Thanks to Downeybear11 for taking this video of my car last year at Sears Point Raceway. This was when the car only had a Comptech Icebox intake and some worn Nitto NT-555R drag radials. As you can see I got smoked by the Camaro in the other lane...but it was just a warmup round so we didn't have dial-ins. Some people have trouble with Sears Point, but I've never had...we'll see how everything shakes out now that they are pouring a new strip at the moment...see picture below.

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New drag strip...."Other improvements designed to improve the experience for fans, as well as competitors, include separation of the drag strip from the road course, an entire resurfacing of the strip and installation of Musco Lighting and a Compulink Timing System."

660ft launching pad sea level

 

 

Impressive with the mods you had at the time. Care to share how you launched, if you still remember.

 

Launch at 45-5000rpm depending upon track conditions, psi should have been around 18-20, slowly release clutch(relatively speaking, not sidestepping the clutch) and go for it. It's about the same every time I launch, I just make adjustments to rpm and tire pressure...try to keep everything else static, less variables.
Austin

 

Alright, you just set yourself up for another question. What do you mean by sidestepping?

 

Side stepping=foot on clutch, move to the left, foot no longer on clutch, and it's quite harsh on your car.

 

Nice lil video. Good DL speed.

 

Nice video. Everyone should post their track videos. Man, that makes me wish I had a track near by to run my car.

 

No wonder you had such a fast time - that track is downhill!
J/K... The uphill grade of the track after the 1/4 mile gives that illusion. Great time! I hope to make a few 1/4 mile passes this summer.

 

 

Nice job Austin!

 

Nice run.. and damn good video taping! haha

 

nice run and nice video

 

gotta say.. Very nice Launch.... looked like you hooked up ok

tj