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Posted by z ya (Member # 1327) on :
 
Looks like the weather is going to be clear. Who plans on going ??? Mustang 50????
 
Posted by 5project stang0 (Member # 2082) on :
 
we are takin my friends purple 71 challenger [patriot]
 
Posted by Drift-GT (Member # 762) on :
 
Is this open track or an actual event to just go watch?
 
Posted by jmcclesk (Member # 1355) on :
 
if the weather is good ill be there
 
Posted by 1.3 Liters (Member # 1428) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by z ya:
Looks like the weather is going to be clear. Who plans on going ??? Mustang 50????
He runs 14's on Nitrous, do you really think he's gonna go?

I looked at my timeslips, I can get a 2.6 60', Hit a fuel cut from over boosting in 3rd gear which requires me to shift into neutral and back into 3rd, then hit my rev limiter at 8300 rpm and still hand him his ass.
 
Posted by 91 5.0 5speed (Member # 1867) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 1.3 Liters:
quote:
Originally posted by z ya:
Looks like the weather is going to be clear. Who plans on going ??? Mustang 50????
He runs 14's on Nitrous, do you really think he's gonna go?

I looked at my timeslips, I can get a 2.6 60', Hit a fuel cut from over boosting in 3rd gear which requires me to shift into neutral and back into 3rd, then hit my rev limiter at 8300 rpm and still hand him his ass.
hey 1.3 where have you been hiding at j/k ? are you going to sac?If so I might go so you can see what the ls1 does [burnout]

[ December 30, 2002, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: 91 5.0 5speed ]
 
Posted by 1.3 Liters (Member # 1428) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 91 5.0 5speed:
quote:
Originally posted by 1.3 Liters:
quote:
Originally posted by z ya:
Looks like the weather is going to be clear. Who plans on going ??? Mustang 50????
He runs 14's on Nitrous, do you really think he's gonna go?

I looked at my timeslips, I can get a 2.6 60', Hit a fuel cut from over boosting in 3rd gear which requires me to shift into neutral and back into 3rd, then hit my rev limiter at 8300 rpm and still hand him his ass.
hey 1.3 where have you been hiding at j/k ? are you going to sac?If so I might go so you can see what the ls1 does [burnout]
I may go, been dying to, depends if we have plans or not.
 
Posted by 90Fox (Member # 1974) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by jmcclesk:
if the weather is good ill be there
[burnout]
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
I'll probably be there to watching. Hoping for no rain and a dry track since it will be raining the day before:

http://www.weather.com/weather/print/USCA0967

But its suppose to stop raining early evening on new years eve:

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/USCA0967?begHour=16&begDay=365
 
Posted by 99gt-UJSTLST (Member # 584) on :
 
hey is it open to any one
is it braket raceing ?
or is it like test and tune
I might go but want to now what it is 1st
 
Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on :
 
It's bracket racing.
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
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Posted by shade-tree (Member # 298) on :
 
bracket racing = gay

[patriot]
 
Posted by yesIdid (Member # 58) on :
 
I'll be there, weather permitting...

WTF is bracket racing??? (besides gay [Razz] )

Hoping to go a lil faster this time [patriot] .
 
Posted by 5project stang0 (Member # 2082) on :
 
bracket racing isnt gay, it shows whos the better driver...depends what u want. I think its cool when ur goin up with some friends just to mess around and some may not be nearly as fast as the rest of the group...it keeps it entertaining. [patriot]
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
Looks like the weather will be dry tomorrow:

http://www.weather.com/weather/print/USCA0967
 
Posted by Threesixes (Member # 1408) on :
 
I may be there in my white 99 formula. Depends if I can get up that early or not [Smile]
 
Posted by gR40coupe (Member # 698) on :
 
maybe i'll come out and run my car.
 
Posted by yipnip5.0 (Member # 175) on :
 
What is "gay" is people who spend shit loads of money every other week to change their engine combo just so they can update their signature. Bracket racing eliminates the $$ factor and puts it all on the driving.
 
Posted by SIR OneSlowPlitBumperonN2O& I'm gay (Member # 1708) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by shade-tree:
bracket racing = gay

[patriot]
the massive amounts of money and un-streetability that goes along with ANY heads up class is GAYGAYGAYGAYGAY.

[patriot]

so i guess all types of drag racing are gay... time to go street racing where 12 second cars can beat 10 second cars and all the rich people stay away.
 
Posted by 98StangPower (Member # 518) on :
 
[patriot]
 
Posted by PeNiNsula302 (Member # 1061) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by SIR OneSlowPlitBumperonN2O& I'm gay:
quote:
Originally posted by shade-tree:
bracket racing = gay

[patriot]
the massive amounts of money and un-streetability that goes along with ANY heads up class is GAYGAYGAYGAYGAY.

