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May 20, 2007 | 01:01 PM

monsterbaby

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Newton raceway

anyone been up there yet? Saw on the news and the website about drag racing on some friday nights so taking the PSD up there next friday 5/25 and race it to see how it will do, if anyone is interested might be a good mini gtg.

May 20, 2007 | 10:10 PM

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Didn't think there was enough room to run drags, unless they are running 1/8ths... I want to get there, but time is a factor with classes, start them again in the morning, went out to South Dakota for last week, brought a couple more cars home, as well as my two motorcycles I can't ride any more...

May 20, 2007 | 10:29 PM

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Yeah it's 1/8th mile, which is long enough to run a 7000lb 4x4 diesel truck don't ya think?

May 20, 2007 | 10:36 PM

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Heck, just get started, and the fun's over... I know, most people prefer 1/8 to watch because they can see the beginning and end, but I like the full 1/4... may only be a few seconds, but feels like minutes when you're on the track... Unless you're turning 10 second runs, don't hardly get to 100 even in the quarter... I like the speed more than the quick runs. I ran 15 second runs with an old 454 3/4 bias ply tire truck back in tech school, sure, it wasn't as heavy as your stroker, but had enough weight... There are quite a few running the quarter with their trucks... but the closest tracks for that are Cedar Falls and Cordova. last i heard, Cedar Falls had pretty much quit running the 1/4 for regular races, just 1/8.

May 28, 2007 | 09:57 PM

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forgot to post in here the results from last friday, I did make a post on it in the 99-03 psd section. but ended up with the last run being my best.
eta 9.832
60ft1.988
speed 67.91
reaction 0.223

just thought I would post that and probably gonna go back June 15th as I had a blast

Jul 27, 2007 | 07:11 AM

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My friends dad is the one that runs the drags there.... its a really nice track...i try to get down there as often as possible... lol hard to pass up free tickets to every event.. haha