1/8th vs 1/4mi racing:
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Are you guys going to travel all the way to Kentucky not knowing if you are running 1/8th or 1/4? Dennis says there will be a vote on the fri. and majority rules.
There are never any guarantees on anything. Dennis also reserves the right to ban any racer who he is not fond of. He has made that clear a few times.
Personally I don't trust him as far as I can spit, but that's me. If I were showing (fat chance of driving 2,000mi to find out I can't race) I'd set up for 1/8th mile. Dennis would not have posted that question unless it was pretty much a done-deal.
Isn't NHRDA running the show now? I'd be pretty pissed if i was Randy, as he's not one of these 1/8th mile pussies.
There are videos of Dennis doing test runs recently apparently testing his convertor IN THE 1/8th MI. But lets out before the big end. SURELY that doesn't have anything to do with it? :angel:
I'm sure we will go either way. We'll try to up the power as much as we can, try to get our 60' times down, and strip every pound of extra weight we can. With a 6000lb truck it's hard to compete against 5000lbs but all we can do is try. The fastest trucks have .4 on us in the 1/8th right now but hopefully in the next couple weeks we can cut that way down to where if we are better on the tree we'll win.
Dennis knows how to drive?
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To Dennis, the rulebook is no different than a turbine housing or tires. It's something you adjust to help you win.
cant finish the race so we will shorten it...
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cant pass a test so we will dumb it down...
10 bucks says perrys are liberals by principle :rofl:
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cant pass a test so we will dumb it down...
10 bucks says perrys are liberals by principle :rofl:
Nitrous has less lag than a turbocharger, hence they have an 1/8th mile advantage over a fuel truck. If they are going to run 1/8th, I'd bring the stickiest tires I can get my hands on and a blue bottle just in case. It's a When In Rome kinda thing. IMO...
The converter that they're testing will be one that will couple so fast and hard that there will only be a 50 rpm drop going into lock-up. I have been playing with this type of converter on a couple of trucks. The truck will be tuned for this type of converter and is designed for 1/8 mile.
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I was thinking of the wrong group of trucks and retract my previous arguements.
I was thinking of the wrong group of trucks and retract my previous arguements.
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Who's side are you on really? that is ridiculous will you ever see Pro Stock cars, Funny Cars, or Top Fuel Dragsters run 1/8 mile because its safer??? Get a clue tonto the 1/4 mile is where racing happens not 1/8 mile. If the competition can't keep there trucks together for the 1/4 then don't race.
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it seems to me that there are alot more dodge's that run nitrous. so they would have an advantage in the 1\8th i think. while it doesnt seem to take dmax's as long to spool even the aftermarket turbos it does take the dodge trucks for ever to spool. with nitrous they dont have to worry about that. then they can run the biggest turbo they can find
F' bowling green, Move this stuff to a real track, Vegas!
When people dont like the way things are done, they go somewhere else. BG wants to do this, its there choice. If dodge guys rather compete with each other, so be it. Who wants to race when it becomes political, and what I mean by political is, group X wants it this way, but everyone else dont want that so group X comes up with a "story" that would make everyone else feel better and go with it....
Save the 1/8th mile BS for the people who are learning, cant shut down, and the Jr. drags.
this isn't a pine wood derby, this is racing!
When people dont like the way things are done, they go somewhere else. BG wants to do this, its there choice. If dodge guys rather compete with each other, so be it. Who wants to race when it becomes political, and what I mean by political is, group X wants it this way, but everyone else dont want that so group X comes up with a "story" that would make everyone else feel better and go with it....
Save the 1/8th mile BS for the people who are learning, cant shut down, and the Jr. drags.
this isn't a pine wood derby, this is racing!
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while i would rather run the 1/4 mile we have an 1/8th mile track that is closer. i do try to make it to the big track at least once a year but the 3hr drive makes it a little hard when i can drive an hour to race the 1/8th
thats only 2-3 ths away for me ..... but i can remember hearing the same # before . i think its up to the venue ,and the drivers , while i already stated i think the 1/8 idea for such fast trucks is bs and would not make that drive to run ... like kat said i dont have a dog in this fight . all i can say is good luck to the maxed out crew either way , hoping you guys :wup:
ProStreet today means heavy duty safety equipment regardless. All the PS trucks run in rollbar territory at both 1/8th mile tracks and 1/4 mile tracks unless the specific track doesn't tech safety equipment. The faster trucks run in rollcage territory. If your truck doesn't need a rollbar, ProStreet is the wrong class for you.
Most the crashes happen before the eighth, and crashing at 100mph isn't all that pleasant anyhow. Heck, 70mph will ruin your weekend. 35mph will send you home early.
As far as conspiracy? TS Dennis is a Dodge Guy who owns a Dodge ProStreet car, err... truck. The only ProStreet guys I've heard from who want 1/8th mile are Dodge guys. That ain't a conspiracy, that just the way it's been for a couple or three years. Before your time, but certainly you can look it up.
im going down to watch! i want to see the 1/4 mile! but if it does go to 1/8 and some people say that dodges have an advantage i think that should just push you ps truck to tune it for the 1/8 and run it! but my $.2 cents don't matter
