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#41
10-09-2009, 07:46 AM
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 If I'm not mistaken, Travis put the magic touches to David Hances DR car ( & possibly his PM car, correct me if I'm wrong ?) that set a record at BMP last Febuary in Florida. 1/8th............... 1/4. Ya run what ya have. A win is a win and the rush still is leaving the line and getting your shifts right down the track. |
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10-09-2009, 08:00 AM
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 Hell, my pit lane is a 1/4 mile long.  Try running 2.66 miles of elevation changes, sweepers, tight turns under heavy braking, from 130+ to 40, hang a left-right combo, floor it into a down hill off camber right hander accelerating back to 100+ with cars in front, on your tail, and side by side lap after lap. Now that's racing... 
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#43
10-09-2009, 08:27 AM
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I think what Scott was inferring was that Travis is a better tuner. I see evidence of that myself whenever he's helping on Welter's car. When Travis is there, that car flies.
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10-09-2009, 09:05 AM
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LOL...
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10-09-2009, 02:34 PM
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1/8 is a direct offshoot of street racing..almost all of americas "match racers" have gone to shorter tracks..its hard to find a road worthy of 150mph plus top speeds..but a SHORT 120MPH BLAST WORKS FINE..
anyway, if your sanctioned track is 1/4 mile, go for it..we run 1/8 mile events on a 1/4 mile track..no room for errors..no coming back from the holeshot.. and road racing pays nothing, HO..it may be driving fun, but cant pay for itself..a good bracket guy can actually make ma few dollars at seasons end... enjoy whatever you like..race when and where u can.. and that 63 lemans gets me excited..what a beast..great to see the old bodys redone for racing.. |
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10-09-2009, 06:24 PM
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it's amazing to see this thread get hijacked by a bunch of guys wanting to debate 1/8 mile vs. 1/4 mile drag racing.
somebody should start another thread so the whole lot of you can bicker at each other somewhere else. |
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10-09-2009, 10:17 PM
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good point !!!
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10-09-2009, 11:13 PM
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You ain't chittin'! Especially when you leave the line on a good pass and it give you that ohhh chit feeling!!!  Congrats to the Butlers and Travis! That car is really going to fly when they put some decent power to it!
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10-10-2009, 07:58 AM
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Did anyone pay attention to the mph? That car has a LOT of potential, I predict low 4's. Congrats Rodney. -Jim
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10-10-2009, 08:54 AM
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10-10-2009, 10:10 AM
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10-10-2009, 03:36 PM
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Nobody seemed to notice what fuel they were running.
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10-11-2009, 04:59 PM
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as stated the fuel is methanol, aka alcohol.
what is you point? |
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#54
10-11-2009, 07:10 PM
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We run VP brand M1 straight methanol. We don't have the bankroll for anything else!! The flames you see on the starting line are from pulling timing and putting fuel in to make boost with the clutch.
Thanks for all the interest/kind words, fellas......we now have two weekends on the car with no hurt parts, a very comfortable tuneup and we are making progress with every hit. Rodney is still every bit the driver he used to be, even being out of the saddle for three years. This car is going to be one BAD hombre, I hope we can do it justice. TQ |
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10-12-2009, 03:51 PM
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Car looked good, Travis!
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10-12-2009, 05:02 PM
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Drag racing... zzz
Go find another forum if ya don't like it. There should be some roundy round, up and down forums out there. Seems to me that 99.9% of the guys here are drag racers. You do not hesitate to ask for help/advise from us low life drag racers. Do not need uppity crap from you or any other road race rich boy. JMO
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10-12-2009, 07:07 PM
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Methanol will do that, Scott...when you load it up. Bob Hall used to do that years ago with his "Paddy Wagon" Vega wheelstander. Back when I used to watch him run at Budds Creek in the mid-80's it would pop flames like that out the zoomies at idle when he was backing up from a burnout.
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10-13-2009, 01:26 AM
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10-13-2009, 08:18 AM
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No one but you said anything about "low life" I just think watching drag racing is boring, especially 1/8 mile. Nothing but respect for the amount of power being produced and the abilty to put it down. I used to drag, but for me the seat time is to limited for the amount of time spent at the track, effort in the car and cost, JMO though. And rich boy?, that's a laugh. Most of you have more in your engines than I have in my entire car. Can't we all just get along
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10-13-2009, 08:50 AM
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I suppose.
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