tommy smith

Now I entered my car in the 11.49 or slower bracket. That was the slowest bracket available. I don't know if it's all the drugs I'm taking or I'm forever changed. or

In the past, I used to go into the semi finals, finals & even have a couple of wins under my belt, but today I lost in the FIRST round & this was my THIRD time out of three times racing that I got eliminated in the FIRST round

It took 3 hours to get to the track. My first & only practice run was in the cooler before 12 noon weather. In drive, flooring it from idle without even turning the traction off I turned a 13.137 @ 105.54 mph. Not bad at all.

Now 2&1/2 hours later my bracket class was called & they pared me up(no choice) with an SUV that had 14.05 as his dial in time & since it got by then t-shirt warm weather, I put a 13.23 as my dial in time.

THE RACE
He turned 14.169 @ 96.93mph with his 14.05 dial in & my run was 13.232 @ 107.43 mph. with a 13.230 dial in time. LOOKED REAL GOOD FOR ME !? Well NO!!! his reaction time was .011 & I was NEVER able to catch/pass him

Side note - EVERYBODY was very friendly & many wanted to take a look at the Z. It appeared like many never saw a Z at the drag strip before

I'll post time slips & a couple of pics of my car next week.

NR1DAD

that sucks


what mods do you have on your Z?

tommy smith

Here in the very populated North East of the U.S. there are almost no Z guys drag racing. There are several very good drag strips & plenty of cars racing but finding a 350z or a 370z at the track is like finding a gold nugget in the Hudson River

At the last Import racing day before this one there also were no Z's but a few were at the car show part of the track. I walked over to a very impressive looking Z with an open hood & plenty of pipes & goodies. Impressive so I asked (since it was at the drag strip) what does it turn/do in the 1/4 mile, his answer TWICE to that question was it has 600 H.P.

I didn't know if I should laugh or hit my head against a wall. I just walked away instead..... They do DYNO SHEET racing out here A friend of his later told me that he does 13's It seems like very few Z guys know how to drag race

Anyway back to your Question. I'm not into mods very much. I've changed 2 things on the car & if I don't mention them, they can't be seen unless the car is on a lift and an EXPERIENCED tech looks it over

The car I crashed is the one on the top 25 list 07/08 350z Andre12031948. It's been # one for over 5 years & I broke my record several times. Since the car & my driving skill is NO MORE due to a very unusual & very serious car accident I'm kind of glad that there are no serious attempts at my record.

I wouldn't really mind if someone that put an effort broke it. That car never had many mods & the H.P. was modest somewhere in the 280's - 290's range

Good to see a drag racer.....

Alberto

iTrader: (14)

Good on you for at least getting out there. LOL @ the dyno racer what a queer

tommy smith

Flo-ridaZ33

iTrader: (60)

Didn't realize Puerto Rican was it's own language.

tommy smith

Stock factory dual H.P. intake mod + stock factory muffler & tips mod. Let's not forget stock BASE factory H.P. wheels
My only practice run slip/lost my loosing 1st. run slip.

NR1DAD

thats a crazy time. dont understand how you did it though


but why did u start another account. why didnt u use ur old one?

tommy smith

1) Which car? 350z or 370z ? BOTH

2) Long story