Marktainium

August 17th. Mission Drags Race 1. I built my car for road racing but everyone always asks me "what does it do in the 1/4?" Now I know. 11.304 @ 133.45mph. I've never drag raced the car before or even done a burnout. (not from a standing start anyway) I've always rolled out slow then got on the gas in higher gears as the tires always break lose anyway. So my burnout was a total fail. For the record the teperature at the track was around 30c (86f) and the humidity was very high. My tires were brand new Nitto NT05r's at 18 psi (285/40-18) running 15 psi boost.
I got some last minute coaching from another driver while in pre-grid ( thanks Ivan in the Black procharged TA ) and was super nervous. It was fun though and although my transmission is noisier than before nothing broke and I drove it home. Sounds Like a win to me!


Here's the on board video... so embarrassing...

http://contour.com/stories/august-17...n-drags-race-1

Coach 02 A3 Z/28

iTrader: (10)

Big time congrats on your 1st trip to the drag strip.

Coach

djsanchez2

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That was pretty good for your first time. My first time i tried to stage with my back tire

Dirty Dog

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So you were going to run the race in reverse?

djsanchez2

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LMAO i knew i shouldn't have posted that up.

LS1rob00

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What's the car and setup??

That's some good mph! 32mph on the back half...damn lol.

If you can get it to hook i'm guessing your time will be something like the person you ran on the first time slip.

Congrats for your first time!

Villain281H

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We're all first-timers at the racetrack at one point or another; not bad for your first attempt!

Just remember that going back, practicing to get your times down and having fun racing other cars is all part of why we do this!

Good luck!

Derek

Marktainium

My cars a 1971 Camaro with a stroked TT LS2. Set up for road racing. T56.