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I complained to the guys there about there traps again.I trapped 116 on my second pass with 95 in the 1/8.
The guy that raced me ran a 8.9 at 139 with 119 in the 1/8 lol
My speedo was past the 120 mark on my 116 run too
The guy that raced me ran a 8.9 at 139 with 119 in the 1/8 lol
My speedo was past the 120 mark on my 116 run too
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It's interesting how a few people think my car is slow because I ran 11.8@119mph on street tires. Yet skratch ran 11.7@121 with more mods than I have, better tires than I have and with 15* cooler temps and similar humidity.
I'm not hating on skratch, on the contrary, I think his times a good. But it really does make me wonder if some people here have ever even been to a track in their lives and only know how to bench race.
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I agree, not bad at all.
It's interesting how a few people think my car is slow because I ran 11.8@119mph on street tires. Yet skratch ran 11.7@121 with more mods than I have, better tires than I have and with 15* cooler temps and similar humidity.
I'm not hating on skratch, on the contrary, I think his times a good. But it really does make me wonder if some people here have ever even been to a track in their lives and only know how to bench race.
It's interesting how a few people think my car is slow because I ran 11.8@119mph on street tires. Yet skratch ran 11.7@121 with more mods than I have, better tires than I have and with 15* cooler temps and similar humidity.
I'm not hating on skratch, on the contrary, I think his times a good. But it really does make me wonder if some people here have ever even been to a track in their lives and only know how to bench race.
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I agree, not bad at all.
It's interesting how a few people think my car is slow because I ran 11.8@119mph on street tires. Yet skratch ran 11.7@121 with more mods than I have, better tires than I have and with 15* cooler temps and similar humidity.
I'm not hating on skratch, on the contrary, I think his times a good. But it really does make me wonder if some people here have ever even been to a track in their lives and only know how to bench race.
It's interesting how a few people think my car is slow because I ran 11.8@119mph on street tires. Yet skratch ran 11.7@121 with more mods than I have, better tires than I have and with 15* cooler temps and similar humidity.
I'm not hating on skratch, on the contrary, I think his times a good. But it really does make me wonder if some people here have ever even been to a track in their lives and only know how to bench race.
Don't get all sensitive man lol. There is always going to be someone faster.
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I think you missed my point. It's not about skratch being quicker or anyone else for that matter, it's people that assume that just because a person ran low 11's @ 125-128mph with the mods I have on drag radials and in 30* weather, they assume that anyone that doesn't run a similar is automatically slow regardess of track conditions and tires run. I've even gotten pm's asking me why my car is so slow...lol..yet it's on par with most people running street tires on warm weather with similar mods. It's because of the bench racing phenomenon...lol
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I think you missed my point. It's not about skratch being quicker or anyone else for that matter, it's people that assume that just because a person ran low 11's @ 125-128mph with the mods I have on drag radials and in 30* weather, they assume that anyone that doesn't run a similar is automatically slow regardess of track conditions and tires run. I've even gotten pm's asking me why my car is so slow...lol..yet it's on par with most people running street tires on warm weather with similar mods. It's because of the bench racing phenomenon...lol
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I had a fool at Advance Auto Parts tell me we have "one of the best tracks in the country". I asked him what he brung. 13 sec 97 Camaro. /post.
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