Went to the Dorchester Dragway, in SC today. My brother brought his 04 GTO, and his friend, who invited us out brought his stock supercharged Saturn ION. My Z is all stock again, since the engine replacement. Haven't had a change to put the aftermarket parts back on.

Was a HOT day, about 97 degrees. Bright and sunny. Felt pretty humid, but not exact on the humidity level. Track is 1/8th mile long.

Best time:
RT: .529 (I know, this sucked)
60: 1.99
Time: 9.046 @ 78.043mph
Ran against my brother's friend. He finished in 9.5xx but won

Worst time:
RT: .578 (Again, this sucked, I know)
60: 2.787
Time: 10.727 @ 75.307mph
I know what I did here... Late reaction, and my launch RPM's were too high, so I broke traction at the launch.

Did run against my brother's GTO, here's how I did there:
RT: .104 (my bro's friend showed me how to better anticipate the green, not bad, huh?)
60: 2.218
Time 9.34 @ 78.445mph
Broke traction a bit at the launch. RPM's were a bit high, I think. I know my brother had about 1/2 length on me at the end... He had lots of problems with his launch, but his slip said his time was 9.61 and he won

I think my biggest problem was my reaction time...
Any comments/ suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanks.

 

R/T means nothing... just omit that from your mind... your problem was the 60ft ... getting off the line smooth and your times will improve drastically.

 

Best time:
RT: .529 (I know, this sucked)
60: 1.99
Time: 9.046 @ 78.043mph

Reaction time is not part of ET. 60 foot time is very good. You are running at less than ideal temperatures. Heat is a killer.

 

Good point on the air temp/heat... That 1.99 60ft is a good 60ft.. I was focused on those 2.2 & 2.7 60fts...

 

I was launching around 3K- 3.5K on most of the runs. I think that was also my problem... now that I think about it, I had a tendency to break traction at the launch as well. Are my launch RPM's too high? That "Best time" run I launched at around 2.5K, and seemed to hookup better.

 

Your 60 foot time speaks for itself. I cannot observe your first to second gear shift.

 

Ok, so I'll work on how I'm getting off of the line.