#NoFlyZoneMIDWEST returns! 4/30-5/1
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how could you not hit 150 with a 40mph+ headstart than the dig races!
I wish there was a results spreadsheet for the one from the fall, especially considering the roll-out start...
not in the same sense as this event.
hitting the start of the 1/2 mile at 40-60 mph is significantly different from starting from a dig or a roll a few hundred feet in
wgf you started at the start of the 1/2 mile and then could roll from there or dead go from there... the noflyzone event as i understand it (since i wasnt there but just have seen videos and posts here) you can hit the start of the 1/2 mile at speed... soooo if i could start at 40-50 mph at the start of the 1/2 mile, i'd probably be able to hit ~145-148 at the end of it... since you're almost getting a 1/10th to 1/8th mile head start or so.
a touch more boost and i think 150 could be cool.
he already did in the post above.
400 foot head start to the start of the 1/2 mile... so most speeds from this event should definitely be higher than wgf speeds.
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3-man rules!!!!
correct. Roughly 400 feet from the start cones, is where my grid person is. He is the one that drops hands and starts you on your way. Most people do a rolling start from that point, and punch it at the cones. Some people line up directly at the cones for a standing start, while yet a few others will opt for a standing start FROM my grid person. That is, admittedly, a halfmile plus roughly 400ft, so not an exact primer to measure from other events. But, some want to go all out for a personal best top speed regardless of exact distance.
Example... the red lambo did a standing 212mph 1/2 mile in Rantoul last year. However, he did a standing start from back near my grid person (just for fun, and personal best) and hit 221mph. Again, this was for no other metric other than personal best top speed for him. Majority of the posts made were of his 212mph pass, since that was the halfmile speed.
Hope that helps. We are pretty flexible and easy going. We get to be that way with participants since there's no trophies and awards or egos. It's all in fun
this is why i really want to do this event. i like the sounds of that and from how everyone said it was geared so much to the drivers. :fyws:
So it is my understanding at this event racers were allowed to "roll out" to the cones where the start of the 1/2 mile started? So if one has decided to "roll race" they would be at the starting line already moving at whatever mph? IMO if you started at the starting line already going XX mph you would have a better chance going faster at the 1/2 end then someone starting at zero at the same line. Seems cars went considerably faster at this event VS the wanna go fast. At wanna go fast we had a starting line with a light. When it turned green you could go. If you wanted to "roll race" it was up to the drivers at what speed or what point in the 1/2 to start. How did this work for guys who wanted to set a 1/2 mile MPH record? Is a standard around for this sort of thing? Two different events setup different ways. Or am I completely wrong?
I think it would be nearly impossible to go slower at this even considering you are starting from a 40-50 roll AND still have a full 1/2 mile of travel.
At WGF you would lose probably a good 4-500 feet of roll out cutting into that time, I know a bunch of people went slower from a roll, my fastest time was from a dig.
I'd hope that these 1/2 mile records are pretty much only against the ones in the same day's/weekends running. So many factors play a roll at speeds like this... hell one day could be a 20mph tail wind, the next a 20mph headwind, let alone the dozens of other conditions that would affect DA and other things.
I know we had some crazy winds on Saturday at the omega event.
I think a lot of the mph has to do with the car and how it is setup. For me the Trans am is setup for the quarter mile. The car was very happy until about 125-130 and then shifted to 4th and kinda just fell on its face. My best was 144 mph or something screaming at 6100 rpms. I feel that if I would have done a dig and launched like I do at the drag strip I could get close to that mph vs me starting at 35-40 which is a huge dead spot for f bodies with a 4l60
I will experiment more this year. Plus the car will have a few extra goodies
Sorry couldn't resist.
Cmon [MENTION=22]syP[/MENTION] this needs to be a priority. Whatever else was scheduled isn't any more.....
[MENTION=12162]shanefap[/MENTION] Wagon to run too I hope!?
[MENTION=11473]JBruno88[/MENTION] You got a target date now to get that blower swap on the vette!
I stick to the track.
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