| Author | Message | ||
     Scott_in_nh |
Considering going out to the track Saturday to enter their "Streetfighter" event. Anybody interested? You could just "test and tune" if you are not interested in entering the race or just ride to the track for the fun of it and watch.....Besides street nights (getting to cold, dark and damp for me), this will be the last event of the season for bikes! http://www.newenglanddragway.com/trackinfo/handbook/ned_specialty_classes.shtml# streetfighter} | ||
| Punkid8888 |
I would Love to but my bike is still in the SHOP, grrrrr. I was suppose to go before the end of this season cause I wanted a baseline before the modifications I plan to do this winter | ||
| Phantom5oh |
I wish I could go, but I have a prior obligation. I was just at NED 2 weeks ago watching some of the action... Punkid, I see you're from my neck of the woods, I'm only 2 towns away in Abington. Nice to know there are more XBs in the area. I've only ever seen a white XBR and a yellow XBS down on the south shore. | ||
| Scott_in_nh |
Sorry none of you guys could make it! Although I had the slowest bike, my S3 was the only streetbike ridden to the “Streetfighter” race at New England Dragway today. It was cool and windy and we only got to take 2 practice runs - with best light qualifying 1st (my brother Chris got it with a .011 light). I tried to find a way to be consistent as that is more important in bracket racing then speed is. With that in mind I was satisfied that my practice runs were 12.0’s even thought neither was perfect for different reasons. I was a little afraid of dialing to soft because there were a lot of seasoned racers running, so I dialed at a 12.00. 1st run I cut an ok light, ran a 12.025 and the other rider broke out trying to beat me to the finish line. 2nd run I know it is going a lot quicker! I’m thinking “F___ I’m gonna break out, so how soon do I lift”? I was about 30’ from the finish line and I chopped it, crossed the finish line and then he came ripping by me (on a Busa) but on the brakes too. I ran a 11.77 on my 12.00 and broke out but, unnoticed by me, he had red-lighted anyway! A bigger problem was where did 3 tenths come from- I’m like “WTF”? I think we were fighting a quartering headwind at 1st and it turned to a crosswind (I have run a 11.75 before). For the semi-finals, I don’t know what to dial, so I go with a 11.80 figuring I can roll off if I think I am going quicker that. I am against a very consistent/seasoned guy and try to hard at the finish light and break out again, but this time he cuts a better light and ran a 9.384 against a 984 dial in. I never had a chance, but I did lower my own personal best ET on the S3 a couple of hundreds to a 11.73! | ||
| Phantom5oh |
That's so awesome! |
