Phoenix, monday, 1st session. Bernstein blasted a 325 mph pass. Fastest ever (unnoficial) in 1,000 ft..

09 should be verry interesting

 

I thought they were going back to 1320 this year?

 

i wanna say his e.t was 3.81.man thats getting down thru there

 

ALL PHX sessions (14 of them) were 1000 ft....

 

staying at the 1000' until they feel the proper safety measures are achieved. it was announced around the end of last season.
-Roger

 

yep 1000ft i believe for all of 2009 for sure. Lame but oh well, with them hitting these speeds in 1000ft, i believe it nullifies the whole 1000ft measure...but this argument will never end until the day 1320 comes back.

 

It just means that if they do go back to 1320, they will have to tune the cars all over again. Even though they have all of the old data.

 

why not just put some front discs on them and go back to 1320. they get 20-50 lb weight penalties yearly anyways...why dont they make the weight something worth adding

 

Sometimes you will see a dragsters front wheels fold up when going in reverse if it shakes a little because the front wheels are offset. The steering is a little fragile. I dont really think they could apply too much braking force to the front wheels without having issues.

 

im sure if they could, they would have already done it. but whats wrong with limiting the underdrive pulley? just thinking of ways to let them go 1320. im sure they have thought about the pulley also

 

limit tire size ....

 

yeah since they already limited tire brand, why not limit tire size, haha

 

Tire size is what is getting the the MPH!

 

...orr it could be 8XXX Hp?

 

deff. gonna have to the an nhra event this year.

 

 

Why would they need to re-tune. They shouln't have had to change the tune at all being that they are going a shorter distance. The tunes that they had still went thru the 1000 ft mark.

 

Yes. But now they are tuning for that 1000ft mark... When it was a 1320 they were still tuning for 1320.. In hopes that they wouldnt grenade everything.... They say that now that it is a 1000ft , they wont hurt parts... But that really isnt the case. They will probably strat having failure around the 800ft mark.. lol

 

just heard for a reliable source at the track doing testing that it was a timing light malfunction, something tripped the lights early.

 

sochinwa is right, those guys tune that thing to blow up at the finish....in a nutshell