Went to my first us national yesterday! All I can say is holy sh!t!!!! Its seriously insane. Didn't think it was that loud. Nittromethane has made this sport. Not sure if any one here has ever been but its intense.
Nhra
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Yes it is f'n awesome, i loved it. I went to the race in Memphis a few years ago and holy sh!t is right. I felt it in my chest when the cars made a pass and sitting in the hospitality tent with the cars running. Nitro burned my eyes and lungs, that stuff is tough.
I went to the inaugural New England nationals last year & went again this year. My tickets are right at the starting line. As much as I love diesel, nitro is definetly king
Yea nitro has defiantly made that sport what it is today. I can remember when alcohol was what everyone was running and getting 5 second passes. Now with nitro they make as low as 3.5 sec at 328 mph passes in the dragsters.<< THATS OFFICIALLY HUALIN A$# Can you imagine the g's those guy are pulling its unreal! And to think after a burnout and a 3 second pass they are out of fuel (8 gallons), now that's dumping fuel.
I have some videos not sure how to post them. Have videos of them rebuilding after every pass and starting them in the pits to tune them. Also learned the actually have to start them on alcohol then switch to nitro. Buddy of mine Robert used to be on Kenny Bernsteins crew he did the whole bottom end after every pass.
Crazy how you can feel the vibrations in your chest from so far away. And like said above the fumes burn your eyes and nose pretty bad up close from the nitro.
It will defiantly not be forgotten as I got news while I was there that I will soon be a father! So it was a pretty good day.
I have some videos not sure how to post them. Have videos of them rebuilding after every pass and starting them in the pits to tune them. Also learned the actually have to start them on alcohol then switch to nitro. Buddy of mine Robert used to be on Kenny Bernsteins crew he did the whole bottom end after every pass.
Crazy how you can feel the vibrations in your chest from so far away. And like said above the fumes burn your eyes and nose pretty bad up close from the nitro.
It will defiantly not be forgotten as I got news while I was there that I will soon be a father! So it was a pretty good day.
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Congrats man, there's no feeling like it! When I went last time, they were using 87 octane to start them.
Corey
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Thanks I'm excited. And someone there said they start them on gas but others said the compression is too high for gas. Not sure exactly what they start them on.
Mine will be 4 months next month, get all the sleep you can now.
It looked and smelled like gas, but that was several years ago.
Corey
It looked and smelled like gas, but that was several years ago.
Corey