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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: What did you do on your Rear Engine Dragster TODAY?

« on: November 17, 2015, 02:42:34 PM »

Bill glad to see you guys had a good outing.

Today we moved our 1971 rear engine car from one side of the shop to the other

What was the ET

What was the E.T.? If it's anything like my shed (shop), it would take all day. A coffee, ponder over how to do it, another coffee, shift gear out of the way, another coffee and a chat to the crew chief/missus, start moving race car into position, shake head, reposition into better location. By then it's beer o'clock. Then sit in car doing race car noises. Finish beer with a stupid grin on face.

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Drag Racing / Re: Stagging Rules / Etiquette

« on: September 11, 2015, 07:04:46 PM »

I know I'm only running a HA/GR here in Australia but when I took up racing 4 years ago, one of the first articles I read was about start-line procedures and etiquette. It said to wait for the other competitor to be at least near the stage beams before pre-staging. I usually pre-stage, wait for them to pre-stage and then stage. The trouble is not everyone has read the same article but at least I know I'm doing it the courteous way. Courtesy goes out the window when the lights run down .