How To Really Slow The Nitro Classes Down

[Dennis]

There used to be another video from Japan of a T/F doing a burnout in a crowded parking lot (!?!)....it looked worse than grudge night at these no prep tracks!

If memory serves, the guy wasn't even wearing a helmet. They pulled that video (or made it private) right after everyone lit up the comments.

 

[Jimbo]

Let's all just pray that they act sooner rather then later after something happens.

Jim Hill

nostalgicracingdecals.com

 

[mgty3whlr]

Another point of view, With the way they are running now, You Don't put a kid that just learned how to ride a bicycle in a Fuel car.

Most of them learned their experience thru slower categories.

 

[Butch]

For years we ran on NO prep tracks only using VHT in the Burnout. Tune the car to the track and have at it. The need for Flypaper track surface isn't necessarily.

 

[stitcherbob]

I remember a magazine story on a Hemi Dart that was street raced and it had an on-board VHT spray system with nozzles just in front of the rear tires....no prep?

 

[ironpony]

Back in early 80's I had a water spray on the rear tires to do burnouts

 

[glofria]

For years we ran on NO prep tracks only using VHT in the Burnout. Tune the car to the track and have at it. The need for Flypaper track surface isn't necessarily.

While I understand that this is all wishful thinking, try explaining this to the Pro Stock guys and everyone else with a 4-link suspension that run in front of FC.

Ever see a no prep event and see some of the violent accidents that happen?

 

[TooTall999]

Back in the 70's-80's match racing days, lots of fuel cars had to run on no prep or minimally prepped tracks. They made it work and put on a great show. Minimize the prep and make the tuners slow the cars to race in the given conditions and make driving part of the equation again.

 

[FABMAN]

For years we ran on NO prep tracks only using VHT in the Burnout. Tune the car to the track and have at it. The need for Flypaper track surface isn't necessarily.

One thing for sure, we would find out who the real Drivers are and are not.

 

[stitcherbob]

While I understand that this is all wishful thinking, try explaining this to the Pro Stock guys and everyone else with a 4-link suspension that run in front of FC.

I thought the argument was that the P/S guys could stick better but refused to add more wing to increase downforce because it slowed the cars down too much....

 

[Justin@NRE]

4 Disc clutch would slow them down considerably without compromising track safety.

 

[Nunz]

All great ideas guys, but there's probably nobody better to come up with ways to slow down the cars, than the guys paid to make them fly. Since going to 1000ft, it doesn't seem that the current crop of owners, drivers, and CCs care to slow them down. Or go back to 1320 for that matter.

 

[stitcherbob]

we are all missing the obvious answer here guys.....the easiest way to slow down any and all race cars is to....

swap driver's and crewchief's jobs

boy that would do the trick!

"Well, I mighta run better than Tobler that round if'n you had hooked up the second mag John!"

 

[Huge]

I don't think it would slow Wilk down.

 

[T.Smith]

Blah, blah, blah......

 

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[stitcherbob]

I don't think it would slow Wilk down.

that's Mr "NHRA World Champion 2017" Wilk to you! (if he ran against all the tuners and the cars were tuned by all the drivers)