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Old 06-19-2011, 12:40 PM
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Default first time running the 1/8th

took the camaro to eddyville, won 20$ and made it to the fast 4, pretty good for the first time id say.
8.86 at 82mph was my best time of the night, ok for 2.73s, and street tires.
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Cool all ways cool to win some cash
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do you even hit 3rd in an 1/8 mile? I never understood how ppl race 1/8th mile tracks.... dont have any around me.

But anway, good job on winning some money.
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I never understood how ppl race 1/8th mile tracks
me either. drag racing goes so quick right now, why would you want to make it shorter?

I always figured it was because people want to cheap out and make more passes on cheaper built stuff.
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Originally Posted by 71novaguy
me either. drag racing goes so quick right now, why would you want to make it shorter?

I always figured it was because people want to cheap out and make more passes on cheaper built stuff.
Im not a big fan of 1/8th mile drag racing but its not becasue they want to cheap out or have cheap built cars. There are some extremly fast 1/8th mile cars out there that cost a lot of $$$$. Some of them run in the 3.XX second range.
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Originally Posted by 71novaguy
me either. drag racing goes so quick right now, why would you want to make it shorter?

I always figured it was because people want to cheap out and make more passes on cheaper built stuff.

i have 2 1/8th mile tracks near me. and both have big money races. more so than the 1/4 tracks near me. you also have to consider the amount of room a track can have. tracks may have enough for the 1/4 mile but not enough room for the shut down area. i think its also cheaper to run 1/8 mile track far as insurance goes. that be my guess anyway
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Some of them run in the 3.XX second range.
that just doesnt seem worth it to me.

tracks may have enough for the 1/4 mile but not enough room for the shut down area. i think its also cheaper to run 1/8 mile track far as insurance goes. that be my guess anyway
I understand it from a length point of view. thats why we had to have the outlaw fuel altered shut down at the 1000ft,but they are running some serious speed. so yes, i would think insurance would like it if cars that fast shut down early.
for a majority of the cars out there, 1/8th is just too short to be worth a dang.
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i usually run 1/4, thought id try the 1/8th, i ended up being one of the top fastest four cars of the night, but got smoked by a speed inc built c5 on spray, cool thing was the fastest four cars were all ls1 powered cars.
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good job.



what was your 60?
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Originally Posted by ULTIMATEORANGESS
good job.



what was your 60?
the lowest i could get was 2.13sec




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