The first 14 second sedan...AND HOW!!! 9-18-05

[OldSkoolGP]

At least I think so, if I'm wrong let me know. But this Friday at Norwalk, I finally got my Grand Prix in the 14s with a 14.97 pass. And that was with full interior, street tires, and an average 60'. I'll have a pic of the time slip and vid of the run posted tonight hopefully.

[blk92z34getrag]

[OldSkoolGP]

Well my hoster can't post it tonight, so I guess I'll have it up tomorrow. D'oh!

[d.o.h.c]

whats done to it

[OldSkoolGP]

http://www.grandprixcentral.com/Ohiomeetstream.wmv

As promised, the record setting run comes around the 10 minute mark.

[dohcfiend]

congrats

[Dave96z34]

Iv never seen such bad staging and since when do strips let cars race bikes.

[Anonymous]

What is wrong with the staging? It looks completely normal to me.

About the bike thing, all tracks do that on T&T nights. I have a slip of me running a bike a few years ago, and the same night I ran an alcohol injected drag car (Which ran high 6s btw next to my high 14s).

[Dave96z34]

3 of them deep staged and had to back up. We call the open nights Street Night (Wednesday & Friday) and they let any one race but bikes, snowmobiles ex have a staging lane to themselves. Cars they dont care what class you race.

[Anonymous]

What is wrong with cars racing bikes? Other than the fact that most cars will get ass raped by most bikes, they are level as far as I'm concerned. Whatever the bike could do some car could do to, whether it be a 1 sec 60', 8sec e/t, 150mph trap, or a bad wreck.

[OldSkoolGP]

And what the hell is wrong with deep staging?!? Sorry we can't all be experts at drag racing like you and get the stage perfect the first time.

For the record: The guy with the Lumina had NEVER drag raced before.
It was only my second time with a 5 speed, and first time with a new Centerforce clutch that grabs a lot harder. Like anything, it takes time and practice to get good at something, and I don't get to the strip as often as I'd like. I'm not a drag racer by trade, I'm an autocrosser. Does that mean if I ever see a video of you autocrossing I should nitpick and criticize your ability and then pubicly announce it on a forum?

One more thing Dave, just out of curiosity, what's your best quarter mile? You've surely beaten me, seeing as how you're an expert and all. As far as bikes racign cars at the track, they just started doing that, first weekend ever, so even with as often as you go to the strip, you wouldn't have known.

[Dave96z34]

One more thing Dave, just out of curiosity, what's your best quarter mile? You've surely beaten me, seeing as how you're an expert and all.

I drove my brothers car to 13.5 and my monte carlo 15.51 I counted my slips I have done 22 passes and I only deep stage one time it was like my 4 run or so.
Edit my buddy's monteSS 15.4 MM04

Most strips fear that a car will hit a bike killing the rider.

[OldSkoolGP]

Most strips fear that a car will hit a bike killing the rider.

So would it be fair to assume that you're saying that most strips don't fear that a biker could lose control of his bike and it would fly into the other lane killing another biker? Because it seems like that would be a lot more likely, considering bikes are faster than most cars, and you're more likely to lose control of a bike drag racing than you are a car.

Besides, unless you go to a magical drag strip where you don't have to sign a liability waiver before you even get on the track, why should the drag strip fear anything? As far as they're concerned, if the situation you describe did in fact happen, they wouldn't care because they're not liable. Well, at least you thought through what you said before you said it and used the correct words to form your sentences.

(I know, this has gotten way off topic. I'm done now.)

[Dave96z34]

So would it be fair to assume that you're saying that most strips don't fear that a biker could lose control of his bike and it would fly into the other lane killing another biker? Because it seems like that would be a lot more likely, considering bikes are faster than most cars, and you're more likely to lose control of a bike drag racing than you are a car.

Either way bike gets hit or it hits the car.
Or the tracks just whant to run them together. I did ask a biker at the track one night and thats what he told me may of been bs.

[Anonymous]

That surely is BS, considering few cars are fast enough to keep up with the bikes (Most are sub 11s), and that another bike poses just as much danger.