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it seemed like a terrible night for all....with chris recording a 12.3 at 120mph pretty much taking the cake..... we were all hunting that elusive 11sec barrier....but thats what drag racing is all about i guess...

4 doors do weigh more but it seems to be able to do burnouts and have better 60fts :headspin: :headspin:

on a more serious note i would like to commend everyone that rushed to get my car ready the night before the meet.... although my whole day was a mess..starting with butterflies and excitiment....to when i passed scruteneering and decided to put the BF radials on and find out they wouldn't clear my rear calipers :flamed: :flamed: ...

moving on at about 9pm bu-five-ta and doughy were kind enough to lend me there nittos...this brought a bit of excitement back into the night.... on the one run i had i did a 12.5 at 113mph with 1.96 60ft... it was nice to get a solid pass under me belt...then i snuck around for another pass...while staging i faulted....that was the start of the end :headspin: :headspin: knowing the nittos were nice and warm...hahahhaha i dropped it well in the red zone.... :headspin: :headspin: my clutch felt the :flamed: :flamed: ... what a night!!!

Hahaha Brett was the moral crusader and didn't want a part of it, the time came from Merli saying you ran it (it was the celica before you?). In my defence I'll say I had burnout and launch envy, the launch on the second run was pretty solid - you could hear the tyres rip!

Bo was the king of last night. 1.4 60' and a 45deg wheelstand launch. Can't wait to see the photos this afternoon.

Burnouts next time please gentlemen! :( Don't be afraid of the brake-job.

Adrian

Hahaha Brett was the moral crusader and didn't want a part of it, the time came from Merli saying you ran it (it was the celica before you?). In my defence I'll say I had burnout and launch envy, the launch on the second run was pretty solid -  you could hear the tyres rip!

the launch did rip alright...all the way into the twin OS :( ......... its a coincidence after i take two...illl be needing one and u dont have one....drag racing sux!!! to much $$$$ required

drag racing sux!!! to much $$$$ required
Try circuit racing then which is considerably more than a 400m stretch :(

I've driven away from each of my ~40 drag runs without an issue at all. With circuit racing my avg is ~$2k damage per/trackday :(




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