"Street Legal Thunder" Saturday June 18th
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I plan on comming down to the track fo rthe first time this weekend. I actually have never run on a drag track before, I just run road-course. What are the NHRA tech stuff do you have to pass, is a street car just fine to run. Should I put in my 5 point harnesses? I just want to do a few runs for the heck of it, I got 2 limp cyliners on my camamro so I won't do very well, but I want to know my time before I pull the car apart and stroke the engine, so see how much power I got out of it afterwards. Any help would be cool, I want to show up ready.
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Seriously tech involves...
-You got a seatbelt(anyone would do)...Check
-Your battery secured...Check
-You got coolant...Check
That's all. Oh and don't get trapped by the stupid stage light trick on the launch pad, which im sure 90% of us did when we first raced.
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where you have to light up both rows of stage lights in order for the tree to go...
i know ive done it, and a couple more people have.
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STiSchucky wrote:
where you have to light up both rows of stage lights in order for the tree to go...i know ive done it, and a couple more people have.
That's not stupid(referring to your previous post). It's a way to make sure both racers are ready at the same time. As a courtesy, you should both prestage, then you procede to stage and light up both lights.
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Thats not what i mean, i meant you feel stupid when you go over the light and have no idea what your doing. the stage lights are great since both rider start at the same spot. but when its your first time and you have no idea what they mean, youll tend to just line up for the hell of it.
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STiSchucky wrote:
Thats not what i mean, i meant you feel stupid when you go over the light and have no idea what your doing. the stage lights are great since both rider start at the same spot. but when its your first time and you have no idea what they mean, youll tend to just line up for the hell of it.
My first time, I just waited for the other guy to go....I figured if my reaction didn't affect e/t, why bother trying to get a quick jump? -
STiSchucky wrote:
Thats not what i mean, i meant you feel stupid when you go over the light and have no idea what your doing. the stage lights are great since both rider start at the same spot. but when its your first time and you have no idea what they mean, youll tend to just line up for the hell of it.Eh, it's not the track's fault a new driver didn't ask for an explanation of how to stage. Before my first race I had read all about staging on a web site. Here's a link to an article I just looked up. http://www.hotrod.com/howto/42298/
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STiSchucky wrote:
Thats not what i mean, i meant you feel stupid when you go over the light and have no idea what your doing. the stage lights are great since both rider start at the same spot. but when its your first time and you have no idea what they mean, youll tend to just line up for the hell of it.were you one of the guys who lined up at the tree instead of in the staging beams?
(ole Jim did that once, didn't he?)
I had to chuckle when I saw that...
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dubbsy wrote:
were you one of the guys who lined up at the tree instead of in the staging beams?(ole Jim did that once, didn't he?)
I had to chuckle when I saw that...
yeah... what can i say, i'm guilty! before going to the track all I did was street race so...
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