#5263, "3rd place at import wars this past saturday (but no trophy)"
I went to New England Dragway to the import wars this past saturday and took 3rd in the slick class (bracket racing, naturally).
I advanced with some good runs and good reaction times to the final three in the class. I couldn't get the bye run and had to line up against the local ringer who usually wins the event.
If there was a day he could have been beat, yesterday was it. I had him off the line with a better reaction time, but I bogged the launch and he won the race. They only give trophies for the top 2 in the class, but 3rd still is a good showing.
So for the 2 bracket racing events I raced in this season (I missed going to one import event this year) I have taken 2nd place and 3rd place. I'd say that is a pretty good start to the season, and good preperation for the shootout!
#5270, "RE: 3rd place at import wars this past saturday (but no trophy)" In response to Reply # 2
Originally posted by Keith2172 Congrats, how many in the class? What's your dial-in? Have you found that .308sec yet?
There are 4 seperate classes: street class (bracket and street tires), slick class (bracket and drag slicks), street shootout (heads up and street tires), and pro shootout (heads up and drag slicks). Don't ask me why there are only 4 classes and why there are broken up like that because I have no clue. The track has always done it like that.
I raced in the slick class (I had drag radials, but you can run street tires in the drag slick classes, you basically are handicapping yourself) and there were 6 cars in the class. It wasn't a big turnout this saturday. The street class (by far the biggest class) had 20 cars in it, it usually has double that or sometimes even more (up to 100!). The street shootout had a good 10 cars or so, and the pro shootout class had only 1 or 2 entries. Normally you'd see twice the entries that we saw this saturday, but a lot of people show up for "run only" which is just time trials. Many people would rather rack up as many runs as possible instead of competing.
Lately (as of the middle of lst year or so) I have been entering the slick class because there are far less people in the class which means less people to beat to get to the finals, and less chance the law of averages will catch up to you and you'll screw up, which can happen if you have to run 5 races to get to the finals instead of 2.
Now, I know, you're thinking that I had it easy because there are 1/3 the number of cars to race against... well there is always a catch and here it is... The people racing in the street class are mostly just a bunch of riceboys who have a hard time remembering where to stage their car. In the slick class there are NO amatuers! Everyone you race against is good, usually VERY GOOD.
So, there are less cars to deal with, but everyone you race is a tough challenge. You're lucky if you even advance.
As for the dial in, well I'm sorry to say it was a 15.7 this weekend. I was taking it too easy on the launch (hence my tendency to bog the car).
As for that 0.308 sec... I'll find it sooner or later
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