I went out to the Dunn Benson 1/8 mile strip tonight to just see what its all about. 10$ to race, prolly coulda got in 20 pulls in the 4 hrs the test and tune session was. However, I got in 1.

There's way more stuff to pay attention to than I thought. I pre-staged, then rolled forward to get the stage lights, then the pre-stage light went out. I musta moved too far ahead. Didnt know what to do. By that time the tree started and turned green before i could even get the rev's up.

I told myself all day, pedal the throttle to avoid wheelspin. So what do I do, mash it. spin spin, shift, burn clutch, slip clutch try to shift, bang rev limiter for the rest of the run.

The #'s were solid
reaction : .8049
60ft: 2.46
330 : 6.24
1/8: 9.76 @ 69.20

HAHAHA. sweet. The clutch was so burned and smelled so bad, I was completely embarrassed. Decided to cut my losses and head home. Didnt wanna risk burning the clutch completely, plus I was knocking a bunch (shoulda bought some race gas).

Either way it was fun, and I'll head back in the spring better prepared!

This is my rpm vs boost chart. what a mess! Too much boost, too weak of a clutch!

 

You should have tried again instead of go home..Who cares what everyone else thinks..

 

Wow I did better my first time with a stock 03. Just try a bit harder on concentrating on your reaction time and launching

 

i didnt want to lose my clutch completely. I was slipping in 1st on the drive home as it was

Plus i was by myself, so if something happened it woulda sucked that much worse.

also, if you ran in the 8s you needed to have a helmet. I had seen pics of guys running all yr without helmets, so I woulda been kicked out anyhow.

More prepared for next time

 

Dude reaction time has no effect on your E.T..

This kind of misinformation confuses the hell out of a lot of novice racers..

 

How so?

 

I'll let davidv answer this..

 

Reaction time is not used to calculate ET in tnt racing. You can sit at the line for 30 seconds, make a 12 second pass and your ET will show 12 seconds.

 

Ohhh I see so its all about concentrating on your launching instead of your reaction time.

 

Yes.

 

ya , i coulda/ shoulda sat there longer to calm down a bit. ohh well. next time

 

Sounds like you had a blast. That's what it's all about! Not bad for your first time for sure.

 

Ya it was fun in an anxious type of way. I was really surprised by the # of trailer queens out there. There was probably less than 10% of the cars that were driven to and from the track.

Also, 1/8 is soo short. realistically i shoulda just been on top of 3rd get at the end of the trap.

 

if you don't mind driving to kinston they do test and tune every thursday and it's 1/4 mile.

I think next friday is flat out friday 1/4 mile racing from 6pm-12am.

I usually get in 6-8 runs my fastest time there is 13.49 with a 8.6 1/8th N/A.

 

Just keep practicing and don't worry about what other drivers there may think. Everyone has to learn sometime.

For general drag racing techniques, check out the link I provided. The driver uses a corvette, but his techniques apply to 350Z's as well. Ranger knows his stuff.

http://www.rangeracceleration.com/

 

^^ ya thats what I was reading today. That was the 1st time i've ever done a high boost no vdc pull. The stock clutch doesnt like that much power. Had i not smoked the clutch, I woulda worked on my 60ft all night. Like I asid, you could have easily got in 20 or 30 passes in the 4 hours. Very good deal.

Not sure if Kinston or Rockingham is closer. The rock does 1/4 mile TnT on the weekends I think. I'll have to check that out. Need to get on that top 25 list

 

I think they are both about the same distance from you. Kinston is closer to me I might try the Rock one day. What day is their test and tune?

 

saturday's http://www.rockinghamdragway.com/schedule/

 

Blame it on the clutch.
Blame it on the boost.
I think the problem is between the steering wheel and the gas peddle.

 

are you going this saturday?