So I went to the Track

Well, last Friday they had the "street race" at tlocal 1/8th mile track. I have never been to a track and thought it would be kinda fun. So I rolled out the vert and went over there. It was 5 bucks to race so I hopped in line. The embarrasment began.

Obviously I'm nervous as hell, as I roll up to the box. Burnout was nice and the motor sounded good. Rolled up to the line and staged, tried to get the RPM's up for a good launch in 2nd...stalled! Restarted and ran the track.

Next run the fiance wanted to go so she hopped in. I got up to the line and decided to launch in 1st...spun the tires but mustered a 10.147 at 75 mph.

Third run, tried to stay on the line and the car rolled off the lip and through the beam. Redlight FTL!

Overall, MPH was consistent 72-75 (with the added weight-but I cant tell her that) But I think I should be able to get that into the 9's. I really need to work on the launch and I should probably invest in a set of gears. The car is an 87 GT Vert with BBk shorties, O/R H-pipe, Coil, elec fan, no A/C and no smog, so it's no speed demon anyway. But it was fun and I will probably go back this friday!

Any suggestions from you guys on how to get the ET down?

crumbie50 said:

you should be in the 9's easily!

you're on street tires so ditch the water box. just spin them over dry a few times and stage. put your rpms around 1200ish and ride the clutch out. should be good for a low 2.1x 60 ft. Get that 60 ft down and with that mph you'll be in the mid 9's easy. keep practicing, it's all in the launch.

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I'm gonna work on reducing the passenger seat weight for a couple runs next time too.