Randall
Set it up as dial your own handicap (also known as bracket racing). Each
car has two timed runs at whatever degree of "push" they want to apply to
their car. Using your timing slip you decide what your optimum achievable ET
id and it's shoe polished on the windshield. You arrive at the start, each
ones time is dialed in and the christmas tree calculates the handicap and
counts down each lane accordingly. First to the line without breaking out
(going quicker than your windshield time) wins.
Good reaction time and consistency wins.
Now if you want excitement, go bracket racing with the big boys. Nothing
quite like having a pure race car coming up behind you real fast!!!
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:19:48 -0700
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Subject: Drag racing (was : lusting after another car)
> Hey, who's the one with the spit-rocket? I would think the S2000
> would give
> the A-M a run for it money. OKay, the interior would need a little carpet
Was thinking about this just yesterday ... if a major event offered Triumph
drag racing, how many people would enter their precious cars ?
We'd have to have classes for stock vs modified cars, probably still be lots
of inequities and the event would be strictly for fun of course. But, it
would be a chance for those with modified cars to show off the advantages of
their modification.
The topic was discussed at least once, but as I recall, the consensus was
that not enough people would be interested, to make it worth the rather
extreme amount of hassle. It's tough enough to get permission to run an
autocross, and "drag racing" raises unpleasant images in a lot of people's
minds ... this year we're offering dynamometer runs instead.
But there's always next year ...
Randall
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