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How am I gonna get all that beer offa my monitor !!!

That is the funniest thing I've seen in 3 years !!!

 

Ice tea for me Cliff.

Funny part is that I dont care if its JDM,JLP,PSP,REM,OP,JJ or anyone else's trucks, its just damn boring to see fast trucks go slow, and thats from a spectators side of the fence, not the racers side. When are you going to get that thru your thick heads guys? Its just damn Boring.

The bug up my crawl comes from reading this board and every thread about 10 sec Lightnings says "we have the most" blah blah blah, yet they dont run anywhere near that time at a race. Just so happens it only JDM that says that. go figure.

I'll believe it when I see it in person at a "race".

Later...

Bruce

 

VINNEY!!! Why don't you say what you really think. LMAO

 

Hey now some guys hang off JDMs nuts and other in this thread need to pull there heads out of JLP's cornhole. This board has cheerleaders of all sorts, the guys who have stuck up for JDM in this thread arent hanging off his nuts. They are speaking the truth, a car that is running to its top potential is not consistant. If you look at any of the bracket class at any track, the fastest cars never win. Its always some slow 4 banger or 6 cylinder. If you look at Mod Motor the last 5 years, the fastest car has never won a Championship or a race. The fast cars or trucks in this case, are running at the edge, if they dont break they run between 2 and 5 tenths off their dial in. This isnt heads up, its bracket racing, the fastests cars are always out in the 1st few rounds.

 

Now that I can live with and agree with as well.It is boring unless you race in that particular class or have some kind of other interest in who wins or loses.I never watch the mod motor or any other bracket class.I don't know any of the guys that run those classes so I don't care who wins/loses or even how fast they run.

The reason I run the tough truck class when able is #1 To win plain and simple.The best chance you have of doing that in this "style" of racing is to sandbag.I could care less who I am boring out in the stands.

 

Maybe what we really need is a heads up shootout sometime.

 

I'm sure if you were willing to pay these guys entry fees and expenses then they would be glad to run all out. Believe it or not, it costs alot of $$$ to compete in these events. These guys are trying to win money and points so what's wrong with dialing it back to be consistent?

There are also guys like Vinnie that don't have the proper safety equipment installed to run those times legally in a sanctioned event. Just because he chooses not to run a 10 every time out doesn't mean his truck can't do it.

If you want to see these trucks run to their full potential then show up at a test n tune or unsanctioned event where points and $$$ aren't involved and I'm sure they'll be willing to show you their tail lights all night.

There are a sh!+ load of cars that bracket race for a living that are plenty capable of running faster than they do. They don't because they find a "sweet spot" in their tuning that makes them consistent and they use it to their advantage.

I suggest that you actually spend some time and money bracket racing and see how long you last running wide open every pass. Then if you succeed, come back here and we'll all bow down to you and tell you how right you are. We can all be Black2000 nuthuggers.

 

I am not a JDM cheerleader......I run JL parts.... and I agree with them..... I don't run ***** out bracket racing..... I dial it down a bit....... thats the smart thing to do.......not to run ***** out so you can spin in the final and lose the race......
makes the truck way more consistent(SP?)..........



what does your truck run again??? 14's??????????

 

then don't go watch!!!!!!!!!!

 

Exactly - Put together a head up class and see what the folks with the great ETs can do ....

This has been covered SO many times but here goes ....
Bracket racing with these rules -
where you qualify one or 2 days before the eliminations AND where you have to hot lap the quarters and semi's means that you have to leave a BUNCH in the bag. Its gives people whos truck runs near the a channce to win...

Want to see heads up come to Lightning fest there is a heads up class there or watch the Pro 5.0 guys race -

Doug

 

Later...

Bruce

 

Oh **** - I think that I agreed with both SVT_KY and Black 2000 in the same thread .... Now Im sure Im going to hell......

 

Hahahaaaa, thats too funny.

I kind of agree though....it would be AWSOME to see some heads up, king of the hill, top dog racing....but this class is not the place for it. Its like going to a profesional boxing match and yelling "kick him in the jimmy!"

The fact remains that TT is about running a consistant number, we are not there for your entertainment, its about OUR entertainment!

 

whats next Doug ???

 

So why didn't you bring your truck and run it the way you think you ought to? You live close enough that you could have entered for the cost of entry and race fuel (if you even need it in your truck). If you raced the class once, you might come away with a different perspective on the strategy it takes to compete in it.
I don't have a cage in my truck, so at most tracks I'm limited to a 12.00 ET. My truck is detuned to that cutoff. My first 4 runs at Norwalk ranged between 12.14 and 12.18, which is the type of consistency needed for this type of racing. My dial-in for elimanations was a 12.04. The weather did get progressively worse throughout the course of the weekend (which seems to happen at a lot of these events). My truck slowed down more than 0.20 secs just between the Gallop for the Gold run mid morning (11.93 with weight removal only from previous runs), and the first round of eliminations in early afternoon (back to 12.14). So, I added more boost, and ended up getting taken out by the points leader in the second round on a double breakout (11.90 taking the stripe on the brakes).
I drove my Lightning 335 miles to get there, which is still a relatively short distance compared to many of the other Lightning guys that attended. It cost me about $700 for fuel, lodging, and race fees for the weekend. I didn't win anything, but it was worth every penny. I enjoyed a weekend of thrills, and the camaraderie of guys I have raced with many times before. That's what it is all about for me. Try it sometime, you might like it.

Black 2000 - I totally agree with Griffey in regards to you and your comments regarding JDM.


Lightning Bob