Competition I Dragged and Pulled today....

[Sled Puller]

Drag race: Quaker City all Diesel day.



I suck.



15:33 to 18:00, reaction times of . 833 to well over one, I need some practice.

Last run, my foot slipped off the brake, on the next to last yellow, very ugly run.

I went down to the pits, loaded my weights and traction bars back into the truck, watched the first run of the race, which Eric McBride later won, and headed one hour north to a pull.



Put all the pull stuff on, went 307 feet, won, took all the pull stuff off, and drove it home.



Thats back to back Quaker wins for Mcbride, in totally different trucks, he is a good race driver.



KTA was the show, though, awesome first gen! :--)

 

[csevers]

WOW!!

So now Gene is cross training for two sports? It kinda brings Bo Jackson to mind... ..... lol



Should we expect to see Drag Racer.com on the side of your truck soon?



Craig

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by Sled Puller

Drag race: Quaker City all Diesel day.



I suck.



15:33 to 18:00, reaction times of . 833 to well over one, I need some practice.

Last run, my foot slipped off the brake, on the next to last yellow, very ugly run.

I went down to the pits, loaded my weights and traction bars back into the truck, watched the first run of the race, which Eric McBride later won, and headed one hour north to a pull.



Put all the pull stuff on, went 307 feet, won, took all the pull stuff off, and drove it home.



Thats back to back Quaker wins for Mcbride, in totally different trucks, he is a good race driver.



KTA was the show, though, awesome first gen! :--)

Gene what's Eric racing now? He sold Stack'd-N-Jack'd

 

[formula]

Originally posted by Sled Puller

KTA was the show, though, awesome first gen! :--)

What happened there?



Sean

 

[BushWakr - RIP]

Is there any more details on KTA's results??? Maybe a link or whatever???



Bob.

 

[fest3er]

Re: Re: I Dragged and Pulled today....

Originally posted by Got Smoke?
Gene what's Eric racing now? He sold Stack'd-N-Jack'd

His brandy-new '03, auto, crew-cab, SRW 3500 that weighs 8000#.

And, if any of you have questions about how bracket racing works, Eric broke out (E/T was faster than his dial-in time) on all but one round.

And IIRC, in the next-to-last round, Eric's slow-arsed, 15. 7 sec. '03 put Buddha's 12. 5 sec. modified diesel on the trailer.

All you racers who cancelled due to the iffy weather should've gone. It was mostly clear all afternoon: sunny, warm and humid. But it started drying out and cooling off a bit late in the afternoon, which might explain many of the breakouts, not only inthe DHRA race, but in the big-rig and other races as well.

And Gene, you just need more practice. Considering your 15-18 second runs, IIRC, at least 5 of those seconds was launching; I'm certain I was waiting that long for you to appear past the grandstands. Once you got it in gear and the turbo spooled, you were down the track PDQ. Next time, try a 4x4 launch in 3rd, and ride the clutch 60 feet. With the torque you have, you should only need 3rd and 5th anyway.

Neal

 

[fest3er]

Originally posted by BushWakr
Is there any more details on KTA's results??? Maybe a link or whatever???

Bob.

Eric has all the results. When he gets them to me, I'll post them on the DHRA web site. I'm working on creating that portion of the site.

Neal

 

[Jff24Gordn]

Gene, you could have broke at the drags. My clutch felt funny durring practice and my 1 round. On the drive home after a ^%$#^%#&%$# schnider semi ran me off into a plastic barrel , I think the throwout bearing went out. Then after 2 hours of listening to it whine, it got alot louder. it made a loud bang, shook the truck and made lots of bad noises the last 10 miles to get home. The clutch dont work now, but who needs it, right? transmission should be out in about a 6 pack from now.

 

[Strick-9]

Gene,



I'm just curious what your MPH was going through the traps?



96??????



-Chris

 

[Jff24Gordn]

Hmm, is it bad when you twist the clutch fork?? Or have lots of little pieces of the throw out bearing fall out when you pull the transmission from the block? Apparently the throw out went out and then it welded it self back together when i was almost home. A welded throwout bearing doesnt work very well and the pressure plate twisted it apart and twisted the fork. It appears that those were the only parts damaged. i think I can make it to the dealership before they close to get the parts. It might be running by midnight. It didnt even hurt the pressure plate.

 

[DHRA]

Broke out? HUH? I only broke out in the finals, and that was to stay ahead of Mike. We both broke out, his was just more than mine!

Oh yea, I did keep my foot in it for the bye run, had to see if I needed to change my dial!

It's the tree that wins the bracket racing for me. My R/T's were:

. 510

. 504

. 504

. 557

and a lousy . 619 against Chris.



KTA set a new personal record of 15. 3, great job Brian!

 

[Sled Puller]

Jeff, jeff, jeff.



Chris, for your viweing pleasure. .

First run 2x4 only used 3rd and 4th. 16. 9@93. 36



The rest I kept the rpm down and used 5th gear. These were on 285 tires with 3:54 ratio.



4x4-15. 33 @95. 34

4x4 15. 46 @92. 40



Lat one was18. 59@76. 53, lol



One more thing. I was totally nervous about breaking parts, but at the pull, total calm. I just can't bring myself to drive that thing hard on pavement.

 

[DSteinel]

Nice job sleddy do you have the rest of the results from the pull

 

[KLockliear]

Originally posted by Sled Puller

One more thing. I was totally nervous about breaking parts, but at the pull, total calm. I just can't bring myself to drive that thing hard on pavement.

Heh, I think we're exact opposites there.

 

[DavidTD]

Originally posted by DieselSport Promotions

Broke out? HUH? I only broke out in the finals, and that was to stay ahead of Mike. We both broke out, his was just more than mine!

Oh yea, I did keep my foot in it for the bye run, had to see if I needed to change my dial!

It's the tree that wins the bracket racing for me. My R/T's were:

. 510

. 504

. 504

. 557

and a lousy . 619 against Chris.



KTA set a new personal record of 15. 3, great job Brian!

Goodness Eric. New Truck, 1st race in how long and you had ONE lousy . 600+ light?????



Ok, you are not allowed in the Atlanta race. I'll set up a seperate class for ya...



Awesome Job sir. Really. . Awesome. I have not laid down that many 5's since moving from my 4x4 to the Dakota.



I hear revenge coming from Bowling Green!!!

 

[Sled Puller]

This was a good BC thread. Before Comp... ... ... . :-laf

 

[bgilbert]

Resurrecting threads back from the dead today eh? :-laf



Well I gotta say, where's the vid or time slip??? :-laf

 

[Sled Puller]

I do have those time slips, I refuse to post them!

 

[Timbeaux38]

... well you didn't run then. You must have tangible proof or it did not happen :-laf

 

[Sled Puller]

But what do they matter? It wasn't a race, we were just messing around..... oh wait..... :-laf