Elusive Elevens

[DEFYANT]

:D

Well ladies and gents, we had a great time at the Cecil County Dragway tonight. We had 5 Marauders racing and special guest star, MarauderMark with his beast - not yet ready for the track.

The Marauders put up a good fight, but 11's were not to be had tonight :(

I'll let the participants post their slips - except Bob. :P

Ol Defyant Marauder ran great tonight. All my slips were 12.1xx. My best RT was .002

Bob had the best time of the night - on paper anyways :rolleyes: . I can post his times because we raced each other. And what an awsome race it was too! We did a burnout that was draggster style quality. We each roll up and staged. The lights fell and we were off.

Here is where things get hinky :beatnik:
CheeseheadBob

R/T .375
60' 1.759
330 5.021
1/8 7.718
MPH 90.54
1000 10.062
1/4 12.035
MPH 114.70


Defyant
R/T .204
60' 1.832
330 5.109
1/8 7.828
MPH 90.03
1000 10.185
1/4 12.167
MPH 114.31


Temps 59*
Humidity 67
Barometer 17.82

However, eveyone agrees I crossed the finish line first :confused: . I am told the billboard lit up with my results first. How the slips show these times are a mystery to me - but frankly it doesnt matter since we all had a great time. :)

For those of you who do not know, both cars are set up almost identical. Infact, aside from the JLT on my car and the K&N on his car, I think they are exactly the same.

So my hats off to my bud Bob for running a damm good race. We need to do this again gentlemen!

:beer:

[sailsmen]

Great times, amazing what cooler temps and lower humidity can do.

We just had our 1st cold front and I am looking fwd to racing in the next few weeks.

Subtract the difference between your reaction times and add this to Bob's 1/4time, then subtract your 1/4 time from Bobs 1/4 time and this is how much you beat Bob by.

[sweetair]

Sounds like a great time. Very close race. Charlie, next meet I need a ride in your car. Need to feel what a 3.0 pulley is all about.

[Rick-n-Miami]

Great runs! In my opinion, these cars' configurations are exactly how a Marauder should be built up :)

[Bluerauder]

Subtract the difference between your reaction times and add this to Bob's 1/4time, then subtract your 1/4 time from Bobs 1/4 time and this is how much you beat Bob by.

Congrats to both Bob and Charlie. :up: Wish I could have seen that run in person.

Looks like you actually crossed the finish line 0.039 seconds ahead of Bob. Based on your trap speed, the Defyant Marauder's front bumper should have crossed the line about 6.55 feet ahead of CheeseheadBob's (about the length of the hood). What did it look like to you??

His car was a hair faster on that run; but you were quicker on the get go. :D Wish that I could have made it there.

As cool as the evenings have been, I was surprised that you didn't get at least one run in the 11s. Lots of water in the air though with the humidity.

[Cobra25]

Inpressive Times Guys ! Congrats!

[jdando]

Sounds like BIG fun! Perhaps the Oklahoma/Oregon referee got a new job running the timing system:rolleyes:

jeremy

[Hotrauder]

Nice. thanks for the report on your great run with the Cheesehead. I don't know if I will ever learn how to do this as well as you guys but that doesn't mean I shouldn't try. Got to do more work on the Fruitpunch. Send some cool weather down here. See you at the track. :burn: Dennis

[shakes_26]

Charlie,

It took you longer to cover the quarter, but you caught the train about 200th before Bob. So while he was faster, you were much quicker on the draw!

In other words even though he caught up, you still physically arrived before Bob.

All I can say is chicken faaaaaaaaaaaaaaarm!!!:chicken: :chicken::chicken::chicken::ch icken::chicken:

Hate you guys for your 59f temps..... we might be lucky to get into the mid 70's by the end of next month.....

[KillJoy]

Nice runs guys!!!

Congrats!!!

KillJoy

[merc]

:D

Here is where things get hinky :beatnik:
CheeseheadBob

R/T .375
60' 1.759
330 5.021
1/8 7.718
MPH 90.54
1000 10.062
1/4 12.035
MPH 114.70


Defyant
R/T .204
60' 1.832
330 5.109
1/8 7.828
MPH 90.03
1000 10.185
1/4 12.167
MPH 114.31


Temps 59*
Humidity 67
Barometer 17.82

However, eveyone agrees I crossed the finish line first :confused: . I am told the billboard lit up with my results first. How the slips show these times are a mystery to me - but frankly it doesnt matter since we all had a great time. :)

So my hats off to my bud Bob for running a damm good race. We need to do this again gentlemen!

