Mark My Words (2 Viewers)

[none]

We will see 340 mph in Vegas.

Alan

 

[twostep]

WELL ! How 'bout dat.

Conditions predicted to be Dallas-like, even a little cooler (62) on Sunday.

 

[jimbo]

Where's the "line" of who will be first?

 

[sammi]

Is this your way of saying NHRA and Goodyear are now OK with 340?

 

[Nick Rienstra]

So they changed the rev limiters ehh? I still say run em to the quarter mile!

 

[vegasnitro]

I hope Alan is right, I will be there to see it!

 

[mick]

my money is on tasca or hight, only because FC will run before TF on friday Q1 and Q2. flip-flop order on sat. for Q3 and Q4
weather forecast is killer......if the TF'rs get a crack at it on saturday, i'll pick brittany, salinas, or ashley.

 

[sammi]

My black helicopter Bildeburger deep state self thinks a 340 has already happened.

 

[LasVegas87]

The advantage is with the teams that are lower in points and/or don't go down the track well in Q1. First in the ____ wasn't always the person everyone was waiting to do it.

Looking forward to the great conditions!

 

[twostep]

So they changed the rev limiters ehh? I still say run em to the quarter mile!

Nope....they simply "slingshot" past it. Forget 1320 but remember it always.

 

[Nunz]

Is this your way of saying NHRA and Goodyear are now OK with 340?

TF and FCs have both been flirting with 340 for years, I don't think an official 340 MPH run will get anybody panicking. Sure would be badass to see on the scoreboards!

 

[Nick Rienstra]

Nope....they simply "slingshot" past it. Forget 1320 but remember it always.

Would you care to explain “Slingshot past it” for us laymen please? Btw I believe Mike Salinas has run it to or very near the quarter mile quite a few times. He’s probably been over 345mph or faster and lived/stopped in time to tell the tale. It can be done. The NHRA may just need to shop around for a new insurance company…

 

[the guy]

So they changed the rev limiters ehh? I still say run em to the quarter mile!

Winner winner chicken dinner! Smart money is on Grubby...but my bet is Flynn gets it done first

 

[twostep]

Would you care to explain “Slingshot past it” for us laymen please? Btw I believe Mike Salinas has run it to or very near the quarter mile quite a few times. He’s probably been over 345mph or faster and lived/stopped in time to tell the tale. It can be done. The NHRA may just need to shop around for a new insurance company…

Example: You can personalize the MyKey in a late model Ford F150 to limit speed to 80mph, when a limiter kicks in (fuel cutoff; a nitro car uses a rapid timing retard). Same result. But if you punch the throttle wide open beforehand, as the truck approaches the limit it'll momentarily zing right past 80 to 83-85mph - 'slingshot', if you will - before it settles back down to 80. A simplistic comparison but that's what happens.

 

[twostep]

Winner winner chicken dinner! Smart money is on Grubby...but my bet is Flynn gets it done first

Lots of quarter milers still out there but I can promise you they're not going to raise the timing-retard RPM just so some team can run 340. Somebody is gonna have to just blast their way past the retard. It's doable....339.87 is in the books (Hight, Sonoma, 2017) and there's been a number of 338s after they stood the FC headers back up.

Flynn, maybe, or mayby Grubby - but if it happens I'm placing my bets on a funny car. Hight, Force, Capps and Hagen, who are all capable (all have run 338; Capps and Hight, 339), top the list.

 

[none]

I just believe that 337 and 338 have become so common that 340 is inevitable, and Vegas is known for big speed. A little altitude, thinner air, less drag and a Great surface.

The forecast this weekend seems like the "Perfect Storm" for this to happen. And if I'm wrong? I will be here Monday and own it. But I didn't want to come here Monday and say "I knew it was going to happen" after the fact. So, I'm putting it out there.

Alan

 

[Randy]

A tail wind from the south would help.

 

[5150 mechanic]

G'damn it I hope you're right Alan. I want to see that 340 gets done this weekend.

 

[5150 mechanic]

A headwind might help a little more!

 

[twostep]

A tail wind from the south would help.

So would a little earlier 1-1 lockup from the cars now running in the high 330s. The track should hold so let's see who's King of the Clutch.