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09-10-2003, 07:21 PM
The weather was not the best, hot and humid, 87 degrees on the track and it was pretty sticky out. Now keep in mind this was my first venture actually driving at a dragstrip, so my form left something to be desired! I made 4 runs. Lidio took the Trilogy car so the drag radials were on his car, and I had to run with the stock tires. The track was terrible, and nobody was hooking up well. Lidio with the Nittos couldnt hook up either. My first attempt I tried to flat out floor it from the line with a little brake torque. The tires broke so bad I smoked them so bad I backed off a little and turned a 15.01! Someone watching later told me I smoked them almost halfway to the 1/8 mile marker. After that run I changed my launch and did better, but I never was able to manage a full throttle launch that would hook up.
Then end results were:
15.013 @ 100.88mph
13.501 @ 104.99mph
13.693 @ 103.01mph
13.699 @ 102.99mph
Willie and DetGeno showed up as well, and Willie raced for the first time too. It was a blast, and was great having 4 Marauders parked together. Lots of looks and stares, especially when 2 Marauders line up at the strip together. Although it was nice beating a Mustang GT in one of the heats. I might try it again when it cools down in the fall, I really want to see what it will do on a full throttle takeoff without spinning the tires. Enough Drag racing for me....I prefer the traffic light to light racing much more.
Then end results were:
15.013 @ 100.88mph
13.501 @ 104.99mph
13.693 @ 103.01mph
13.699 @ 102.99mph
Willie and DetGeno showed up as well, and Willie raced for the first time too. It was a blast, and was great having 4 Marauders parked together. Lots of looks and stares, especially when 2 Marauders line up at the strip together. Although it was nice beating a Mustang GT in one of the heats. I might try it again when it cools down in the fall, I really want to see what it will do on a full throttle takeoff without spinning the tires. Enough Drag racing for me....I prefer the traffic light to light racing much more.