Shut down distances.

[Jason Kenny]

http://www.dragracingonline.com/agen...20-x_6-55.html

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Jason Kenny

http://www.dragracingonline.com/agen...20-x_6-55.html

Of course firebird is the longest...hell, if you go off the end you don't have an obstacle until you reach California ! LOL!

[BKSG1198]

Haha but up until they extended it this year it's always was one of the most difficult to shut down in Phoenix...remember Doug Kalitta taking out the signs at the 2008 event.

I hate running at Cecil County cause it's bumpy and short and no shut-down if you lose your breaks. Numidia is actually not that bad once you get up the hill there is actually more shutdown area after from where they make you turn off just in case. By far Atco is the best place for shutdown, you can have a full course meal by the time you reach the end of the track..

[Ron Ortiz]

I usually do not have to worry about not enough shut down area. At Gainesville I have to step on the gas to get to the turn off. But the most fun I believe is at Jacksonville Motorsports Park, if you go to the end it rises up into the circle track, how cool is that.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA no brakes

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by BKSG1198

Haha but up until they extended it this year it's always was one of the most difficult to shut down in Phoenix...remember Doug Kalitta taking out the signs at the 2008 event.

I hate running at Cecil County cause it's bumpy and short and no shut-down if you lose your breaks. Numidia is actually not that bad once you get up the hill there is actually more shutdown area after from where they make you turn off just in case. By far Atco is the best place for shutdown, you can have a full course meal by the time you reach the end of the track..

Your talking about 300 ft plus or minus.I dont know about eating a sandwich but it could be the difference between turning or smacking the rail.
What track was it where Woodrow went into the swamp a while back?
Hey tough guy,you got that right.Thank God I've never had to prove it.Hope nobody ever has to.

[John DiBartolomeo]

Here's an interesting take and something I've mentioned before: Both Island Dragway and Numidia Dragway have 1700 feet of shutdown. At 175 mph, I'll easily wear the brakes out at Island (haven't been there in a couple of years but don't think it got any longer) and will use the 'chute to make things easier. Numidia? I've got to step on the brakes right away but no problem stopping. The difference? Numidia's shutdown area goes uphill. We always talk about short shutdown areas and it's part of the reason we went to 1000 foot racing. Now if we can't understandably make the tracks any longer, why can't we just regrade the shutdown areas? As a point of reference, the longest track on tour is Gainesville at 3300 feet, which is the place Woodro had his "encounter," although length had nothing to do with that.

[bobby]

Houston has a pretty nice shut down. 2 miles until you get to I10.

[rocketolds400]

Originally Posted by John DiBartolomeo

... Now if we can't understandably make the tracks any longer, why can't we just regrade the shutdown areas? ...

Regrade the shutdown? You mean like this?

[Hacksaw]

Originally Posted by rocketolds400

Regrade the shutdown? You mean like this?

That looks alot like Lowville Pa.

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Your talking about 300 ft plus or minus.I dont know about eating a sandwich but it could be the difference between turning or smacking the rail.
What track was it where Woodrow went into the swamp a while back?
Hey tough guy,you got that right.Thank God I've never had to prove it.Hope nobody ever has to.

Gainesville........I was there! Very scary! Jim
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