Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of

Dion Hildebrandt · 08-29-2010, 11:09 AM

Last year at the Ashcroft BC national open, my car h/sa chevelle dialed at a 12.40 or something and Peter Willie and his ss/ah cuda dialed a 9.30 i think, I will have to go into the archives for the actual numbers. My reaction was .017 and his was .35 I think, I watched him in my side view mirror what seemed like all the way down the track before I saw his huge wheelstand. I took the stripe with some brakes to spare, the p.a. was silent.......I guess I wasnt favored to win, fun race though. It rocked my car at the top end also, I didnt think heavy cars like mine could move like that

Fred Holdorf · 08-29-2010, 12:54 PM

Back in the '60s, I ran at the old AHRA track (Fresno Dragway) at Fresno, Ca. They ran elims four cars at a time, two v8 Mustangs automatics on the left side and a '54 Chev stocker against me on the right. Now AHRA ran using car spots (15 feet per car) and the Chevrolet had a 27 car spot with the Mustangs at 14, and my '63 Falcon ,260 2BBL ,stick @ a13 spot. The starter was 250+ feet down the track, standing between the lanes, using a two flags, green a race and red a foul start. How he could judge my launch from that distance was a guess. He gives us the green flag and away we go, I caught the street Mustangs by second gear, but by now the Chevy was moving left into my path and as I passed him I had to miss the starter, who had nowhere to run to, and stayoff the centerline. We ran there many more times, but as I recall only two cars at a time.

Fred

08-29-2010, 11:09 AM	#1
Dion Hildebrandt Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: calgary alberta canada Posts: 383 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of Last year at the Ashcroft BC national open, my car h/sa chevelle dialed at a 12.40 or something and Peter Willie and his ss/ah cuda dialed a 9.30 i think, I will have to go into the archives for the actual numbers. My reaction was .017 and his was .35 I think, I watched him in my side view mirror what seemed like all the way down the track before I saw his huge wheelstand. I took the stripe with some brakes to spare, the p.a. was silent.......I guess I wasnt favored to win, fun race though. It rocked my car at the top end also, I didnt think heavy cars like mine could move like that __________________ Dion Hildebrandt 6009 STK H/SA

08-29-2010, 12:54 PM	#2
Fred Holdorf Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Minden, Nv Posts: 44 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Biggest handicap start you've seen/been a part of Back in the '60s, I ran at the old AHRA track (Fresno Dragway) at Fresno, Ca. They ran elims four cars at a time, two v8 Mustangs automatics on the left side and a '54 Chev stocker against me on the right. Now AHRA ran using car spots (15 feet per car) and the Chevrolet had a 27 car spot with the Mustangs at 14, and my '63 Falcon ,260 2BBL ,stick @ a13 spot. The starter was 250+ feet down the track, standing between the lanes, using a two flags, green a race and red a foul start. How he could judge my launch from that distance was a guess. He gives us the green flag and away we go, I caught the street Mustangs by second gear, but by now the Chevy was moving left into my path and as I passed him I had to miss the starter, who had nowhere to run to, and stayoff the centerline. We ran there many more times, but as I recall only two cars at a time. Fred