First off, I would like to say that my local 1/8 mile track sucks, and they never prep the damn thing. With that being said, I mustered a best of 9.1 in the SS/TC tonight, which is very shitty, but better than what I did when I was stock of course. I tried easing into the throttle and then NLS 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd, but for some reason I think the fuel cutoff or something, because I was running like I was driving a 2.2, LOL. Then I figured I'd try something different and did a regular shift from 1st to 2nd and then NLS into 3rd and that is when I got my 9.1. This is how bad the track is, with my mods on my 05 GT there are tons of guys that have ran 8.4-8.6 on stock tires, and the best I ran in it was an 8.9 with Nittos. I gotta get up to Bowling Green or a track that is actually prepped and ready for racing. I wanna get some DR's for both cars, but I still dont think it will help because of how shitty the track is. Either way, I'm done venting and I dont think I wanna race at my local track ever again.

 

I hear you brother. Here in Northeast Arkansas there is absolutely no sign of a good strip. And the closest 1/4 mile strip is in Memphis. The rest are taxiways of old burnout airports or a 100 year old 1/8 mile redneck throw-down.

 

The track here is old as ****, I'm talking from like the 60's, and back then they said it was one of the best tracks around, 1/8 or 1/4 mile, but now it just sucks, and the owners dont seem to give 2 *****.

 

Not bad, would have been a low 14 1/4. What was the trap?

 

hey man im bout an hour away from beech bend in bg you go there often

 

Yeah George Ray's in Paragould Ar. is one of the oldest in the U.S. I ran a 10.0 at best when I was stock...

 

im happy my track does prep since we do have 6 second dragsters that come and use ours. Even open track nights we have some 8 second cars come out to play and have no problem hooking up.

 

yeah i only got a 9.02... i swear i think i got in the 8's, sometimes people don't even watch my times though =|

wtf am i doing up at 2:40

 

Not sure what the trap was, for some reason my Wife doesnt ever remember to look at that and tell me, LOL.

I'm alittle less than an hour away I guess, but I have never been to the track there. It's a 1/4 mile correct?

What were you doing up at 2:40, didnt you have to get up at like 8:00 for work?

 

memphis is like an hour away, thats cake!

 

stu you goin to pinks all out in may for the memphis event?

but yes beech bend is a 1/4 track but its prepped VERY well

 

Yeah, but not all of us have the luxury of weekends off

 

they will be running thursday nights, thats doable

 

they have picked a mid 12's class before so you could make it in!

 

go to a ¼ mile track? that might fix your problem brother

 

Not if you work for a living. On the other hand, if I weren't getting married and had no job, then maybe that would work.

 

I'm hoping to get up to Bowling Green sometime very soon, and maybe, just maybe being on a prepped track will help me out alot.

Thanks for that info.