Almost totaled #1931 today.
 

Today I had to walk away while I'm still ahead. My first and only run I pulled up to the wet box and did a pete style burnout 30' long. And the last 10' the MT's grabbed hard like a big hammer hit the azz end of the car. Me and a ford lightening lined up. Green light go. I launched the car at 4500rpms. And I swear that Z jumped 20' outta the hole two car lengths ahead of the lightening. My car was on fire and pulling hard leaving the ford lightening in the dust. But as soon as I slammed it into 3rd gear everything went to hell in a hurry. The azz end of the car started fish tailing left/right probably 10 times before I got control of it. I thought I was gonna take out the lightening. It felt like when I slammed it into 3rd that the right rear gripped solid but the left rear didn't and that's when all hell broke loose. My wife said everybody in the stands stood up with there hands over there mouth saying OH SH*T. My wife said are you ready to call it quits now. Yep. And when we get home make mine a bouble. That scared me to death. My heart is still beating fast after that close call. I think I'm gonna give it a rest for a while. Its funny cuz I was worried about blowing a u-joint not loosing control of the car.

Re: Almost totaled #1931 today.
 

Where was tire pressure?

I go over 20lbs
I have tried 16-18 very scary on the big end.

I would start with 24lbs good burn out and 2500 rpm if track is hooking i leave her alone, no traction i will go down to 22lbs and 2500rpm if it hooks better then try higher RPM and so on.
I never ever go down below 20lbs of pressure,it gives me a heart attack.

Last year i had a bad experience on the big end somebody must've spilled something and boy was it wiggly


Pete

Re: Almost totaled #1931 today.
 

I was running 22psi. Pete it was bad. I can't believe I didn't hit the stirafoam markers that separate the lanes. I think the sticky tires prevented the fish tailing from getting worse. But I also found them unpredictable. If you don't get them hot enough they can grab violently all of a sudden and can surprise you fast.
The next time I go I'm gonna install one of those levers that disengage the rear brakes so I can just sit there with the front brakes on and do a brake stand until I'm engulfed in tire smoke. That's the only way I think I will be able to get them up to the optimum operating temp. That's what I think the problem was. They were almost hot enough but not quite which made them unpredictable. The guys that were able to do brake stands would burnout fo 10-15sec and even when they pulled up to the staging light there tires were still smoking so you know they were plenty heated up.

Re: Almost totaled #1931 today.
 

glad to hear you made it home safe and sound i'd have had to change my underwear

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SPOOKY TALE THERE RS -- GLAD UR OK AND DA Z TOO.

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It's a humbling expieriance. You know sh*t happens. And sometimes sh*t almost happens. I'm glad this time it was the ladder. I'll go again but I'm gonna make a few changes.

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Glad you kept the shiny side up :thumbsup:

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dang bro...sucks to hear this story, I was hoping for some good et's. Glad to hear you didn't hit the wall etc. :cheers:

Re: Almost totaled #1931 today.
 

So you think somethings up with your Posi?

Re: Almost totaled #1931 today.
 

Or sometimes it was the POS that had the last pass that dropped some coolant or oil. You just never know.