New best tonight

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B3422w5 said:
Lets agree to disagree.
My hoosier DOT drag radials are getting replaced this week.
They no longer Have the two grooves on them. They look and act like any slick i have ever had. Except they are radial construction, not bias ply.
They, and all the others, with just a couple of exceptions, are all race tires. No matter how they are marketed.
I wouldn't drive in the rain with my drag radials, even if new, for all the tea in China
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I had driven my car to work a couple years ago and while at work it blew up a storm. The rain stopped about two hours before I left work for home but the roads were still wet when I left. There are only a couple traffic lights on the ride and I was slowing to stop as one was red. I was down to about 35 or so mph when the light went green. When I lightly picked up the throttle the car went stupid. It's a good thing there was no one in the lane next to me. The road I live on is mostly curves so for the seven miles I drive it I was on pins and needles. I coasted through the curves and very gingerly picked up the throttle when the road straightened out.

I don't want to repeat the drive.
 
justinp61 said:
I had driven my car to work a couple years ago and while at work it blew up a storm. The rain stopped about two hours before I left work for home but the roads were still wet when I left. There are only a couple traffic lights on the ride and I was slowing to stop as one was red. I was down to about 35 or so mph when the light went green. When I lightly picked up the throttle the car went stupid. It's a good thing there was no one in the lane next to me. The road I live on is mostly curves so for the seven miles I drive it I was on pins and needles. I coasted through the curves and very gingerly picked up the throttle when the road straightened out.

I don't want to repeat the drive.
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Yikes...lol
Had pretty much the same thing happen back with my W5 car and QTP’s. Even going slow the car pretty much went where it wanted. I was just along for the ride at anything over about 10mph. DOT....hah hah


You decide if your racing yet at BG?
 
I would like to try a radial on my Duster but I’m set up for a big tire and the big radials seem to be having issues.
 
John, one of the local bracket racers I know has them figured out pretty good. Saw him 4.80's in a door car Friday night. He told me it was the best tire he's ever used.
 
justinp61 said:
John, one of the local bracket racers I know has them figured out pretty good. Saw him 4.80's in a door car Friday night. He told me it was the best tire he's ever used.
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Do you know what tire he is running. My buddy put them on his Chevy and picked up at least .15 in the 1/8 mile and runs 9.20’s in the 1/4. I heard him spin at the line one night like he was in the water box. This was probably at least two years ago so I’m betting M/T has done their homework
 
justinp61 said:
I had driven my car to work a couple years ago and while at work it blew up a storm. The rain stopped about two hours before I left work for home but the roads were still wet when I left. There are only a couple traffic lights on the ride and I was slowing to stop as one was red. I was down to about 35 or so mph when the light went green. When I lightly picked up the throttle the car went stupid. It's a good thing there was no one in the lane next to me. The road I live on is mostly curves so for the seven miles I drive it I was on pins and needles. I coasted through the curves and very gingerly picked up the throttle when the road straightened out.

I don't want to repeat the drive.
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Sounds like the ride I had had home one night from work on my motorcycle.
Got stuck at work for about 4 extra hrs, walked outside and it had snowed about 4" and was comming down hard.
I was *** puckerd all the way home, it was so slick my feet would slide holding the bike up at stop lights.
 
B3422w5 said:
Lets agree to disagree.
My hoosier DOT drag radials are getting replaced this week.
They no longer Have the two grooves on them. They look and act like any slick i have ever had. Except they are radial construction, not bias ply.
They, and all the others, with just a couple of exceptions, are all race tires. No matter how they are marketed.
I wouldn't drive in the rain with my drag radials, even if new, for all the tea in China
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Yup, This ^^^^^^

I also run Hoosier drag radials (my 2 grooves are gone now)...they hook just like a slick. The DOT thing is just so they can be used for races that require a DOT approved tire. Right after the DOT stamp is says "not for street use".
 
flyfish said:
Yup, This ^^^^^^

I also run Hoosier drag radials (my 2 grooves are gone now)...they hook just like a slick. The DOT thing is just so they can be used for races that require a DOT approved tire. Right after the DOT stamp is says "not for street use".
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hey...you coming to Bowling Green next week?
 
pittsburghracer said:
Do you know what tire he is running. My buddy put them on his Chevy and picked up at least .15 in the 1/8 mile and runs 9.20’s in the 1/4. I heard him spin at the line one night like he was in the water box. This was probably at least two years ago so I’m betting M/T has done their homework
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John, he runs M/T, they look like 14x32 or 33.
 
B3422w5 said:
hey...you coming to Bowling Green next week?
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Would love to, but can't. I have a Marine in the making, and IF we are allowed (currently not allowed, but hoping it changes), I'm saving my PTO to go to his boot camp graduation in November.

Edit: Currently not allowed to attend due to the Carona.....:realcrazy:
 
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Nice job on the new best! The air this weekend was GREAT!
 
Must have been good air everywhere this weekend. My Old Goat ran its best ETs to date at New Oxford Dragway on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Ran a best of 6.54, in the third round of eliminations on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately that was on a 6.58 dial so that was that! Still very happy with the results. Heading to Lebanon Valley for their Mopar day this weekend, anxious to see what the 1/4 times will be.
 
Les Gibson said:
Must have been good air everywhere this weekend. My Old Goat ran its best ETs to date at New Oxford Dragway on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Ran a best of 6.54, in the third round of eliminations on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately that was on a 6.58 dial so that was that! Still very happy with the results. Heading to Lebanon Valley for their Mopar day this weekend, anxious to see what the 1/4 times will be.
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I've got four different methods to calculate 1/4 times from 1/8. The four vary from 10.22 to 10.33 from your 6.54. I'll be curious if they are accurate.
 
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Just for a quick guestamite I keep this on my phone. Like my dear old Dad used to say, it’s close enough for the girl I date.
 
My junk has gone 6.42 @ 106 on 275/60/15 Mickey Thompson ET Street SS tires. Since they added the 3rd rain grove these tires are actually pretty good in the rain. I've been caught out several times with no trouble. Just FYI.

During Drag Week 2018 I drove from Atlanta to Darlington South Carolina in the rain almost the entire way.
 
33IMP said:
Les, you're in Maine, and your nearest track is Lebanon in new york? How far is your trip?
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No, LVD is not the nearest track. We have two 1/8 tracks in Maine, New Oxford Dragway and Winterport Dragway. Both are great grassroots facilities. The nearest 1/4 track is New England Dragway in Epping, NH. I went to LVD because it was their Mopar Weekend. NED isn't having a Mopar event this year.
 
33IMP said:
Les, you're in Maine, and your nearest track is Lebanon in new york? How far is your trip?
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New Oxford Dragway is about 40 minutes from my house. Winterport Dragway is about a hour and a half tow. Same for NED. LVD is about a 5 hour tow.
 
Thanks Les, I didn't know about the mopar race, or I might have guessed it wasn't your local track.
My commute from my house in arizona is to my nearest track in Vegas, about 125 miles, but I've got two tracks within a half hour at my california house, one east,one west. (Not counting the one five minutes away that only runs twice a year.)
 
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