Butuz
20-05-2008, 14:13
Was going up with my Bigtone and Buffy as tone is in the Pro Street Drag series @ Shakespeare.
As we were going to Castle Coombe first for Japfest and then going to the drag racing - I took my car too.
Of course It wasnt long before I was looking at my car, and looking at the strip, and thinking "hmmm" it is a RWYB too so anyone can put their car on....
So in a moment of madness I got in my car and drove into the scrutineering bay :smash: - the scrutineer asked me if I was intending to take all my camping gear out the boot? I said nah just gonna do a run or two. The scrutiner then rephrazed the question - take all of that crap out the boot :annoyed::whip: haha ok I said but now I am not going to be able to set my tent up at the top of the strip?
So there we go - my car is passed - I go to the office and sign in, pay my £15 for unlimited runs.
Nervously - I head to the queue. Only there is no queue - just Bigtone driving on to the strip ready to run (it was early TBH!) so I followed. He did a massive burnout, I didn't. He ran. Now it was my turn. I honestly had no idea what the hell I was doing - I had no idea how the traffic lights worked or anything - the marshals eventually realised I was a total newbie and directed me forwards and backwards until the two "ready" lights came on. So rev her up - and then the green go go go!!!
http://www.stealth-performance.com/drag.jpg
Vroom! What fun!!!
The first two runs I did - I messed up in my newbyness as I saw two checkered flags and lifted off. Unfortunatly they are the chequered flags for the motorbikes which run 1/8th miles - so I was lifting off half way down the strip - too early!!! On those I did a 14.5 @ 60mph odd and a 13.9 @ 90mph odd. Lol!!!! :ghey:
Now I new what to do - I kept accelerating all the way past the 1/4 mile. Got a 12.9 @ 109mph followed by a 12.85 @ 110mph. :sxoc:
Not too bad! At first I was a bit dissapointed with that I don't really know why for some insane reason I was saying to buffy oo lets see if we can get into the 11's - he did look at me a bit funny - but after being reminded that my time is as fast as something like a Ferrari F360 Spyder - and Gary @ GT Art said - "that's good when I started I was running 14.5s with 600bhp" I came to realise that thats a pretty good time for a standard car.
Next round - I am going to take the spare wheel out and let my tyres down. Hope to do better!!!!
Butuz
As we were going to Castle Coombe first for Japfest and then going to the drag racing - I took my car too.
Of course It wasnt long before I was looking at my car, and looking at the strip, and thinking "hmmm" it is a RWYB too so anyone can put their car on....
So in a moment of madness I got in my car and drove into the scrutineering bay :smash: - the scrutineer asked me if I was intending to take all my camping gear out the boot? I said nah just gonna do a run or two. The scrutiner then rephrazed the question - take all of that crap out the boot :annoyed::whip: haha ok I said but now I am not going to be able to set my tent up at the top of the strip?
So there we go - my car is passed - I go to the office and sign in, pay my £15 for unlimited runs.
Nervously - I head to the queue. Only there is no queue - just Bigtone driving on to the strip ready to run (it was early TBH!) so I followed. He did a massive burnout, I didn't. He ran. Now it was my turn. I honestly had no idea what the hell I was doing - I had no idea how the traffic lights worked or anything - the marshals eventually realised I was a total newbie and directed me forwards and backwards until the two "ready" lights came on. So rev her up - and then the green go go go!!!
http://www.stealth-performance.com/drag.jpg
Vroom! What fun!!!
The first two runs I did - I messed up in my newbyness as I saw two checkered flags and lifted off. Unfortunatly they are the chequered flags for the motorbikes which run 1/8th miles - so I was lifting off half way down the strip - too early!!! On those I did a 14.5 @ 60mph odd and a 13.9 @ 90mph odd. Lol!!!! :ghey:
Now I new what to do - I kept accelerating all the way past the 1/4 mile. Got a 12.9 @ 109mph followed by a 12.85 @ 110mph. :sxoc:
Not too bad! At first I was a bit dissapointed with that I don't really know why for some insane reason I was saying to buffy oo lets see if we can get into the 11's - he did look at me a bit funny - but after being reminded that my time is as fast as something like a Ferrari F360 Spyder - and Gary @ GT Art said - "that's good when I started I was running 14.5s with 600bhp" I came to realise that thats a pretty good time for a standard car.
Next round - I am going to take the spare wheel out and let my tyres down. Hope to do better!!!!
Butuz