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alex · 07-22-2002, 12:14 PM

Well, my car is slow as slow can be, but i still took 2nd place! We do staggered runs, so that helped me out, its my auto and my bad a$$ lights that did it for me. my best time is a 18.382@73.41 mph with a Reaction time of .507 on a .500 light (my friend were impressed with that, since i've never raced before :p)
i'm going down again, to see what i can do. The next time is august 11th, so i'll tell ya what happens then.

lankanprince · 07-22-2002, 04:26 PM

:o
Yours is a 4cylinder right?
Who took first.... what other cars were there?

igloo · 07-22-2002, 04:35 PM

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remember staggered runs..

Killer reaction time...good job!

lankanprince · 07-22-2002, 06:19 PM

what are staggered runs?

alex · 07-22-2002, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by lankanprince

:o
Yours is a 4cylinder right?
Who took first.... what other cars were there?

ya
my friend lee took first place with a v6 grand am GT

alex · 07-22-2002, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by alex

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Originally Posted by lankanprince

:o
Yours is a 4cylinder right?
Who took first.... what other cars were there?

ya
my friend lee took first place with a v6 grand am GT

he only won cause i ghetto redlighted. I was at the line, and as you know, i power brake to launch. at first yellow, i pushed the gas down to rev up to about 2 grand....but didn't have the brake pedal all the way down! i rolled about 2 inches, so i red lighted!

this was for first place!

DrtySthV6SE · 07-22-2002, 11:33 PM

The next time you go take the wheels off, you will definately hit the 17's

Camry2000 · 07-23-2002, 12:26 AM

Only 2nd place with an R/T like that. Did you break out of your bracket on your last run? Or did you have a crappy last run.

I took 1st place in South Bend Indiana once. It was a good day.

I was running 15.2s consistently that day with an R/T in the low .600s.

alex · 07-23-2002, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Camry2000

Only 2nd place with an R/T like that. Did you break out of your bracket on your last run? Or did you have a crappy last run.

I took 1st place in South Bend Indiana once. It was a good day.

I was running 15.2s consistently that day with an R/T in the low .600s.

yeah, i got a red

i was thinking about taking the wheels off, but the rubber on the stocks are pretty bald....i dunno

lankanprince · 07-23-2002, 10:13 AM

Did you get prizes and shit.... no ones answered my question... what are staggered runs

alex · 07-23-2002, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by lankanprince

Did you get prizes and sh*t.... no ones answered my question... what are staggered runs

yeah, i got 50 dollars. Staggered runs are when the cars do not start a the same time. say a 15 second car is running against a 10 second car. the 15 second car gets to go 5 seconds before the 10 second car. so technically the cars should cross at the same time. Its all about reaction time and consistency