OSW Tonight...
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OSW Tonight...
I know its real last minute, but a few of my buddys and myself are headed out to the track tonight for Midnight Street Drags...Just giving a heads up for anybody that is interested.
Also, battle of the household is taking place tonight at the track...my roomate in his SS w/the same mods as me thinks he's gonna take me down. Bragging rights at stake tonight.
Also, battle of the household is taking place tonight at the track...my roomate in his SS w/the same mods as me thinks he's gonna take me down. Bragging rights at stake tonight.
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Re: OSW Tonight...
ahh damn, wish I caught this I might have been able to sneak out of work early, I want to see if my clutch will hold and I can start going for new bests again 
I didn't even realize there were midnight drags tonight
I didn't even realize there were midnight drags tonight
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Re: OSW Tonight...
Tonight was god awful...I know OSW is notorious for horrible track prep and spinning, but tonight was just plain scary. There was ABSOLUTELY ZERO TRACK PREP TONIGHT...NONE! I even saw a harley go down right off the line cause he spun too much and lost it. 
My best run of the night was 13.5 @ 109 mph...pretty pathetic.
But of course, I ended up beating my roomate who couldn't even break into the 13's tonight...and he's got a damn strong car as well.
I left the line at 800 rpm's pretty much every time tonight and went up in smoke. At anything more than 1/3 throttle, the tires would break loose in 1st gear...My best 60' of the night was a 2.3 I even cut a few 2.5's. Not my usual 1.8's or 1.9's at speedworld.
On one run in particular, I actually got pretty sideways when I completely lost traction at the very top of 2nd gear and started banging off the rev limiter. Not really my idea of a good time.
I still got to spend the night in the company of good friends and fast cars, so I really can't complain.
Anyhow, next time out at the track I'll have my headers on, so hopefully I might be looking at a time slip with a new best on it.
-Dan
My best run of the night was 13.5 @ 109 mph...pretty pathetic.
But of course, I ended up beating my roomate who couldn't even break into the 13's tonight...and he's got a damn strong car as well.
I left the line at 800 rpm's pretty much every time tonight and went up in smoke. At anything more than 1/3 throttle, the tires would break loose in 1st gear...My best 60' of the night was a 2.3 I even cut a few 2.5's. Not my usual 1.8's or 1.9's at speedworld.
On one run in particular, I actually got pretty sideways when I completely lost traction at the very top of 2nd gear and started banging off the rev limiter. Not really my idea of a good time.
I still got to spend the night in the company of good friends and fast cars, so I really can't complain.
Anyhow, next time out at the track I'll have my headers on, so hopefully I might be looking at a time slip with a new best on it.
-Dan
Last edited by DanBUCF; Oct 3, 2004 at 01:54 AM.
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Re: OSW Tonight...
Originally Posted by DanBUCF
Tonight was god awful...I know OSW is notorious for horrible track prep and spinning, but tonight was just plain scary. There was ABSOLUTELY ZERO TRACK PREP TONIGHT...NONE! I even saw a harley go down right off the line cause he spun too much and lost it.
My best run of the night was 13.5 @ 109 mph...pretty pathetic.
But of course, I ended up beating my roomate who couldn't even break into the 13's tonight...and he's got a damn strong car as well.
I left the line at 800 rpm's pretty much every time tonight and went up in smoke. At anything more than 1/3 throttle, the tires would break loose in 1st gear...My best 60' of the night was a 2.3 I even cut a few 2.5's. Not my usual 1.8's or 1.9's at speedworld.
On one run in particular, I actually got pretty sideways when I completely lost traction at the very top of 2nd gear and started banging off the rev limiter. Not really my idea of a good time.
I still got to spend the night in the company of good friends and fast cars, so I really can't complain.
Anyhow, next time out at the track I'll have my headers on, so hopefully I might be looking at a time slip with a new best on it.
-Dan
My best run of the night was 13.5 @ 109 mph...pretty pathetic.
But of course, I ended up beating my roomate who couldn't even break into the 13's tonight...and he's got a damn strong car as well.
I left the line at 800 rpm's pretty much every time tonight and went up in smoke. At anything more than 1/3 throttle, the tires would break loose in 1st gear...My best 60' of the night was a 2.3 I even cut a few 2.5's. Not my usual 1.8's or 1.9's at speedworld.
On one run in particular, I actually got pretty sideways when I completely lost traction at the very top of 2nd gear and started banging off the rev limiter. Not really my idea of a good time.
I still got to spend the night in the company of good friends and fast cars, so I really can't complain.
Anyhow, next time out at the track I'll have my headers on, so hopefully I might be looking at a time slip with a new best on it.
-Dan
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Re: OSW Tonight...
My dad was out w/his car last night as well, and he had his Mickey Thompson ET Streets on w/about 14 pounds of pressure in 'em...and he was spinning those all night as well. It was just awful. It was still nice to see my car put down a 109 mph trap speed spinning most of the way down the track in ridiculously humid/warm air...at least I know the car is still runninig strong and isn't in the need for a tune up or anything.
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