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All things Drag Racing.

ktmoutfront said:
Legally being able to smash the throttle.
Not being a douche street racing.
Setting up for real staging.
Real reaction times.
Real speed verification.
Real time slips.

Not talking out your ass about how fast your vehicle is. :D

I have shown a number of people the time slip for ReTonkulous. Because most people don't believe me. Yes, I keep it in the truck.
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Did you just call me a douche?
Staging at lights is better than the drag strip, looking at the other direction to see when you get the green and reaction times are more critical when you don't have the Christmas tree
 
Not specifically. But I saw the results of street racing by amateurs. Had 2 friends killed in high school by a douche street racing. I have zero tolerance for it. Excessive acceleration is illegal.
 
I don't street race.
There's never anyone else on the road around me.
I stop, and mash it all the way to 100 or so. Then slow down.
Always when there's not another car in sight
 
imiceman44 said:
Fast acceleration as far as I know is not illegal.
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Yes it is illegal.
It's called "exhibition of speed"

An officer can and will give you that ticket for spinning your tires.
I have personal experience. Wasn’t even moving 10 mph when I got nailed. But my tires were well past that.

That was a 12 pt moving violation, which could have hit my CDL, but a deferred sentence gave me a break.
 
6872xtc said:
Yes it is illegal.
It's called "exhibition of speed"

An officer can and will give you that ticket for spinning your tires.
I have personal experience. Wasn’t even moving 10 mph when I got nailed. But my tires were well past that.

That was a 12 pt moving violation, which could have hit my CDL, but a deferred sentence gave me a break.
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I never spin my wheels, I have great traction.
And I even do this in the presence of cops.
Never had a problem.
But the guys that get excited and keep accelerating past me sometimes get a speeding ticket
 
shady said:
Top fuel is a must see.
Don't care what bad azz car you've ever seen or heard, multiply it by 30, and then add a little. You MIGHT get an idea, but it won't be top fuel lol.

As I believe it was Dave said to me.... Maybe Eric.. :thinking:
"It's like a thousand little monkeys beating on your chest at the same time"
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That was me, I describe it that way when I used to walk right up to the burnout box during top fuel.
 
My cousin Nick went to the final again, this time at the Autoland Door Car Challenge.

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Also, my nephew Evan Folk, Brian's son, was racing the S10 style Jimmy (S15?) the next day and had an axle twist on him, about sent him into the wall but he saved it.

He's in the white Jimmy on the left.. Video link below...

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https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15hu9ePe89/
 
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fastazz81 said:
records are dropping left and right this weekend at the pnw nationals!
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It was an incredible first experience seeing Top Fuel. I'll upload more pics and video later, but here's one of my kid (the tall one) asking Brittany Force for a can of Monster. This was minutes before her national speed record run (341.85 mph!!!) 1000021249.jpg

She declined with a laugh.
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76zimmer said:
Baptism by nitro….
About 1-2 hours before the nitro cars run, they will do a fireup to make sure all is ready to go. Start watching for a car with the blower in place, valve covers on, and the crew gathering around with SCBA apparatus on and the driver getting in the car.
Then get right up to the rope and be downwind of the engine, BUT watch where the wind is blowing because you will probably want to get the hell outta there pretty quick when you get a whiff of the nitro.
They start em up on gasoline, then all hell breaks loose when they introduce nitro into the engine!

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Yeah, we were right at the ropes by the front wheels of Force's car when they fired it up with a gentle breeze blowing towards us. Instant regret as the acrid nitro fumes began to permeate my lungs. I stuck it out, but I waved my kid off to fresher air out of the wind. We ended up being more strategic about where to stand later on and he eventually asked Alexis DeJoria's crew if they had any spare parts he could have. Dude hooked him and his buddy up with some cooked floater plates!
They got a couple spark plugs from Cruz Pedregon's booth and memories for a lifetime. 1000021317.jpg

After her record-breaking semi finals run (and heart-breaking denial of a free can of Monster), we went back to the pits. This time, my boy bought his own can of Monster and asked her for an autograph, for which she graciously obliged. With all the insanity and controlled chaos going on in the pits, she took time to autograph and take photos with every kid (and several adults) who came up to see her. That really impressed me. Her dad could be seen in and out of the pit area on his golf cart, but I didn't get a chance to say hi.

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