Drag Racing (NHRA)

**EIR Loe.307** · 18th Jul 2007 01:28 AM

Let's all get tickets and go. Whoooooooo! Hey that would be a great prize for something. Hehehe

**saltysurprise** · 18th Jul 2007 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by EIR Loe.307

Let's all get tickets and go. Whoooooooo! Hey that would be a great prize for something. Hehehe

You buy the airfare, and I'll buy the tickets. Deal?

I'd still like us all to get together someday and do some Karting somewhere. Chances are Ryan would kick all our ***'s tho

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**EIR Loe.307** · 18th Jul 2007 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by saltysurprise

You buy the airfare, and I'll buy the tickets. Deal?

I'd still like us all to get together someday and do some Karting somewhere. Chances are Ryan would kick all our ***'s tho

.

I think I might be at a slight weight disadvantage. Trying to correct that though. Gotta drop a 60 piece. (lbs.)

**saltysurprise** · 18th Jul 2007 04:55 AM

Originally Posted by toledo47

I don't think drag racing should have its own section, but I do think that there should be an Other Racing Section that would cover any of the series that don't already have their own section here.

That's not a bad idea, but the last thing I want on here is some toolshed posting or bragging about his street racing. We gotta keep it on the track. Except in the case of rock crawlers at Moab or Rubicon, Dakar, Mud boggers, yada yada. That's a very good idea.

Originally Posted by JoStream

Sticking the thread is a good thought. I also moved it into the 'Other Open-Wheel Motorsports' section, as it does fall under that category

We could put a "Dragsters" in the World Racing Arena couldn't we? There are a lot of people who build cars and take them to the quarter mile. Pro's and Joe's alike. We have a 1/8 mile little strip here.

**EIR Loe.307** · 18th Jul 2007 12:26 PM

I think sticking to an NHRA pro racing only discussion is best. That or nothing. I agree about not wanting every clown with a car trying to trash talk about how bad a** his ricer or blown 350 is. It's not like you're special cuz if you were you'd be pro. I know my Impala SS was fast but not 322mph. fast.

I still think that an other or just tossing NHRA on the end of the NASCAR section description is a better fit.

**saltysurprise** · 20th Jul 2007 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by saltysurprise

The girls are going to be at Pacific Raceway in Kent (Seattle) this weekend

. No, I'm not going.

It's a good thing I didn't go

. There won't be any racing this weekend if it doesn't STOP RAINING!!!

It's the middle of JULY for cryin' out loud! Aaargh!

**EIR Loe.307** · 23rd Jul 2007 12:48 AM

Has anyone here been to a top fuel event live? It's ridiculous. I used to go as a kid and went a few years ago. It's the loudest thing ever. You HAVE to have ear plugs. When the cars take off it's the most awsome feeling. The power is so much you vibrate so bad you can't see. I can't describe it. If you've never been go. Just make sure it's a TOP FUEL event. The other drag racing classes are ok but nothing close.

**Autolite_Fan1** · 30th Sep 2008 07:40 PM

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In one video, Cory Mac talks about burning through 100 spark plugs in a weekend and how plugs help generate the 8000 horsepower needed to push the dragster down the strip.

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**johnmichael** · 24th Mar 2009 08:56 PM

As much as I appreciate a blown small block, there's really only so much you can say about drag racing: "Yup, the car went straight, and it was fast. Even faster than the other guy."

**beansandrice** · 4th Sep 2009 04:05 PM

I would like to see a drag racing section here. The guys at Speed Sport Life went out and did an E.T. Bracket race and wrote up a pretty cool "How-to" story on it here:

http://www.speedsportlife.com/2009/0...7-ford-taurus/

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