96collector

Gates open at 8am this sat Dec 5. Here we go again another season. Hope to see everybody out there. The weather is iffy.....

96collector

http://www.cbs12.com/weather/images/maps/7dayTest.jpg

C5 Pete

Holy crap! It's race time again! Lucky you!

Fuzzy Dice

I hate the weather report...solid 50% chance from morning till night...makes it tough for me to do the 3.5 hour tow.....sigh...I am hoping for a change but not counting on going at this point...

kazman

I have to work this weekend. At least I got a good excuse. Good luck on Saturday.

96collector

EVENT UPDATE as of 7:05 am, 12/5/15: The 1st race scheduled for today has been CANCELLED. We will proceed to have the 2nd race with the track going hot at 4 pm.

Updates will be made as we continue to monitor the situation throughout the day

Fuzzy Dice

I just checked the hour by hour...very nasty...the chance of rain never goes below 80% from Noon until midnight...I am dying to race but those odds are silly with a 3.5 hour tow each way...

96collector

Good thing you didn't drive all the way down here. The afternoon will be worst. I hop they call it. I threw out my back on friday.....What luck. It would be hard getting in and out of the corvette......

96collector

Race #1 Make-Up will be run on December 19 during the Miami-Hollywood Reunion Race

96collector

IHRA Summit Racing Equipment SuperSeries - Season Opener | Cancelled.

EVENT UPDATE as of 10:05 am, 12/5/15: Both races scheduled for today have been CANCELLED. With the continued rainfall received at the track officials have decided to cancel both races today for safety concerns.

Both Race #1 & #2 Make-Ups will be run on December 19 during the Miami-Hollywood Reunion Race. Gates will open at 8 am. Track will be hot at 10 am.

HardcoreABN

I was trying to look up the rules and car spec but the website doesn't have them. Anyone able to link me a copy of them?

96collector

http://racepbir.com/ihra-tech-rules-for-racers

HardcoreABN

but that link doesn't give me the rules for the SUmmit Super Series. The IHRA page for it is blank too.

http://www.ihra.com/superseries-rules

C5 Pete

Summit series is just the typical bracket series that most all tracks run. NHRA/IHRA rules apply.

They're available online.

HardcoreABN

ahhh gotcha. Thinking about getting into it if I could get my car prepped for it with minimal invested.

96collector

How fast is your car.

Fuzzy Dice

IHRA rules are followed for the summit super series...the IHRA rulebook is online for anyone to check out...there is a section devoted to the SSS...

You are required to join the IHRA and get a SSS number by a certain date to receive points from your track...as to the car set up, the IHRA only has two classes...Box and No Box...

Box is more commonly known as the electronics class...trans brakes, two steps and delay boxes are allowed...No Box allows trans brakes and two steps...there is no footbrake class but an awful lot of racers footbrake in the No Box class...truth is most of the track and division champs are footbraking...very little advantage to using the brake unless you simply prefer it...

Naturally, the safety equipment you need is based on your E.T. and mph...most IHRA tracks run their SSS at the 1/8 mile distance...some tracks have their own rules that supercede the IHRA as well...for instance, Palm Beach required an engine diaper or belly pan for cars quicker than 7.10 in the 1/8....the IHRA rule book does not require one until 6.50 as I recall...

Best bet is to check with the track you plan to run at and then hit the rule book...the Summit rules begin on page 60 of the rule book...again, the IHRA rule book PDF is free to download for anyone unlike a certain other sanctioning body....lol...

HardcoreABN

still working the bugs out and getting a feel for how it wants to be launched, but I am consistent 7.1/7.2 in the 1/8 and consistent 11.1/11.2 in the 1/4 on motor. Haven't even sprayed it yet. I am quite certain that once I get the bugs worked out and get a feel for how it wants to be launched, I will be consistent mid 6s in the 1/8th and mid 10s in the 1/4 on motor.

On the bottle, high 5s/low 6s in the 1/8 and low - mid 9s on the bottle.

Going to look to even see if my car meets the rules. I have watches some of the SSS here at my home track, have yet to see anything but a purpose built race car. But in all honesty, I wasn't overly impressed with their 1/8 times which is what got me thinking I might be able to be competitive.

HardcoreABN

Awesome! Will go and look over the rules tomorrow, and hit up my home track next weekend.

Fuzzy Dice

Great...you will have a lot of fun...I am sure you know this but the SSS is a bracket series, not heads up, so consistency is king...see you at the divisionals in September...