying attention to the lights, so my R/T was .435 and 60' time of 2.409 sec. The CRX was about 1/2 a car length on me and I was really pulling up to him when I heat the limiter!
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He won even though I had a better 1/4 mile time and speed. Our time slip was 14.5 seconds.
Overall, I had a good time. Next time, I need to be more prepared and practice more. It's such a long drive there. I was really hungry and nervous, so that didn't help the first time I ran. It didn't take long to get into it, though.
There were some sick cars out there. I'll post a few pics later. I saw a Datsun (what was left of it) do high 12's or low 13's, can't remember. Then there were those 17 second cars that burned too much rubber, made a lot of noise, but were not that impressive. I wasn't really in the position to take a lot of pics, that's what friends are for.
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My first time trial was totally experimental. I got a terrible reaction time of .741, 60' time of 2.306 and ran the track in 14.720 seconds doing 96.57 mph. I raced against an 85 Fiero. He was a cool guy.
Second time trial was probably my best. I ran against a Honda CRX. Now my R/T was .022!
BTW, I beat all 3 cars during the time trials. Now for the elimination rounds. I made rookie/amateur mistakes. I wasn't paying attention to the lights, so my R/T was .435 and 60' time of 2.409 sec. The CRX was about 1/2 a car length on me and I was really pulling up to him when I heat the limiter!
Overall, I had a good time. Next time, I need to be more prepared and practice more. It's such a long drive there. I was really hungry and nervous, so that didn't help the first time I ran. It didn't take long to get into it, though.
There were some sick cars out there. I'll post a few pics later. I saw a Datsun (what was left of it) do high 12's or low 13's, can't remember. Then there were those 17 second cars that burned too much rubber, made a lot of noise, but were not that impressive. I wasn't really in the position to take a lot of pics, that's what friends are for.
