beautiful things

[Gerry]

that red t bucket altered, Man talk about slippin the clutch. How many discs he go thru?

Yah. And did you notice NO gearchange on the whole run?? At least none I could detect, but there again I'm deaf as a post. Hah
Gerry

 

[Mike]

Yah. And did you notice NO gearchange on the whole run?? At least none I could detect, but there again I'm deaf as a post. Hah
Gerry

I don't think they had enough clutch in the car to let a gear change tug the motor down. Trying to run an alcohol motor as a high gear only car isn't going to be a very wise decision. I would love to have seen the floater that came out of the clutch, I bet it would have been a hoot.

 

[Mike]

Gerry, here's a Top Alcohol Dragster licensing pass from Frank Hawley's Gainesville school. These aren't killer tune-ups, but certainly quick enough for people to license.

[media]

Listen to the soles of everyone's shoes popping, as they walk off the starting line.

 

[Gerry]

Gerry, here's a Top Alcohol Dragster licensing pass from Frank Hawley's Gainesville school. These aren't killer tune-ups, but certainly quick enough for people to license.

[media]

Listen to the soles of everyone's shoes popping, as they walk off the starting line.

That made me shiver. I remember when i was involved in the BMDRA (British Model drag racing Association, guess who started that one) being asked to pilot a JET Funny car (1/10th scale). This thing would hit 70 in a second.
I stood on the line at Shakespeare raceway with a controller in my hands and he hit the ignition button. 2 Seconds later the armco told the story.
Point is that when i went to walk away I could n,t . Trainers STUCK to the ground. Almost fell over. I also noticed when running the Topo that it was better to wait for the sun before my first pass. STICKY STICKY STICKY.

Aint life beautiful.
Gerry

PS I have magazine articles about the 1/10 stuff, if anyone's interested

gerry

 

[Mike]

The right lane at Indy was pretty tricky. It had a really rotten habit of beating us up. After 3-4 years, I finally noticed the secret to that lane. You had to be very careful about where you staged the car. There was a very narrow sweet spot that was not centered in the regular groove. I would generally push the car into the water, turn on the battery and open the air bottle, then I would go stand in front of the car, in case the car ahead of us threw anything back. I would then walk up to the starting line, check for my sweet spot and plant my right foot down where I wanted him to center the car.

Problem was, where I wanted the car centered was right over one of the tire tracks from all the other cars. I planted my foot up there one afternoon, and as Brian pulled through the water, I made to step out of the way. And I pulled my foot right out of my shoe. :blush: I bent over, grabbed my shoe, jammed it on my foot and looked back to the car, only to see Brian with his helmet in his hands. :shrug: