Interesting Commentary - why does it takes longer ....

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

We have many candidates here for biggest time waster in drag racing.

Must admit adjusting the wheelie bars and fanning the doors rank high amongst non racing friends. (They wonder why they just don't back up with the door open:-) Don't even get them started on bus loads of starting line standing folks for funny cars and dragsters.


The biggest time waster in baseball is easily stopping the game for TV commercials!!!

Actually , the biggest time waster is stepping out of the box to adjust batting gloves and /or jock....LOL.

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Actually , the biggest time waster is stepping out of the box to adjust batting gloves and /or jock....LOL.

If they ever ban spitting and crotch grabbing half the players may have to quit!

Always liked the intentional walk where the pitcher slips up and either throws it over the plate and an alert batter pounds it or he wild pitches and tosses into the stands.

Mentioned earlier about drivers starting the computer recording, is it that difficult to have the driver to it rather than a crew member touch the car?

[Jeff Stout]

I'm pretty much by myself when I go racing and I have the computer switch next to shifter. Prestage and hit switch and system is set on dtiveshaft rotation before starting record. It's easy.

[Mike Schwartz]

Here's a great video showing burnouts and pre-run stuff at an early-70's Gatornationals. How long did it take back then when they would do a burnout and then back up 2-3-4 times to do dry hops?

[Shaun Quill]

Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz

Here's a great video showing burnouts and pre-run stuff at an early-70's Gatornationals. How long did it take back then when they would do a burnout and then back up 2-3-4 times to do dry hops?

I don't know, that video sure does look like a lot of fun. I miss dry hops.

[John DiBartolomeo]

Wow, I'm impressed. I thought only three people read my stuff; me, my wife and my art director. But thank you all and I think you get my point. It just takes too long to run races today. I'm surely not pointing fingers at any group in particular, just that we came there to race, let's do so,

[cad]

I also read your article.

At the March 2 bottom bulb throwdown at Noble, Nick complimented on the PA how quickly we (as door car/no box racers) completed a round of time trials. Granted it was 1/8 mile.
146 entries ... 45 minutes per time trial round. And, there were about 8 dragsters in the race.
45m*60=2700s/146 entries=18 seconds (if my math eq is right).

Clark Doukas

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by cad

I also read your article.

At the March 2 bottom bulb throwdown at Noble, Nick complimented on the PA how quickly we (as door car/no box racers) completed a round of time trials. Granted it was 1/8 mile.
146 entries ... 45 minutes per time trial round. And, there were about 8 dragsters in the race.
45m*60=2700s/146 entries=18 seconds (if my math eq is right).

Clark Doukas

That is correct, as long as they were only running one car down the track at a time.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by cad

I also read your article.

At the March 2 bottom bulb throwdown at Noble, Nick complimented on the PA how quickly we (as door car/no box racers) completed a round of time trials. Granted it was 1/8 mile.
146 entries ... 45 minutes per time trial round. And, there were about 8 dragsters in the race.
45m*60=2700s/146 entries=18 seconds (if my math eq is right).

Clark Doukas

146 entries = 73 pairs