Spanked by the Fords in Okla. Ouch!

[fast86gn]

Well guys and gals not much we can say we got our a$$e$ handed to us at the Shootout held Saturday at Thunder Valley! The last score I had was Ford 50 and Buick 37.
Yes there was a lot of sandbagging going on by the Fords, just ask my son Geoff, he was at a 13.94 and ran a Stang that ran 12.47 @117 getting out of it on the big end.

But that was not the main reason we lost, we had way to many redlights for one. There was 8 by our side and I only counted 1 for the Fords. I even noticed that the Fords were much better on the tree than we were and I have the video to prove it! There were 2 bye's for each side so that was a wash.

There were 11 Fords that did not have a Buick to race the fastest vehicle being a 15.82! This is hugh! Remember we lost by 13, 50 to 37.
Yes they dominated the top 10, but we should dominate the rest and that is
enough to win!

Thanks to John Nguyen and all of the Oklahoma crew for there hard work on
making this event possible.
And one other thing John, the Choo Choo dragster has to go! Need I say more?
Oh well there is always next year.

 

[salvageV6]

A .2 or .3 second breakout rule would eliminate the main problem.

And quite possibly some of the redlight problems.

 

[notacarlo]

regardless, i had fun running and meeting all the Buick dudes and dudettes - red light and all.

let's all run 13's next year!

 

[UNGN]

A loss by 13 is really only 7 races deciding it.

That's still pretty close.

 

[notacarlo]

And one other thing John, the Choo Choo dragster has to go! Need I say more?

Ya know, I could only watch that thing about 16 times before I got a little pissed. The worst part was - with little or no warning - it would slip by the line and stage. All of thecars that were up front were still up front and got a little ash shower and a sauna treatment.

If it was Shockwave, I wouldn't have soo much of a problem.

 

[PaCemkr86]

too much sand baggin

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

I think the lights there are screwed up anyway.
There is 4 complete seconds once all the prestaged and staged bulbs are set, WHY?

I dont race a whole lot, but here and the other few tracks ive been to, once the staged lights are set, you dont have to wait 4 seconds to go on a protree

On my race, i got the red light

My car spools up really quick, and i thought i had it down, unfortunately the left side of the car torqued up when i was still on the brakes, i let off the gas for a split second and i THOUGHT the car didnt move... I got the red light and i THOUGHT both lights were still lit
Well, even though if i had a .001 light, the other guy sandbaging still beat me by 9 cars

No way for me that race anyways.

I had a great time thou
BW