Brainerd MPH (2 Viewers)

[Nunz]

FYI, there was a pretty good tailwind out of the west on Saturday and Sunday that helped the MPHs.

I thought I heard on TV it was a headwind?

 

[Nunz]

If I remember correctly someone has run 340+ and that set off alarms at both Goodyear and NHRA. All 3 PRO classes have RPM limitors on them. It was mentioned last weekend that a couple top fuel cars were on their limitors. I know Goodyear is the reason for that. They have made it very clear to NHRA that the tire today has a 350mph rating and they want a certain mph safety margin. They are also not going to redesign a new faster tire. The current tire is the best ever. It is very rare to see one coming apart unless it is caused by something hitting the tire.

Well no timed 340 run has happened, but on 338-339 runs I'm sure they could be hitting 340 before slowing down. And while the current tires my be the best ever, my only complaint is that they don't make billows of smoke on the burnouts!

 

[Cliff]

And the tires don't "chunk" either. Thank God for that!

 

[Mike]

I thought I heard on TV it was a headwind?

Strong tailwind out of the west on Saturday...

CDUS43 KDLH 220638
CLIBRD

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
138 AM CDT SUN AUG 22 2021

...................................

...THE BRAINERD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1899 TO 2021


WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
...................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 72 5:24 PM 94 1947 79 -7 83
MINIMUM 52 11:49 PM 32 2004 55 -3 66
AVERAGE 62 67 -5 75

PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 1.46 1964 0.09 -0.09 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.68 2.11 -0.43 2.88

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 3 1 2 0
MONTH TO DATE 7 21 -14 5
SINCE JUN 1 45 121 -76 25
SINCE JUL 1 18 43 -25 6

COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 10
MONTH TO DATE 181 86 95 112
SINCE JUN 1 616 333 283 566
SINCE JAN 1 658 353 305 583
...................................................................


WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1


SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 4:00 AM
LOWEST 41 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 67

..........................................................


THE BRAINERD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 93 1947
1976
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 37 1920


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 22 2021........SUNRISE 6:24 AM CDT SUNSET 8:13 PM CDT
AUGUST 23 2021........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CDT SUNSET 8:11 PM CDT


- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

Southerly on Sunday...

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CDUS43 KDLH 230634
CLIBRD

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
134 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2021

...................................

...THE BRAINERD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1899 TO 2021


WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
...................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 79 2:30 PM 93 1947 78 1 86
1976
MINIMUM 48 5:25 AM 37 1920 54 -6 64
AVERAGE 64 66 -2 75

PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 0.98 1972 0.10 -0.10 T
MONTH TO DATE 1.68 2.21 -0.53 2.88

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 1 2 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 8 23 -15 5
SINCE JUN 1 46 123 -77 25
SINCE JUL 1 19 45 -26 6

COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 10
MONTH TO DATE 181 89 92 122
SINCE JUN 1 616 336 280 576
SINCE JAN 1 658 356 302 593
...................................................................


WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6


SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 3:00 AM
LOWEST 36 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 65

..........................................................


THE BRAINERD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 94 1947
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 36 1927
1977


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 23 2021........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CDT SUNSET 8:11 PM CDT
AUGUST 24 2021........SUNRISE 6:27 AM CDT SUNSET 8:10 PM CDT


- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

 

[Nunz]

Geez Mike you couldn't get me any real detailed info?

 

[Mike]

Geez Mike you couldn't get me any real detailed info?

I'll try harder next time !

 

[T.Smith]

I thought I heard on TV it was a headwind?

Headwind crosswind on Friday.

 

[twostep]

maybe more realistically, when are the TAD's going to break 300?
the 5-teen @ 280+ runs are pretty spectacular......i don't know enough about the class if rules that would enable the nitro cars to pick up would also
benefit the alcohol cars? ........ i hope the 1000' rules for the pro cars can stay about where they are at. really glad to see wilk run that big speed though.

If they were both allowed a reduction in weight, then yes. But that's not going to happen and neither will 4 second, 300mph runs. NHRA fiddled with TAD parity until they were blue in the face; it's pretty equal now so they've decided to let that sleeping dog sleep. I believe that's the reason injected nitro cars aren't allowed in TAFC - nobody wants to bear the expense and years of parity hassle for a dying class.

Hight's team did its damndest 4 years ago to break 340 at Sonoma and came withing a whisker of doing it (339.87) along with FC's first and only 3.7 pass (Brainerd, same year). Force tried 2 years ago at Dallas under superb Friday night conditions and ran 338-something @ 3.82. I was sitting in the finish-line stands; what a pass. I dunno - there's probably a 340 out there somewhere but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Cliff]

I really, really wanted someone to run 340 at the time, just to break the "final barrier". Even if it was a (gasp) funny car instead of a dragster. heh Well, ya never know.....

 

[teague14]

If they were both allowed a reduction in weight, then yes. But that's not going to happen and neither will 4 second, 300mph runs. NHRA fiddled with TAD parity until they were blue in the face; it's pretty equal now so they've decided to let that sleeping dog sleep. I believe that's the reason injected nitro cars aren't allowed in TAFC - nobody wants to bear the expense and years of parity hassle for a dying class.

Hight's team did its damndest 4 years ago to break 340 at Sonoma and came withing a whisker of doing it (339.87) along with FC's first and only 3.7 pass (Brainerd, same year). Force tried 2 years ago at Dallas under superb Friday night conditions and ran 338-something @ 3.82. I was sitting in the finish-line stands; what a pass. I dunno - there's probably a 340 out there somewhere but I'm not holding my breath.

Hagan ran .79 at 338 at Indy in 2017. Not long after Robert went 339 in Sonoma. Probably my favorite run I’ve ever seen live lol

 

[Nunz]

Hagan ran .79 at 338 at Indy in 2017. Not long after Robert went 339 in Sonoma. Probably my favorite run I’ve ever seen live lol

I thought Hight was the only one to run 3.79?

 

[Just Paul]

Hight's team did its damndest 4 years ago to break 340 at Sonoma and came withing a whisker of doing it (339.87) along with FC's first and only 3.7 pass (Brainerd, same year).

It was on pace for 340+ on the 3.79 run in Brained. 2 more MPH at the 1/8 than the 339 run (292 up to 294!) but put a hole out before the lights and only (ha ha) went 338. That run would have broke both barriers.

 

[Pete]

With the fixed angle of the headers and rules package, you will never see 340 on the scoreboards in either fuel classes...