NHRA and PINKS ALL OUT

[Ed Fernandez]

Tell me how this relates to S/SS class cars.I have a T/SA car that can run 1.00 under,Joe Schmoe has a T/SA that goes .50 under.I'm bagging at 1,000 ft.That's the reality of NHRA
S/SS now,Pinks cars are all grouped to run within .10-.20.Apples and oranges.
NHRA, if allowed, will do to it what the government has/will do to private industry unless stopped by an educated citizenry.

[Schmidt A103]

The reason why most of the racers show up is the chance to get their 15 minutes of fame on T.V. the 17K payout is just the icing on the cake.Since all the 16 finalist have the chance to go home with at least enough money to cover the cost of getting there,it helps a little too.I could bomb the heck out of this kind of event.The secret is nitrous.run your qualifying on just motor,then use the nitrous only enough to stay ahead of your competitor in the actual race.if your competitor starts to drive around you too hard,shoot it,get in front of him and lift at the other end.Important trick,disconnect your brake lights.

I screwed up when signing up for the Etown all out race which started at midnight and didnt get my entry in the second time until 12:36AM,and ended up car #889 on the list.Supposedly all 450 spots were filled in 6 minutes.I ws invited to the last chance race and rolled the starting line beam in the 1st round because my trans brake switch isnt rated for the amperage to run my transbrake when the delay box is bypassed so the switch birned up and the car rolled.I am signing up for Maple Grove this year though.

[chris3racing]

Does it say something with the wheels up camaro NHRA chose to use to post this on there web site. That picture and the closeness of the racing is what makes this racing interest. The "floating minimum" posted as two cars, in the same class, come out to the water box, is "taking into account previous runs of the two cars and adjust for weather condition at the time of eliminations." You have to run all out each time. If you run motor or nitrous you have to be consistent. On and off the accelerator or on the brakes, 1,000 foot racing, you are disqualified. These folks had over 300 of their own crew people at Z-max. Crew members are along the track with radios. If it is their opinion you are "sandbagging" they disqualify you for not running all out.

[Philip Saran]

[QUOTE=Schmidt A103;161553] I could bomb the heck out of this kind of event.The secret is nitrous.run your qualifying on just motor,then use the nitrous only enough to stay ahead of your competitor in the actual race.if your competitor starts to drive around you too hard,shoot it,get in front of him and lift at the other end.Important trick,disconnect your brake lights.QUOTE]

The only thing I find wrong with your thinking is from what I have seen on TV, if you
run 0.02 or faster on a pass in competition than you did before they will disqualify
you. Just my $0.02 cents.

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

The ticket would be let it "leak" in the pits how you are going to "Bag" youve got an electronics pacakge youve run .001 difference with before and youre using that hoping the other guy will break out. How your package times across the whole 1320 and makes subtle adjustments.

Launch and run 9-10th throttle hell be on your nose and craning his neck trying to stay right there, then in the last 200 give it a full shot and acel over winning by a nose yourself...both are still under the .02 .....just you by less

Ah hell...itd be fun, probably wouldnt work.

The ONLY episode I liked was on "All Out" where the guys were haggling over the Nitrous and they finally convinced em to pull it and then they run heads up.....the nitrous bottle was a fake, had been from the start an extra "bargaining" chip , whole nitrous setup was, then noone could figure out why the car ran the same time on or off juice....lol...it didnt work they lost striaght up good race then admitted it, funnier than hell and wicked sharp, damm near worked.

How long before the NHRA starts using these events data to affect HP and indexes (just kidding...I hope)

[QUOTE=Philip Saran;161705]

Originally Posted by Schmidt A103

I could bomb the heck out of this kind of event.The secret is nitrous.run your qualifying on just motor,then use the nitrous only enough to stay ahead of your competitor in the actual race.if your competitor starts to drive around you too hard,shoot it,get in front of him and lift at the other end.Important trick,disconnect your brake lights.QUOTE]

The only thing I find wrong with your thinking is from what I have seen on TV, if you
run 0.02 or faster on a pass in competition than you did before they will disqualify
you. Just my $0.02 cents.

[Everett Vassar]

Smartest thing they have ever done---(NHRA) Letting Pullin produce and package this for T.V.
Now they need to turn the entire NHRA T.V. package over to Pullin and SPEED
They would treat NHRA drag racing (even sportsman) like a crown jewel.Unlike ESPN where its just another program.
From watching PASSTIME it looks like they have a pretty good HD presentation

[Jason Oldfield]

Couldn't agree more there...About Pullin' taking over the TV production of the NHRA events that is...

[cutta]

Yeah guys, I'm pretty sure that this is an Outlaw only deal with index classes as fillers. And the index classes for most Outlaw events requires smaller tires and no throttle stops except in the 4.70/5.00 index classes. Also, I believe that none of these events are going to be 1/4mile, they will be 1/8mile racing only.

[Ed Wright]

Rob Petrie should post his experiences running one of their shows. It may suprise some. It may not be all some think it is.