Ridiculous race - I lost bad...really bad.

[Tripoli]

So I went out to the 1/4 mile at the Texas Motorplex yesterday. Ran a new best 60', 1/8 mile, and 1/4 mile, so it was a pretty good day. My second to last run I was lined up to run against some old Camaro who looked to be a 10 or 11 second car. Well, he ended up getting towed off the track for some reason, so they brought up the next guy in line....a rail. I couldn't believe it, but they actually let me race the guy.

He let off after passing the 1/8 mile mark, and crossed the 1/4 mile in 6.949 seconds. My high-12-second Mustang was feeling a little inadequate.

Here's the timeslip info:

.............. LEFT (him) ......... RIGHT (me)

R/T .......... 0.060 ................. 0.205
60' .......... 0.952 ................. 1.762
330 ......... 2.603 ................. 5.352
1/8 .......... 3.991 ................. 8.337
MPH ....... 175.94 ................ 83.61
1000 ....... 5.420 ................ 10.906
1/4 .......... 6.949 ................ 13.040
MPH ....... 135.35 ................ 106.13

I'll never forget that.

 

[streethorse]

At least you wernt on PINKS.

 

[LaserSVT]

Wish I had a 60' time like than

EDIT: I have onlt been to the track out here once and my GF left the window open before we left while I was talking to this guy with the sweetest Fox I ever saw and the time slips blew away off my dash Anyway I used to race ALOT in Maui and I guess our track was different cause if your RT was below .400 (street) .200 (pro tree) you red light. I remember cause I got $50 once for cutting a perfect light and it was .400

 

[geoffsgt]

At least you wernt on PINKS.

lol

He's sandbaggin ya! He's sandbaggin ya! I need atleast 20 car lengths!

 

[crzyhrse99]

175 MPH 1/8 trap

 

[Superhereaux]

it's to be expected


at least you didn't get waxed by a Volvo

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

You can ask for the next round ya know, the one time i went against a sub 11 second car half way down the track he was almost sideways in my lane. Good thing my car was slow enough that he was pretty far down the track when it happened.

 

[84LTD]

I had to race the JLP lightning one saturday at cecil. Thats the slowest my car has ever felt he went through the traps and I was just about the 1/8th.

 

[04GTMustang]

nice times man on the other hand on my best run on nitrous i was up against a 60s mustang that ran a 6.7 at 111 lol so i got smoked pretty good too. but i had a better reaction time than him but he tore me a new one after the first foot lol

 

[rugster]

what is a rail?

 

[thomas91169]

what is a rail?

+1

im guessing its an expression for a top fuel dragster/funny car/etc.


so he went 175 at the 1/8 and 135 at the 1/4 mile mark? did he shut down half track?

 

[mransr]

you guys need to get to the drag strip more...

a rail is a single seat, open tired, drag car...it can be front or rear engined and could have anything from a Briggs and Stratton to a 8000HP nitro burning hemi...also know as a dragster

like this:
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or this:
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[LaserSVT]

+1

im guessing its an expression for a top fuel dragster/funny car/etc.


so he went 175 at the 1/8 and 135 at the 1/4 mile mark? did he shut down half track?

Not to be a dick but the answer seems a little obvious dont ya think

 

[ceracer33]

+1

im guessing its an expression for a top fuel dragster/funny car/etc.


so he went 175 at the 1/8 and 135 at the 1/4 mile mark? did he shut down half track?

go back and read the original post again....

 

[Superhereaux]

Not to be a dick but the answer seems a little obvious dont ya think

the VTEC could've backfired causing a drain in power rather than the usual tire shredding MONSTER boost a powa

 

[blackfang]

Top Fuel cars are hitting 270-275 by the 1/8th mile mark