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First outing to the drags last night! (WSID)

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#584601
Had my first crack at the drags last night in my buggy. Managed a 15:8et at 83mph in between missing gearchanges and being a total novice. I can totally recommend it. Zak should have got an award for the ugliest, dirtiest car there. :P




Look here for a full report...

http://www.geocities.com/peterwood7311/buggyproject/buggyproject17.html
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#584605
how did you go with that yellow ford was it a eight or turbo six? was there much time difference in it?

[ Edited on 12-4-2007 by ian.mezz ]
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#584607
Turbo 6, he pulled an 11.9 and left me behind at 60foot mark. On the second run I stuffed up the 1-2 change, but still was quicker than a corolla next to me with a 16:3.
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#584623
Never thought I'd see you in drag Pete..😘...AND you let a Ford beat you?? C'mon....my Vdub engine did mid 13's:P Seriously..good stuff. Should be more of it.👍👍:thumb
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#584626
next time I'll try and select 2nd instead of 4th. :duh

I reckon the car might have a 14 in it if the owner could drive. I'll have to start practising more at the lights 👍
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

t2 stop taking life so serious

1,102 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#584644
thats sweet , isnt funny how hard it is to drive down a straight race track ,changing gears is alot harder , actually i found just leaving the line hard...
was it a busy night ? how many runs did you fit in?

when we went a couple of weeks ago we stuffed about for a good hour after the track opened up for racing and still managed 3 runs each , apparently it was a massive crowd due to the bad weather and people missing out from the week before..
you must be pumped now for the 16th may
gravity wont get you high

t2 stop taking life so serious

1,102 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#584646
ok , just read the write up through the link you posted , well done good effort
gravity wont get you high

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#584647
the track was VERY crowded, and because it was school holidays there were stunt bike riders as well. Between that (an EVO driver in front who was asleep in the staging lane!) and the rain I only got 2 passes in. 🥲

Kind of a shame, but it was good too. It's the first time I've had the car on the rev limiter in 3rd. Next time I might try a bit of a burnout.
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#584709
Great report Pete!
Hope this is the beginning of more fun in the future.
Good effort!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

Muzza72 Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#584975
good on you pete hope to see you lineing up against some splitys on the dsk night out there

cheers murray