[patriot]

so i guess all types of drag racing are gay... time to go street racing where 12 second cars can beat 10 second cars and all the rich people stay away.
Amen to the rich people part, especially the kids around here (b-game, hillsborough, etc..)
 
Posted by White02GT (Member # 611) on :
 
So did anybody make it out there today? I heard from one of my friends that a bunch of guys from a local volkswagon club were heading out to race.
 
Posted by Threesixes (Member # 1408) on :
 
I was there. I did horrible. I missed a gear on 3 of 4 runs, and on the one I didnt miss a gear I bogged it for a 2.4x 60 ft. Pathetic [Frown] I also missed winning $500 by 1 thousandth of a second. I cut a .501 reaction time and a perfect .500 would have been $500 for me, but oh well. I'll do better next time.
 
Posted by shade-tree (Member # 298) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by SIR OneSlowPlitBumperonN2O& I'm gay:
the massive amounts of money and un-streetability that goes along with ANY heads up class is GAYGAYGAYGAYGAY.

[patriot]
hey more power to you if your idea of "racing" is sitting on a delay box (or worse) sitting in 'D' and trying to cut a good light.

I'd rather compete in a class with set limits (cubes, power adder, weight, etc.) where the better built combo will win.

Anyone who doesn't think drag racing isn't all about ET=$$$ is fooling themselves anyways.

Of course the big pockets will be faster.

Honestly I'll probably run in the 'Summit series' in Sacramento simply because there's nothing better to do!

"woo-hoo! I cut a .536 light and ran 0.03 off my dial and I lost in the first round again!" [Roll Eyes]

[patriot]
 
Posted by chosen1w/67,93& van on 87w/techron (Member # 1906) on :
 
i was at sears point today. saw some nice cars, not many late model mustangs. i saw that one dude with the burgundy lx with welds. a couple of white 84's, and i know there were others.
 
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by shade-tree:
I'd rather compete in a class with set limits (cubes, power adder, weight, etc.) where the better built combo will win.
[patriot]
then it just becomes who has the better engine builder. heads up in any class thats not 7.5 and faster is all about the car, almost nothing about the driver.

btw, we had 310 cars while sears (im sorry inferion raceway [Roll Eyes] ) only had almost 200.. hehehe

[ January 01, 2003, 08:30 PM: Message edited by: eljefe ]
 
Posted by yesIdid (Member # 58) on :
 
13.5 was my best [Frown] .

The track was not hooking like it normally does. I was spinning my ET Streets-try a 3.XX sixty on my third run (14.8X ET).

I did not do well at all, but met a few of the fellas on the board.

93 Snyper- sorry bout your car bro [Frown] .
 
Posted by onesicklx (Member # 285) on :
 
quote:
93 Snyper- sorry bout your car bro .
he drives a red cobra (clone) correct, what happend to his car... [patriot]
 
Posted by yesIdid (Member # 58) on :
 
He's having charging problems and stalled at the tree (THAT SUCKS @#$) during eliminations.
 
Posted by SIR Paint Job w/ '84 Tercel on MTBE (Member # 1708) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by shade-tree:
quote:
Originally posted by SIR OneSlowPlitBumperonN2O& I'm gay:
the massive amounts of money and un-streetability that goes along with ANY heads up class is GAYGAYGAYGAYGAY.

[patriot]
hey more power to you if your idea of "racing" is sitting on a delay box (or worse) sitting in 'D' and trying to cut a good light.

I'd rather compete in a class with set limits (cubes, power adder, weight, etc.) where the better built combo will win.

Anyone who doesn't think drag racing isn't all about ET=$$$ is fooling themselves anyways.

Of course the big pockets will be faster.

Honestly I'll probably run in the 'Summit series' in Sacramento simply because there's nothing better to do!

"woo-hoo! I cut a .536 light and ran 0.03 off my dial and I lost in the first round again!" [Roll Eyes]

[patriot]
who the hell uses delay boxes, throttle stops, and leaves it in "D" at the street races?

I just said heads up costs way too much money no matter what class it is. All the motors are mostly the same but the trick is seeing who can put it to the ground since most heads up classes call for baby sized tires.
PLUS if you want to compete heads up you need to build a car for a class, not for yourself. Who the hell wants to do that? I'll pass.

I never said bracket racing is cool, bracket racing is twice as gay as heads up.

