Thread: Move over John Force, I'm going racing !

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Don this video should inspire you! P.S. What a cute little kitty you have there!

Neat video, Steve, hadn't seen that one before. Lots of old action in there. I liked the bike EJ Potter was driving, Chevy V8, no clutch, knock it off the kickstand and go! Wonder how he got the nickname the Michigan Madman?

Hee is one more of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUu9P3CKSMI

Don

Great video Don!

Good luck Don, wish I could be there.........LOL
Bradc

Thanks, Brad, but knowing how you fly around, I won't be surprised to see you sitting on my tire like Turkey Run.

This rain is supposed to blow out of here today and start clearing in time for the weekend. I sure hope so. We had rains like I haven't seen since the last hurricane, buckets were coming down. It lasted all day all week and I was ready to start building that ark.

Don

Today the Billetproof Drags were held in Lakeland and my Son Don, his GF Taylor, and I towed my 27 up there to have some fun. The weather was beautiful, and the place was crowded with some really neat old cars, more than I have ever seen at this event before.

I managed to get in 6 runs and the car ran great. I planned on making a few easy runs to check out the track, but that plan went out the window when I pulled up to the starting line. Just like I figured, 1st gear was smoke city, and I even smoked the tires all the way through 2nd most runs. My best time was 7.90 @92 mph, but it felt like 292 mph. If I had good slicks and had powershifted I know the car was capable of more, but my goal today was to keep the shiny side up and not break anything..............so I met both goals and am alive tonight to tell about it.

I had my camera on the wrong size, so here is a grainy YouTube. Don used his camera too, so maybe when he gets home I will have one that is more clear.

013 - YouTube


I can't get this silly grin off of my face.

Don

Good passes Don!!! Nothing broke, everybody had fun---sounds like a great day to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS--I cleaned the garage..............

Man that is great Don, can't wait to see the vids.

Great Don.Nice times even without out slicks.
Sounds like you had a blast.

Wow that was coooool!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for humouring us and posting. That looks like fun on a stick as my wife would say!

Hey,Don..Sounds good,looked good too.That was kool,thanks for posting..

Great stuff Don, thats what its all about !!! Look forward to seeing more

Thanks guys. Yesterday was the most fun I have had in a long time and I am just happy I made it out alive and with no car damage.

I've been going over my timeslips and trying to analyze the reaction times and 60 foot times. The car was spinning too much to launch well, but here are some of the results. What does some of this mean:

Reaction time......... .397 ............60 ft..............2.16

RT........................ .047.............60 ft.............2.161

RT........................ .321............ 60 ft.............2.049

RT........................ .063 ............60 ft............1.769 (best run, 7.90 et/92 mph

Don

You had two good lights, two lights that you slept through!!!! Too much spin to get a decent 60' time....

I tried leaving when the last yellow lit up, but sometimes the car wouldn't move because of the tires. I considered trying second gear starts but the last thing I wanted to do was blow the transmisson.

A member on another forum posted a video from his car, and it was cool to see my roadster from this perspective. I've never seen it going down the road.

HH-billetproof drags - YouTube


Don