Capitol Raceway this Friday July 2nd who's in???
07-01-2010, 01:48 PM
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J/K I can't its the rules I know but damn. There would be no one racing if the rules went to EVERY single car. 
07-01-2010, 02:27 PM
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That was funny when he told me to go look at that guys bar. It was on the tippity tip of my tongue and I bit it and said yeah I should do that. I dont get it.... they nail corvettes down there like crazy but honda civics down there with gutted interiors no bars running in the lower 11's, EVO's in the mid 10's, old junk camaro's with no bars in the low 10's and yet I'm the one booted with a 11.1x's after 2 passes! Pissed. nooo J/K I can't its the rules I know but damn. There would be no one racing if the rules went to EVERY single car.
J/K I can't its the rules I know but damn. There would be no one racing if the rules went to EVERY single car.
07-01-2010, 03:40 PM
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Orange car + Blue tape, i don't think the colors are your favor. Plus you guys push the limits like every other week at cecil. They have just had enough is my guess.
Sending you a PM now about friday.
BTW capitol is NHRA sanctioned, supposed to be more strict then IHRA. Just tell them it runs high 11s and hope they don't watch like a hawk.
Sending you a PM now about friday.
BTW capitol is NHRA sanctioned, supposed to be more strict then IHRA. Just tell them it runs high 11s and hope they don't watch like a hawk.
07-01-2010, 04:00 PM
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^ I tried that once and it didn't work. I told them my Focus ran mid-14s. They believed me at tech but after I made one pass at 13.5, they pulled me off and said I had to find a helmet if I wanted to run again. Fortunately, a friend there let me borrow his.
07-01-2010, 05:32 PM
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So how does that left turn work when fireball is down the track on Friday night racing next to a prius? Should that prius have the 28.8 cert since its on the track with you? And how does that left turn work when the big dodge dually is racing the ford focus. Which one of those should have have the big cage for the impact? Well its good thing the NHRA is looking out for Fireballs safety and not the other peoples.
07-01-2010, 07:17 PM
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I can attest to this. 2 years ago, they wouldnt let me run because my helmet didnt have a snell rating sticker on it, but one look at the helmet would tell you it was perfectly safe....
07-01-2010, 08:35 PM
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Capitol sucks donkeys ***.......my car never hooks up there,best my car has went there was 11:90. ran at capital on a friday night car went 12:00 on M/T DR the next day went to MIR it was hot as hell (around 95F) my first pass was a 11:60..... best advice i can give is run with the lases with the cars with slicks and you will have a better chance of not blowing the tires off
Ohh and be prepaired to maybe get 2 or 3 runs in all night
Ohh and be prepaired to maybe get 2 or 3 runs in all night
07-01-2010, 08:48 PM
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Good Luck with that. I saw a post the other day with you comparing Cecil to MIR and Atco...You think Cecil's track prep is bad, then evidently you ain't seen a shitty track yet, run by a bunch of inbred morons...lol.
Hey Jeff, I had the same luck with that car.
CRAPitol was 3/10ths slower than Cecil OR MIR for me with your new/my old Camaro. That car is, and has always been VERY consistent, so it wasn't just a fluke...
Capitol sucks donkeys ***.......my car never hooks up there,best my car has went there was 11:90. ran at capital on a friday night car went 12:00 on M/T DR the next day went to MIR it was hot as hell (around 95F) my first pass was a 11:60..... best advice i can give is run with the lases with the cars with slicks and you will have a better chance of not blowing the tires off
Ohh and be prepaired to maybe get 2 or 3 runs in all night
Ohh and be prepaired to maybe get 2 or 3 runs in all night
CRAPitol was 3/10ths slower than Cecil OR MIR for me with your new/my old Camaro. That car is, and has always been VERY consistent, so it wasn't just a fluke...
07-01-2010, 09:14 PM
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[QUOTE=rel3rd;13546359]Good Luck with that. I saw a post the other day with you comparing Cecil to MIR and Atco...You think Cecil's track prep is bad, then evidently you ain't seen a shitty track yet, run by a bunch of inbred morons...lol
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Cecil prep was never bad for test and tunes. And you know what your getting on Friday night at Cecil. I just think the place is a crappy facillity. For as much as that **** poor owner makes overthere be nice to see him put some into the track. And not only into the track but the facility in general.
I dont have a problem watching the local trailor trash walking around showing their *******. Hell I am all for that. That doesnt bother me one bit. And I dont expect much grip. Just going to have some fun. Not expecting to run any kind of a number. Hell its July... November is for numbers.
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Cecil prep was never bad for test and tunes. And you know what your getting on Friday night at Cecil. I just think the place is a crappy facillity. For as much as that **** poor owner makes overthere be nice to see him put some into the track. And not only into the track but the facility in general.
I dont have a problem watching the local trailor trash walking around showing their *******. Hell I am all for that. That doesnt bother me one bit. And I dont expect much grip. Just going to have some fun. Not expecting to run any kind of a number. Hell its July... November is for numbers.
07-02-2010, 02:18 AM
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You all should quit whining and come to 75-80. Its an IHRA track and you will fly threw tech. They dont even ask me to pop the hood. He just writes on the numbers and your good to go. If you get there early enough you can get alot of runs in but it kinda varys each week. I hate Crapitol.
07-02-2010, 06:23 AM
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whats the elevation of 75-80? Have they figured out how to work the tree, the timing boards, do decent track prep, give some sort of stopping room, pave the return road and the pitts so you dont get a flat?
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Have you been there since they have reopened. Alot has changed. Capitol is worse.
07-02-2010, 07:02 PM
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you could've kept your old vette and raced all you wanted...
maybe you should buy this
www.gtechpro.com
at least it doesn't require you to have any safety headaches like a rollbar, helmet when its hot, etc.
maybe you should buy this
www.gtechpro.com
at least it doesn't require you to have any safety headaches like a rollbar, helmet when its hot, etc.
Have at it Brucifer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbRjcl_zTWs
