Ok, my first small question regarding dragging. Yes, I got brave

Please be gentle, im still learning and dont like it rough in everything

Anyways, for a beginner, just getting into this im torn between getting a camaro thats in poor shape and doing all the work on it, trial by error, learning experience, lots of work etc etc.

or

getting something a little easier that can go ahead and be used and going into it easy (something I dont normally do )

I do have a cousin that im hoping will help me, he use to drag alot, loved watching him on the track, if we can get past this whole religion thing I think both of us could do good, we've always got along pretty good.

year of camaro will be 1981, my birth year (its a thing for me *shrugs*) and for a long while it'll stay street legal in my area untill i get better over time, but we'll see

So, any advice/opinions from yall for a beginner? like i said, im still learning so be gentle

 

If you are able to I would suggest getting a car that you can work on yourself. By doing this you will learn far more about drag racing and what's involved in making a car competative. The trick to drag racing is knowing how to make the car do what it needs to do. The world of drag racing is saturated with people that can drive but is starving for crew-chief's.

 

There's a big difference between watching and actually racing.

To start, the biggest thing to do is just go out and have fun. Don't expect to be the fastest car at the track. Bracket racing has nothing to do with speed.

Go to the track when they have a street legal day just to get used to running down the track, reacting to the tree etc. Depending on what track you go to, you may need a helmet. Take everything out of the car that's not bolted down. Tech doesn't like loose items rolling around.

Once you're on the track, completely ignore who or what's beside you. It doesn't matter what your opponent has or how fast they run since you're running your own race.

Once you move into being competitive and actually start bracket racing there's a lot more to know than just pushing the gas pedel to the floor and driving down the track.

 

It is much, much cheaper to buy a car that has alrady been made into a drag car than to start with a stock car and modifiy it. Used drag cars go for pennies on the dollar. It's the "little" stuff that kills you like the roll cage, wheels/tires, brakes, electronics, etc. The ideal, to me, is to buy a roller (complete car minus engine and tranny) and put in your own engine and tranny. Saves a hug amount of time as well. Often, such a car will come with a bunch of spare parts, maybe even a trailer, etc.

Rich Krause

 

hey guys thanks, im still weighing my options and trying to decide what would be best for me, i just wanted to get the opinions from the board and a few pointers

ATM I am just working on getting the car, learning about it, getting the basics down etc etc, still gonna be awhile before I even get on the track for anything.

Until then im just wanting to get a car, if starting from scratch or not from scratch, its something i'll be tinkering with and researching and learning until my time does come for the track.

Thanks again!