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[SCOTT SST2871]

Thats some funny stuff true but funny!!
Scott fifield

[Ron Gusack]

I've thought about running s/st, but I don't think I can run enough mph. My car runs 10.0's at 135ish. With a stop, how much mph would I kill? What do you think the average mph is for the class?

Thanks

[THE LEGEND]

Ron,
I run high nines at 136 off stop. On stop I run 10.90 2 132-134 depending on track and air.

MPH don't matter Running 10.90 does no matter how you do it.
Chip Johnson

[Ron Gusack]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Ron,
I run high nines at 136 off stop. On stop I run 10.90 2 132-134 depending on track and air.

MPH don't matter Running 10.90 does no matter how you do it.
Chip Johnson

Thanks Chip.
I thought the speed would come down more than a couple when taking almost a full second out.

I like to do the catching as much as possible. I know a guy that runs 10.90 at 150. I hate being caught with that much difference in mph.

I've never run with a stop or a trans brake. I guess I have a lot to learn, and spend.

[sst7250]

As previosuly stated it aint about the MPH it is being able to hit the tree and run the number. I think some folks get WAY hung up on the MPH thing personally....

[Ron Gusack]

Does anybody ever try to run s/st foot braking?

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by Ron Gusack

Does anybody ever try to run s/st foot braking?

In the last 20 years??? Doubt it. "Back in the day" when you could win by adjusting your linkage "stop" ( a bolt) it was possible. I won a divisional once that way but the car was so dialed in it made my job easy.

[Keith 944]

Originally Posted by Ron Gusack

Does anybody ever try to run s/st foot braking?

a guy from Pittsburgh raceway park drove his grandma's mustang to the track, foot braked it, flat out, put a .003 package on me, then drove out to McDonald's with his Friends to celebrate! at least thats the story i got.

[Michael Pliska]

Originally Posted by sst7250

As previosuly stated it aint about the MPH it is being able to hit the tree and run the number. I think some folks get WAY hung up on the MPH thing personally....

So says the guy running a 7 second car in SST

As far as footbraking, I have won a West Coast Super Gas Association event (which in those days was a 7 or 8 round event) footbraking, and many rounds in divisional racing as well. I also won a bunch of races in an 11.90 index car with .400 tree and no deep staging (I could redlight with either good air or a tiny bump in). All of this was before the LEDs and .370 tree though, and I don't seem to react as quickly to the LEDs as the 0.030 tree difference assumes I will.