:beer:

I wish I could be a fly on the wall, but the 125-mile trip after rush hour would have killed the day for me. Looks like you all had a great time. Sherman (Trilogy #96) just put a 03 Cobra bottom end on his car and a 2.8 pulley. I drove his cars a couple of weeks ago. It was my first cruse in a Marauder with a power adder. I am glad to see MarauderMark attend. Hope someone took pictures. See ya next time.

[ctrlraven]

Amazing Charile and Cheesehead! One day I'll be right there with ya guys or hopefully passing ya lol. What wheel/tire setup were the two of you running?

[Zack]

Sherman (Trilogy #96) just put a 03 Cobra bottom end on his car and a 2.8 pulley. I drove his cars a couple of weeks ago. It was my first cruse in a Marauder with a power adder.

Thats too bad.
The lower compression isreally gonna slow him down.

[Cheeseheadbob]

We both have the Nitto 305 555R Extreme Drag Radials at 20 p.s.i.
Amazing Charile and Cheesehead! One day I'll be right there with ya guys or hopefully passing ya lol. What wheel/tire setup were the two of you running?

[merc]

Thats too bad.
The lower compression is really gonna slow him down.
I am no expert, but he claims to have his car running in the high 11's with his current setup. I don't think speed was his traget goal. He left parts of the stock motor at Mason Dixon Dragway a few months back.

[Bluerauder]

I am no expert, but he claims to have his car running in the high 11's with his current setup. I don't think speed was his traget goal. He left parts of the stock motor at Mason Dixon Dragway a few months back.
I believe Sherm said that he was running 14-15 pounds of boost with his new bottom end. When I spoke to him on the Friday night before the Cowles Car Show, he said his best run to date was 11.7.

[DEFYANT]

I am no expert, but he claims to have his car running in the high 11's with his current setup. I don't think speed was his traget goal. He left parts of the stock motor at Mason Dixon Dragway a few months back.

If he is running a Cobra bottom end, then he has all the options the Cobra have. Like a Wipple ;)

Anyway... Thanks for the responses. From the start line to the finish line Bobs bumper didn't pass my drivers door. :baaa:

Mark has the pics from last night - I forgot my video camera :mad: !

[fordfrk]

Guy's

I left to early to see that run.

By the timeslip I would say that's

called a win by a holeshot.

see ya

[Bluerauder]

Anyway... Thanks for the responses. From the start line to the finish line Bobs bumper didn't pass my drivers door. :baaa: !

According to the numbers you provided, Bob's front license plate holder should have been even with your side view mirror (6.55 feet) at the 1320' line :D

[DEFYANT]

According to the numbers you provided, Bob's front license plate holder should have been even with your side view mirror (6.55 feet). :D

Dayem! Thats right....:depress:

[MarauderTJA]

Great times guys:2thumbs: Love the temperature. I hope we can have nice cool temps like that at SSHS6. Did both you guys have your tires at 20 lbs?

[DEFYANT]

Yep.

Bobs Nittos are newer with alot more rubber on them also.

[Joe Walsh]

WOW! That was one helluva drag race...

You guys were right next to each other the whole race!:banana2:

Two, two ton beasts running 12 flats, side by side....man do I wish I could have made it up to see everyone run.

Now I'm itchin' to go Drag Racing.
I'm going to try to hit Capitol Raceway tomorrow night (Friday) for Test & Tune.

[Smokie]

Congratulations to both of you guys, that race had to be the highlight of the evening!!! WOW side by side 12 flat, I'm impressed.:banana2: .

I think somebody asked earlier about who would be considered the winner with that timeslip, if there were a bet on the race. My opinion of; who wins any side by side race is very simple...the one that crossed the finish line first wins.

If you raced at different times and not heads up, the winner is fastest E/T.:D

[MarauderMark]

Sorry about being late with da pics.Here day are:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/67c464c8-b61c-42f3-bc5f-984700f14dd9.htm
AND ALSO::
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/b8b6aaca-9da6-4aa1-af7c-984700f639ac.htm