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Check out this little race video!

Locust ForkLocust Fork Member Posts: 32,056 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMa1gDrKlLc


This is a short little race video that is AMAZING....very cool
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    That mustang looked really cool and the turbos sounded great, but he still lost to a properly set up vette
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  • 4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    I would have a set of wheelie bar with all that torque.
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dont often see wheelies down the intire 1/4 mile, good control.
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    Sorry Joe, it was only a 1/8 mile track, but you are right, she held nice and straight
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I thought it was a bit quick, but then dismissed anyplace having a 1/8 track.

    What, they couldn't find enough land for an entire track? [:)]
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    Back when we still ran Rialto it was a 1/8th mile. I actually prefered running the 1/8th. The 1/8th demanded perfection, everything fun in a drag race happens in the first 1/8th, the second 1/8th is just building speed and hurting parts.
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I raced a few times at the old El Toro Raceway back in the 70's, just outside the Marine base. I had a 55 Chev with a 283 ci and 4 spd. Lots of fun.
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    I was concieved because of a car like that. Actually a 57 Chevy 210 Post with a 327 that was pulled out of a wrecked vette. My Mom was driving it and my Dad wanted to drive the car so he asked her out. 45 years later the story and the car are legends in my family
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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mk 19
    everything fun in a drag race happens in the first 1/8th, the second 1/8th is just building speed and hurting parts.


    Um, Yea, building speed and hurting parts is what the fans come to see!

    The real Drivers and Mechanics could handle it!

    Whats next, seeing who can rev there engines the loudest? [:(]
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wiplash
    quote:Originally posted by Mk 19
    everything fun in a drag race happens in the first 1/8th, the second 1/8th is just building speed and hurting parts.


    Um, Yea, building speed and hurting parts is what the fans come to see!

    The real Drivers and Mechanics could handle it!

    Whats next, seeing who can rev there engines the loudest? [:(]



    That is what fans come to see from the pros, they can (almost) afford the $10,000 per pass that it takes to run Top Fuel. As a sportsman racer, that doesn't have more money that brains, I do not want to break anything. A new motor for my old Super Comp Dragster would run over $30,000, so if I could extend the life of that engine by not running it so hard, I will. As a sportsman racer I never had a fan give me a dime for giving a good show, so no, I raced for me, not for the guy in the stands who never gave the time to understand index racing.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Would the Mustang have won if its front tires were on the ground. Since he would have tripped the finish line Lights with his rear tires.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    Would the Mustang have won if its front tires were on the ground. Since he would have tripped the finish line Lights with his rear tires.
    Hard to say. A lot of excess drag with your front wheels that high in the air.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,159 ******
    edited November -1
    ....this could really happen,,[;)][;)][^][8D]
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  • TexasVetTexasVet Member Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love wheelie cars & trucks......

    However, it seems like the ones that are real low to the ground always win.
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