Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of

Jody Lang · 08-29-2010, 04:37 PM

2 years ago big bracket race at Pacific. I was driving my brothers bracket wagon running 13.80s @ 97mph. Paired with an alcohol dragster that ran 6.90 @ 195!!!! He sat on the full tree a bit, i took a huge stripe, but had it dialed way hard good for the 1st round win. Crazy!!!

Bench Racer · 08-29-2010, 06:16 PM

Back about 25+ years ago there was a guy from up north that ran a brown corvair in IHRA production superstock. He used to run some of the races at Darlington, Rockingham, and Bristol. I don't recall the E.T.'s but he got some pretty good spots. Don Jackson

Arnold Greene · 08-29-2010, 07:02 PM

I ran Harry Morgans Escort at the Gainesville divisional in 1999. He dialed 18.60 and I dialed 10.18. I have run Harry several times at IHRA eighth mile races where he dialed 11something to my 6.30/6.40's. I was 45 mph faster in the eighth mile and almost 60 mph faster in the quarter mile. It was always fun and the crowd (especially IHRA) loved it.

cicero819 · 08-29-2010, 09:32 PM

1982 Racing at Napierville Qc, I ran my 1969 Chevelle aluminum headed 427BB in a king of the hill race(everybody runs) and I was racing a Toyota Tercel running on three cylinders I was dialed 10:95 and he was dialed 21:00 flat. He left what at the time looked like an eternity on me with a 7

light(which I didn't know) and I left on 5O9 I never thought I was ever going to catch him until second gear where it look like he was stopped in the middle of the track, I had to shut it down because he ran 23:00 something. Now reflecting on this I just can't believe that I was part of that race, I kept thinking what if I had crashed into him at that speed. Just luck I guess. Claude

herbjr · 08-30-2010, 12:38 AM

My son today running his Jr Dragster was dialed 7.94 and ran another jr dialed 18.55. Talk about a long spot, this is the 2nd time in 3 weeks we have run this car. We won both times.

Herb Jr

Mark Yacavone · 08-30-2010, 01:20 AM

Back in the 80's, I was driving Mr Bill's Escort at the Warner Robins points meet.
I had to run Corky Jordan's A/Stocker in the 3rd round . He had about 50 mph on me
(77 to 127). I took him across the stripe for by what I thought was a fender at the time, for a breakout.
It turned out by the math that it was more like almost a car length .

Kevin McKenna · 08-30-2010, 03:00 AM

Maybe not the longest spot but certianly one of the most entertaining was during the Cajun Sports Naitonals a few years when James Paul's SS/JA Mopar drew Vinnie Deceglie's A/Altered Corvette in the first round of the gambler's race. Paul was dialed somewhere in the 11s and Deceglie had about a 6.60 on the window. If I remember right, it was actually a pretty competitive race.

08-29-2010, 04:37 PM	#1
Jody Lang Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 306 Likes: 28 Liked 89 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of 2 years ago big bracket race at Pacific. I was driving my brothers bracket wagon running 13.80s @ 97mph. Paired with an alcohol dragster that ran 6.90 @ 195!!!! He sat on the full tree a bit, i took a huge stripe, but had it dialed way hard good for the 1st round win. Crazy!!!

08-29-2010, 06:16 PM	#2
Bench Racer Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Green Creek (Tryon) North Carolina Posts: 331 Likes: 69 Liked 99 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of Back about 25+ years ago there was a guy from up north that ran a brown corvair in IHRA production superstock. He used to run some of the races at Darlington, Rockingham, and Bristol. I don't recall the E.T.'s but he got some pretty good spots. Don Jackson

08-29-2010, 07:02 PM	#3
Arnold Greene Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 136 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of I ran Harry Morgans Escort at the Gainesville divisional in 1999. He dialed 18.60 and I dialed 10.18. I have run Harry several times at IHRA eighth mile races where he dialed 11something to my 6.30/6.40's. I was 45 mph faster in the eighth mile and almost 60 mph faster in the quarter mile. It was always fun and the crowd (especially IHRA) loved it. __________________ Arnold Greene IHRA/NHRA 2420 A/S, B/S

08-29-2010, 09:32 PM	#4
cicero819 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aylmer Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,086 Likes: 31 Liked 69 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of 1982 Racing at Napierville Qc, I ran my 1969 Chevelle aluminum headed 427BB in a king of the hill race(everybody runs) and I was racing a Toyota Tercel running on three cylinders I was dialed 10:95 and he was dialed 21:00 flat. He left what at the time looked like an eternity on me with a 7 light(which I didn't know) and I left on 5O9 I never thought I was ever going to catch him until second gear where it look like he was stopped in the middle of the track, I had to shut it down because he ran 23:00 something. Now reflecting on this I just can't believe that I was part of that race, I kept thinking what if I had crashed into him at that speed. Just luck I guess. Claude

08-30-2010, 12:38 AM	#5
herbjr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 1,027 Likes: 1 Liked 83 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of My son today running his Jr Dragster was dialed 7.94 and ran another jr dialed 18.55. Talk about a long spot, this is the 2nd time in 3 weeks we have run this car. We won both times. Herb Jr

08-30-2010, 01:20 AM	#6
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,817 Likes: 2,907 Liked 5,124 Times in 1,953 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of Back in the 80's, I was driving Mr Bill's Escort at the Warner Robins points meet. I had to run Corky Jordan's A/Stocker in the 3rd round . He had about 50 mph on me (77 to 127). I took him across the stripe for by what I thought was a fender at the time, for a breakout. It turned out by the math that it was more like almost a car length . __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

08-30-2010, 03:00 AM	#7
Kevin McKenna Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 194 Likes: 0 Liked 32 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of Maybe not the longest spot but certianly one of the most entertaining was during the Cajun Sports Naitonals a few years when James Paul's SS/JA Mopar drew Vinnie Deceglie's A/Altered Corvette in the first round of the gambler's race. Paul was dialed somewhere in the 11s and Deceglie had about a 6.60 on the window. If I remember right, it was actually a pretty competitive race.