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I enjoy these types of differences in ET/MPH. Especially when I'm doing the chasing. I'm well versed in these types of differences & even slower. As I stated earlier, "I screwed up by not holding a lot more than I did. It was a tough judgment call & could have been made easier by holding a bunch."! ;)

I have also raced & won in vehicles slower than yours. I've been on both sides of the fence.

These types of races, I have plenty of experience from running gambler races. They do teach you how to be disciplined with your strategy.

We'll see if you turn the tables next time, good luck to you!

1700/781L :)

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I see you didn't post in this thread. Did you at least vote in the poll?

I meant to post this when the thread was a little fresher but forgot.

1700/781L :)

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I'm honest to .02, but when I race Kenny Anderson at Charlotte, I believe I was holding about .20 lol. Congrats again on your R-up ;)

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That race was epic!! LOL!! When I saw you start rippin at 800' I'm like....My boy likes to party!!!:D:D:D

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Your boy was broke and trying to make something happen :D:D:D

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I have NO idea what I’m doing. I must’ve done a few things right twice this year though. Two rounds still kinda itch me…but, I’m still having a blast!

There’s a lot of Kenny Rogers’esses on here. Y’all holding more than you’re sharing :D

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I believe the poll/members were pretty straight forward & for the most part honest.

IMO, what the poll didn't show was the ones holding more & they didn't want to share/participate. ;)

1700/781L :)

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You think I can hold against all fast company? Was I holding or dialing honest? (I learned more about my own car in a week and 44 passes, than I have in all the years owning it). I knew what it was, and adjusted my driving to a slightly wounded car.

That Gambler was all 6 (23 of them), second cars...and slow poke me.

1 laughed at me before first round said look around everybody is dialing 6's but you in that slow heap. I said ok I paid my $200.00 bucks, here is how it will go...I will be good by 2 thou, you will think I am parked at the 1/8th mile (those in Sportsman thought that at least, and said so often, Mrs. Hoeffer actually thought I was broke at the finish line), and I said I think you are going to fly by and breakout. We shall see!

Good by 2 thou, and he lifted as I took the stripe dead flat in it but my left foot just touching the brake pedal just in case. Yes I lost Round 4 The Semi's (round of 3), but the competition was the weeks Giant Killer and Money Winner Andy Schmalls, and here is why (besides the very nice .010 he slammed me with)....The second pic, after 13 months my cheap $20 Buck a bag Tennis Balls in the rear springs (FWD cars get traction devices as necessary, and with all the action the rear independent coil springs receive pushing a heavy slow car. I need something to keep it from squating, lessons learned They were each and every single ball flat and busted, totally worn out and beat up, and deformed...Not 1 had any air left in them, it took some passes to figure it out and stalling the car much higher than normal), to preset the rear and take up the slack.) had flat given up the ghost from travel with the car loaded down with an extra thousand pounds while trailering, sitting in storage etc. and a lot of launches. But, not something I could fix in storage or in the pits safely.

Air bags are on the way now, I want my R.T's back! Hey, even wounded I turned 200 into 600 and my second semi's of the week...Won Sportsman the next night, and all were the first time beyond 1st -3rd round duck in 13 months since back late in life. The Holley Terminator X is almost finished with the install too! Rare though I can Run Pro, and run against the Super Pro guys in Gamblers also in my Turtle.Attachment 71816

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Nope, I was not holding, just running what the car said it would and the weather said I was probably going too. Closest I got to the Run for the money all week was the last day though, I was good by .002 above in Pro leading at the time slip booth, and by the time I got to my Pit Area, that was gone and beat by a thou dangit! It was all fun though. Holding would not have helped me like dialing honest did. Both ends of the track and stripe decisions all help.

Then again...it depends on the day...and who you are. Lol. I wish they would just put a chalk stringline mark across the 1/8th mile finish line at least (I am going slow enough to actually notice and see it. LMAO!

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This Poll/Thread has done reasonably well with 9,800+ views. All this without drama; there are still threads out there without it.

While I primarily race 1/4 mile, it seems drag racing is headed for shorter distances. It doesn't matter to me; I actually like racing 1/8 mile.

Anyway, I have limited holding strategies for the 1/8th. The plan this year is to start testing more holding in the shorter distance. I'll be doing this while racing 1/4 mile & I've done some in the past. We'll see how it goes; the racing starts very soon for us in Las Vegas.

1700/781L :)

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Testing on the 24th! My Winter Improves better work, because they were a lot of hard work. They were not off the shelf purchases, though there were many purchases and a ton of my labor over a long period.

Will I become a holder? Who knows, but not folding. See ya there 1900.

Pretty Ambicious as John Irving stated.