| Hey Blue92, thanks for asking.
Ok. Here's the story so that you get the full understanding.
I'm a circle track guy. Short track dirt racer. I grew up in the midwest where dirt track racing is king. Won Championships and all kinds of awards in that type of Racing. I've never been to a drag strip in my entire life until yesterday. So my times are not a real good representation.
James and the other drivers around the office have been mentoring me on how to do this straight line stuff, so I'm getting more familiar with it.
My reaction times were from 1.063 to 1.466. So from what the other guys were telling me, I was pretty much asleep at the line. They suggested drinking some red bull in the staging area.
My 60 foot time was from 2.026 to 2.089. Which I guess is ok. James wants me to get a 5 pound barbell weight and tie it on my right shoe.
The track is a 1/8 mile, and the first pass I made, I lifted early because I didn't understand where the finish line was (there wasn't a flagman waving a checkered flag so I was lost). But the 1/8 times ranged from 9.011 to 9.196
I even killed the car at the green light one time (yeah I know. Shame on me) but I got it fired up and still caught the car in the other lane at the finish line. I have the time slip to prove it.
If you give me a few more days to practice, I think I could do a lot better. So, as for the run times, remember that there was a rookie driver. I did the work on the car though, so I wasn't coming out of the driver's seat.
By the way, I had a blast. This straight line asphalt racing ain't so bad.  |