The best form of racing is street racing (illegal or legal it doesn't matter) simply for the fact that the actual street that we all drive our cars on everyday is the #1 limiting factor.
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
It was a great event to watch. Lots of cars, but not too many streetable ones though. I had only a few hours of sleep and was zoned out all day. I took an unreal amount of pictures and will have them up tonight or tomorrow night.
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
Here are all the pictures in a "raw" format:

http://www.californiafords.com/images/drag/01_01_03/

I'll have them up nice and thumbnailed in a week.

[ January 02, 2003, 02:34 PM: Message edited by: st5150 ]
 
Posted by yellow67stang (Member # 903) on :
 
"The best form of racing is street racing (illegal or legal it doesn't matter) simply for the fact that the actual street that we all drive our cars on everyday is the #1 limiting factor"

Is there a legal form of street racing? If there is them please tell!

I was at the track and it was to cold for anybody to put the power to the ground. Overall, pretty boring as a spectator.

Eric

[ January 02, 2003, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: yellow67stang ]
 
Posted by SIR Paint Job w/ '84 Tercel on MTBE (Member # 1708) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by yellow67stang:
[/qb]
The best form of racing is street racing (illegal or legal it doesn't matter) simply for the fact that the actual street that we all drive our cars on everyday is the #1 limiting factor.[/QUOTE]

Is there a legal form of street racing? If there is them please tell!

I was at the track and it was to cold for anybody to put the power to the ground. Overall, pretty boring as a spectator.

Eric[/QB][/QUOTE]

find a farm with a paved road on in
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
[worship] please take your street racing drama to the street racing forum. Thanks in advance.
 
Posted by Threesixes (Member # 1408) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by st5150:
Here are all the pictures in a "raw" format:

http://www.californiafords.com/images/drag/01_01_03/

I'll have them up nice and thumbnailed in a week.
What no pictures of the sperm-mobile?

As usual Sawson got a picture of my POS car:
http://www.cafords.com/images/drag/01_01_03/DSC02176.JPG

If it wasnt for him I wouldnt have any pics or videos of my cars. Thanks bro. If I knew what you looked like I would come up and say hi.
 
Posted by season'd 88 (Member # 169) on :
 
Wow thats a lot of pics, thanks. did anyone see the toyota 4 runner go 106mph!! like the anouncer said, thats for somebody in a really big hurry to get to the camp site [Big Grin] I especially liked the blue 70 mach1, and the white one with wide rear fenders.
 
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
did you guys like that new announcer guy?? i thought he was ok. nice guy too. oh and the 4runner, it's run a high 12 before. all toyota parts!! it's crazy
 
Posted by season'd 88 (Member # 169) on :
 
[QUOTE]Originally posted by eljefe:
did you guys like that new announcer guy?? i thought he was ok. nice guy too. oh and the 4runner, it's run a high 12 before. all toyota parts!! it's crazy[/QUO
ya the announcer was a likeable sounding personality. gave all the appropriate kuddos to the cars and there drivers. all around good day i thought. wish i would have brought my car to beat on.
 
Posted by SIR Paint Job w/ '84 Tercel on MTBE (Member # 1708) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by st5150:
[worship] please take your street racing drama to the street racing forum. Thanks in advance.
what street racing drama?
 
Posted by IrocSpeed89 (Member # 1226) on :
 
hmmm i wonder which car was ur favorite in those pics? [Wink]

what this guy end up running?

http://www.cafords.com/images/drag/01_01_03/DSC02106.JPG
 
Posted by z ya (Member # 1327) on :
 
Is 93snyper the red 93 Cobra or clone with the ROH wheels and 555r's? If so that thing looks and sounds SWEET! I had fun and it keeps me motivated to work on my own ride.
 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on :
 
Threesixes- No problem. I'm always behind the camera so only picture of me on this site that I know of is in my Members Photo Album under the Ford Pictures section. Its an old gag picture of Britney and I [Big Grin]

season'd 88- Yup yup, I got myself a 128 meg memory stick for my xmas present. I would have taken even more pictures if I had the battery juice.

eljefe- The announcer was okay. He seemed to get confused or lost at times and guys reemed him for making minor mistakes about the cars at the line.

IrocSpeed89- I don't remember what he ran.

z ya- Yup, that's him. He had battery/charging problems the whole day [Frown]
 
Posted by 93Snyper (Member # 1058) on :
 
Yea, it deffinately wasnt one of my better dayz at the track- my elec. fan drained all the juice from my battery so it wouldnt hold any charge, and some of the track officals didnt help any either, but hey I still got two runs in [Roll Eyes] . Nice meeting YesIdid, very nice and consistant car you got there, great pics Swanson & Shaun, I think its about that time, ill be in touch...
 




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