The difference between a mid 10 and a low 9 second pass

[psfracer]

I had a great weekend of racing, ran a new best of 9.168 @ 149.65 mph, all motor. While I don't have a mod motor, I thought this vid is pretty cool as my rear facing camera shows the difference between a mid 10 sec car and a low 9 second car. People that don't know much about drag racing think "1.4 second difference, big deal". Well, its a huge deal!

3 races on the vid, I run a 9.168 vs a 10.54, second race 9.179 vs 10.61


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[venomws6]

Very nice view.
Sick car too. :rockon:

 

[Sn95Snake]

Very nice car, and yes you are 100% right! I know a lot of people that think 1 second in the quarter isn't much of a difference. Now I have a video to show them with.

 

[03Cobrra]

I hear you man, I know how big of a deal it is just to go even a few tenths faster.

 

[Shifty Powers]

Great vid!!! What a difference!! that was awesome!

One drive when he went by you all I thought was ricer flyby! haha but im sure he had a reason

 

[psfracer]

Very nice view.
Sick car too. :rockon:

Thanks!

Very nice car, and yes you are 100% right! I know a lot of people that think 1 second in the quarter isn't much of a difference. Now I have a video to show them with.

Yeah, my cousins and some friends really have no idea, this will go a long way in trying to explain it to them.

I hear you man, I know how big of a deal it is just to go even a few tenths faster.

your 148 mph trap speed is pretty stout, you could go 9.20s if you can sort out your 60' vs 9.70s.

 

[IA Shelby]

I will bookmark this video. Great views.

 

[BOOGIE MAN]

I'm reminded of two videos I always go to when trying to show how fast dragsters are. Your video was a great example of more "streetable" proportions. Thanks :beer:
Fast forward to 1:50. Keep in mind this top alcohol not top fuel; about 5k hp less.
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Stock Pontiac G6 vs a Fuel Dragster. Dragster only allowed to hit throttle for one second or 60ft, and then coast.
Fast forward to 1:55 to see a dirty burnout. 2:44 for the best view in the entire video
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Thanks a lot for your vid OP

 

[P49Y-CY]

nice vid op! and congrats on the pb. once i lined up next to you at famoso (when you still had a 3v in the car) and i remember being amazed at how far down the track you were... u ran 9.40 to my 12.18. HUGE difference!

 

[Buddy17]

not trying to steal the show.....but i always thought this was cool. My buddy wore a helmet cam when we raced, my bike ran a 10.0, and he ran a 10.8.....its a helmet cam so you don't see me until i'm way out, but its pretty cool to see the difference.

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[psfracer]

not trying to steal the show.....but i always thought this was cool. My buddy wore a helmet cam when we raced, my bike ran a 10.0, and he ran a 10.8.....its a helmet cam so you don't see me until i'm way out, but its pretty cool to see the difference.

Was the reaction time between you to similar?

 

[psfracer]

nice vid op! and congrats on the pb. once i lined up next to you at famoso (when you still had a 3v in the car) and i remember being amazed at how far down the track you were... u ran 9.40 to my 12.18. HUGE difference!

How long ago, and what car were you driving? What color.

 

[Buddy17]

Was the reaction time between you to similar?

I don't remember on that exact run, but from the slips, we went back and forth and within a tenth reaction all day.

 

[REPCobra10]

That was a very cool video, OP! It really is hard to explain, in words, how big of a difference 1-second is in a quarter-mile drag race. You filmed it to convey that difference. That will get some of the non-believers believing...:beer:

 

[Mystic03]

+1! im having a hard time cracking this damn 11.6!!

 

[psfracer]

Stock Pontiac G6 vs a Fuel Dragster. Dragster only allowed to hit throttle for one second or 60ft, and then coast.
Fast forward to 1:55 to see a dirty burnout. 2:44 for the best view in the entire video
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Thanks a lot for your vid OP

That was a cool shot from the car, it looked like the dragster was shot from a canon. The 60' was .850