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From the Nevada National and including the In-N-Out burger National, It was very interesting to follow the SS/OA Wagon of Steel. Always fast in the first part of his runs (qualifying and elimination) until the "nose diving technic" around the 1000 feet mark.
All of the 660 feet speed was better than the quarter mile terminal speed. Last edited by Charles Stewart; 01-31-2025 at 06:12 PM. |
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Yeah ya know, in a day-and-age when we have mechanical critters scrambling around Mars and the Moon and other places, why do racers AND NHRA still deny that a car with a digital ignition box hooked to a grid hooked to a data logger can go a quarter mile in a pre-prescribed E.T.?
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Billy not saying that you couldn't do it but I don't see how without including other electronic devices. But if you or anyone else knows how please forward me that info. Or take Lukes classes and see how the good bracket racers do it. BP
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Both were holding. One more than the other. One was scrubbing e.t. better than the other. The wagon was just giving Cotton a different look than he was expecting.
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I'm going to assume , after Troy's Jegs win, NHRA might have asked him how he was doing what he was doing. Could be as simple as watching the tach or shift light and lifting all the way off the gas.
Would a slower car be more consistent without powering it all the way to the 1320? Maybe so. Anyway, as of now, I' d worry more about the factory cars running dead on @ 140 mph.
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With all the technology today. Heaven forbid if you have any skills. Many years ago I watch Randy Goff, a comp racer here in division 7. He won the division 7 points championship spot racing (not one electronic near the car) in Super Comp with his 67 Nova.
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I did this back in my bracket racing days with NOS.
Hit it early & put a lot of distance between the cars. Let that really fast car take the stripe while I was hard on the brakes. |
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I can't even imagine the electronic shenanigans involved in some of those big buck bracket races where tech is really loose. At least dumping at the top end is not as visible to the occasional fan as the throttle stop crap that populates the .90 classes. Sorry but they are not entertaining to watch.
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