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Old Mar 2, 2003 | 01:38 PM
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Well saturday was the first day at the drag strip for me i live in Albuquerque,nm so we are about one mile high. Well anyways i am posting a pic of my time i have 94 auto all stock i just have PE. I launch from an idle so you cant say thats much of a launch well i ran a 14.846@103.031 the speed is go but the time is slow my reation time was .278. well tell me what you guys think?? http://68.35.140.131/drag.htm

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Old Mar 2, 2003 | 03:49 PM
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From your time slip it dont give any information like your 60' or 1/8 ET or MPH so its hard to tell how well you launched..

Your reaction time will have NO effect on your ET or MPH
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Old Mar 2, 2003 | 04:14 PM
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Nice Job.

That track needs better equipment :lol:
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Old Mar 2, 2003 | 04:43 PM
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The most important thing is , I bet you had a good time. :yesnod:
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Old Mar 2, 2003 | 04:47 PM
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The most important thing is , I bet you had a good time. :yesnod:
Yeah, when the alternative is watching rain melt the snow, going racing beats the Hell outta that!
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Old Mar 2, 2003 | 07:46 PM
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With the two reaction times on your slip, I'm guessing that, .000 is a perfect light on your tracks system. Either that or your opponent red lit worse than you did. The rest of the missing data looks like, first of the season "bugs", in the timing equipment. Based on past experience, I only hope RMR is that well prepared on April 12th, our first T&T. Good luck, and...

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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 05:13 PM
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That track needs better equipment
I agree. I take it the reaction time of .278 is .278 over a .500 light? So it would be a .778 light? How about the guy he raced running a 13.995 @ 2.872 MPH :D.
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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 08:49 PM
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With your MPH I think you should be able to do an high 13s or low 14s ET. Pratice..
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That track needs better equipment

I agree. I take it the reaction time of .278 is .278 over a .500 light? So it would be a .778 light? How about the guy he raced running a 13.995 @ 2.872 MPH :D.
bence13_33, the 'local' place used to have time slips like that ALL the time! In '90, I ran against a 12-second '68 Chevelle that got credited with a MPH of 333.33 (on the BRAKES), two YEARS before Kenny Bernstein ran 301.2 (?) at the Gatornationals...
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Last Summer, I hit 444 mph in the 1/8th, but I got it whoa-ed down to 92 by the 1/4.

RACE ON!!!
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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 09:31 PM
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Last Summer, I hit 444 mph in the 1/8th, but I got it whoa-ed down to 92 by the 1/4.
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