Dragster vs door car advantages
 

Looking for some comments from drivers of both dragsters and door cars of the advantages or disadvantages of either running together in a no electronics, no tranny brake, no air/ electric shifter class.
Thanks
Will Prater

wprater

W. T. F.

Bryan
s/g & s/p 120
s/st & s/c 1219

Most classes that dont allow electronics wont alow dragsteres either you should clarify your post a little more im confused

The track where we bracket race has two classes. Super pro and non electronics class. No one has run a dragster in the no electronics- foot brake only class before this year. But the rules allow it and it may be happening more.

So what I am asking is; what are the advantages if any to run a high hp -low weight pipe rack against the full body cars. What I hear the most is the advantage at the finish line judging the stripe.

wprater

Will,
The advantage is always to have the quicker car and be "the chaser" instead of the one being chased. So if you've got a fast door car, it's the same as a fast dragster.

One concern would be your "high horsepower" dragster running too quick for the class. Now you've got to slow it down somehow without killing your reaction & 60 ft times. Drgasters are definitely easier to maintain and repair between rounds, but they all look the same...

Good luck

Eric Saydlowski
2003 NESSA Champion
1973 Dodge Dart Sport
superst169@aol.com

for you i would say dragster,point it hold on and hope!

The obvious advantage a dragster has is much better vision.

Carl Juliano
TS 1275
Juliano Racing

the dragster gives you a better advantage at finish line.very easy to see.

I've never heard of a non electronics class letting dragsters in I wish that was the case around me I have a new american race cars dragster coming i'd put a punk small block in that thing and foot break it till the wheels fell off

Bottom line is once you leave the starting line its just like any other race but I think you will have some issues hitting the bottom bulb green with a dragster as it will make it dificult to find your spot on tree.



gary

Thanks for the replies. Because there is no dial in requirement to run this class at our track anything goes. Sounds like the really fast dragsters may have trouble slowing down vehicle reaction consistently or going red. And the biggest advantage would be better vision at the stripe. It all goes back to just cut a light and run your number. Everyone may be in panic mode for nothing.
thanks again.

wprater

The trick to footbraking a dragster is deep-staging and running high-gear only. Saw Jim Harrington, Roy Hall, and some others do it at the 1st $10K Footbrake at Atco years ago. Told a friend in FL about it. First time he tried it, he won.

Just keep up with your tranny fluid maintenance.


Michael Beard
Staging Light Graphic Design & Printing
Duck Tape/Loctite Racing
J/CM '80 Volare 360 Magnum - World Record Holder

That's exactly what happened last week except for the deep staging. Not allowed but he ran it in high gear only. Everyone thought it was because he did not want to disconnect the air shifter mechanism.

thanks

wprater