Drag Racing at Santa Pod

Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

The planes were on thier way to/from the southend airshow that i was at Thumbs Up

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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

ill never understand the following of drag racing.

it takes about 1 second for the part that requires any skill, the rest is just pinning a throttle.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!! Mr. Green

Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

Not true, timing the gear changes and getting them perfect is also part of it, and when the result relies on milliseconds of difference it does count, obviously the start is important but its not all there is to it.

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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

either way, its no motoGP is it. with the more powerful ones its still like 8 seconds max.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!! Mr. Green

Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Remember that be sucessfull at drag racing, you don't have to be the fastest, you have to be the most consistant.

They run different time classes, the person who completes the run closest to the time wins. If you go faster than that time you "break out" into a faster time class.

Turning up to every meeting and consistantly putting in a time of 12.505s in the 12.50 class could easily win you the championship.

I know drag racers who will cross the line on the brakes if they think they got too good a start and are risking breaking out.

Also, the timer only starts when you break the light beam, it isn't really a race other than against the clock. You could count to three after the lights go out, go and still win.
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Clanger · Stirrer Joined: 27 May 2004 Karma :

Cool, nice pics...my mate went up there, lucky sod got free tickets and a ride up!!!
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Someone I was with took a couple of vids on her phone, I'll try and get here to put them up. Thumbs Up

@ Stinkwheel, the breadth of your knowledge never fails to amaze me.
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c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

Bit off topic now, but the planes would have been on thier way to the airshow they didnt arrive at southend untill about 2:30 or 3:00.

Saw a Eurofighter too, was by far the most awsome thing there, outclassed the red arrows by miles, infact the sheer noise the thing makes did that on its own!

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