Best place to set record

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Eric Merryfield

For style points, do it like Jack......at Lebanon Valley in 95 degree heat.....

Thanks Eric - Yep , style isn't a bad thing .................

[Dave Casey]

The places that have been mentioned can certainly be fast, temperature is so important. Ed mentioned Cecil County, if there was a spring or fall event there it would be incredible. As Ed alluded to, it is downhill, but so is 4wide/concord , and that place could be in the same group with cool temps and a high press system. MIR is very fast also.

sea level, cool temps, high press system and throw in a tail wind and bingo, big numbers

Yes when you set the record, you have achieved something that no one else has at that point in time, and don't forget that you also have added credibility to your run by tearing down. Setting the record doesn't (in my case in A/S) mean you have the fastest car in the class. Last year I was 4th out of 5 fastest at Indy in my class. Winning class at Indy when there are tough cars in attendance is still very important on the performance meter.

Best place to set a record, my favorite is Maple Grove, nice facility to tear down at and the dutch is a big event and can be fast, it is not the fastest though.

[david ring]

I'm always impressed by records that are set in less than ideal conditions, so any record set in July or August at a non-factored track always impresses me.

[B Aceves]

I think since a select few CRIED about altitude tracks and got the % changed on the correction factors for a few tracks its time to start sending letters to NHRA about Records being set at National Opens with Bogus Conditions and maybe NHRA should do a reverse factor for tracks with a Sealevel or below condition with a 31 Bar. whats fair is fair right !! : )

[art leong]

Originally Posted by B Aceves

I think since a select few CRIED about altitude tracks and got the % changed on the correction factors for a few tracks its time to start sending letters to NHRA about Records being set at National Opens with Bogus Conditions and maybe NHRA should do a reverse factor for tracks with a Sealevel or below condition with a 31 Bar. whats fair is fair right !! : )

I agree 100%. but don't stop there. Make the ahfs system on the same sliding scale.
We know darn well they can do it. They check the temperature of the fuel don't they?

[Wayne Totaro]

Suffolk VA - 1st week in November. The Little Guy Open

Sorry, just like remembering the "Good Old Days"

[SStockDart]

Well, I started this thread, so I might as well add some fuel to the fire...LOL... In yesteryear the final round counted as a record run. Right or wrong??? If nothing less, it helped eliminate the "soft combos"....it kind of worked like the AFS today. What about any "heads up" run in a National Event triggers a National Record (and tear down)....again, for conversation purposes only.

[Supershifter55]

At the right time, when the barometer tips slightly above 30.05 and first session in the morning at either Woodburn Oregon, Seattle Washington or Mission British Columbia, it can be mind boggling. I have been there at all three tracks here in Division Six. All three tracks are within about 175 ft of sea level with lots of oxygen in the air. All the time and effort you put into your combo is rewarded and the fix you get from drag racing lasts well into the next week. Ha Ha.

Gary Howe 6322 SS/N and GT/L and K

[Geerhead55]

How do you guys feel about someone's hard earned, well deserved, national record being wiped out by the "minimum" after a length of time goes by? I have no dog in this fight, but I always thought a record should stand until its truly broken by a quicker or faster car. My 2 cents.
Danny Durham

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by SStockDart

Well, I started this thread, so I might as well add some fuel to the fire...LOL... In yesteryear the final round counted as a record run. Right or wrong??? If nothing less, it helped eliminate the "soft combos"....it kind of worked like the AFS today. What about any "heads up" run in a National Event triggers a National Record (and tear down)....again, for conversation purposes only.

That worked pretty well too.