Beefcake!

I just got back from SDR. I left after the semi-finals. In the s/f it was Beefcake's red L vs. a white 17.00 sec.F150. BC won. Then it was Aaron's(of Metco mods) white L vs. Rusty's red L. Rusty won.

I had to leave then--1 1/2 hours until the finals. As I was leavin', Rusty's runnin' towards his L with a new bag of ice in his hand.

JL was eliminated by Aaron. Rusty had a 'by' because he had already eliminated a 9 sec. Ranger that was fastest up until then. BC beat out a quick Ranger too.

I'll let the guys post their times as I'm not sure what to post--dial-in or times???

Glidden ran once(?) and Doug Mangren(?) broke at the line.

Dan

 

Just curious as i am not sure of the style of racing,,,, how did a 17 second f150 make it to the semi finals??

~toast

 

probably bracket racing, and LOTS of luck!

 

Had a buddy in HS who bought himself a brand new '85 chevette just to tick people off at the local track. He used to win every week. Bracket racing.

 

I'm still learnin' about bracket racin' too so take this with a grain of salt(in otherwords, I might be 'bassackwards'???).

If you qualify(you run three passes--they take your best et and then subtract .1/sec from that number--that's your 'dial-in'.) at 17.1xx then you run against a 17 sec dial-in. Then in eliminations, let's say you run against a L with a 12 sec dial-in. When the two of you stage, the truck with the 17 sec dial-in gets to launch/leave 5 secs.(the difference between the two) before the 12 sec truck. The winner is the first truck to cross the 1/4--without breaking-out(going under his dial-in. Theoretically, they should(if they run their dial-ins) get to the finish line dead-even.

If I'm wrong--I'll hear about it .

Btw, Sal broke-out in the first or second elimination run.

Dan

 

I briefly read through this, it's a cool little "How To" on drag racing/Bracket Racing.

 

You got it on the nose! I learned all about it last year, still learning too.

 

Thanks for all your help, Makes sense now,,,, so technically i could take this rental escort to the track and **** a whole bunch of people off

~Toast

 

What happened? Get up and post......

Dan

 

Beefcake won

--Joe

 

Maybe Rusty will reply later but lets just say it was a close race. I believe Rusty's dial in was a 12.74 and Beefcake was dialed in at a 12.82. Rusty was catching him but got beat off the tree by ".030" and both missed their dial in's by ".07"sec. It was the closest race that i heard of in the finals. So the race was determined by 30 thousanths of a second. I don't think Rusty did too bad with this being the first big race he had ever been in and the first time ever running on a Pro Tree.

Rusty....my hats off to ya.


justin

 

Congratulations on an outstanding showing. You were really pumped for the 'final'.

You are the man--of the South!

Btw guys, Rusty eliminated the #1 truck(a Ranger) qualifier on his first elimination run .

And, thanks Justin for the update/info. I look forward to seeing you, David, and Rusty on another Fri. night at SDR.

Dan

 

Rusty
Sierra Hotel
First time you ever competed with the big dogs in a sanctioned event. Muchless I know the Pro tree was new experience for you. You done good "Onion Man". Dan and I will have to call you man now

If the weather is cool this Friday, see you at the track. Sal made me a new program I need to try out.

Ron

 

hey guys im gonna make this real quick b/c im dead tired and i need some sleep to get caught up from this weekend. i had an absolute blast this weekend meeting alot of new friends and some great people! i wish everyone of us could win but we cant now can we. ERIN if u read this man u are a great competitor and i wish u the absolute best next stop in columbus! all day i cut anywhere from a 5.37-a 5.66 light on the new pro tree. so i get to the finals and i guess pressure from everything and sheer lack of experience lost me the race i cut a .604 light to cake's 5.6x or .57x cant remember which. anyway i hated to lose after going that far. ill have to better this next year!!!! hahaha!!!!

 

by the way i had a great bday present it was saturday. what a great way to spend a bday. i turned the big 23!!!!