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9/25/2013 My just turned 18 Daughter asked when she could run something faster..I thought about it, and came to the if not now when? conclusion...So after Physics class, I let her run the Dragpak at Epping yesterday at track rental......I deemed the Mike Roth Built masterpiece to be the safest fast car I have with its long wheelbase, cage, great brakes, etc. Like the Driller,the Carp car, Les Norton's his purpose built dragpaks, and other cars and trucks are just special...I have run it with bald tires(didn't know), spun through its own water(didn't know), and never gotten out of shape.....In a word safe.
She did two low RPM launch runs and One all out out run which saw her get out of the groove to the left, spin a bit I think, then correct, a 129 mph 10.40 something run.....she was running 90 over the weekend in the Gremlin at the valley.....With the Gremlin there is no spinning, no keeping a close eye on that 7500 rpm shift point(lowered for the kid), no getting into clean nuetral after the stripe and braking, no worrying about the turnaround spot, no drama.... Her quotes from the afternoon....wow 40MPH is a lot more at the stripe, and how do you race a stick? Here we go............ Eric
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for your helmet cal Kyle at Helmet City - http://www.helmetcity.com/
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Eric, GTX John is correct! I run in O, P, And Q/SA. I have a roll bar in the car, but I run out of date harness. Never had a tech guy in division 3,4, and 5 take issue with this. You can also run the stock belt. Fire jacket and pants not required.
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Very cool Eric.
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FYI - Jacket required in stock in IHRA, all classes.
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Very cool story. I hope my little girl will want to when she's old enough but Igot plenty of time to think about it, she will be 3 in December. If the way she likes to backseat drive from her car seat is any indication she will be ready. She loves to tell me "faster daddy, faster" when riding down the road.
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Yep at least sfi 3. 2A/1jacket
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This thread reminds me of the time I was teaching my daughter how to drive the Monza at VMP in Dinwiddie. We attended a test n' tune night and after her first full pass I was standing atop my pick-up watching her drive back through the pits. All I could see was this sh!t eatin' grin and all those white teeth showing ! She was .017 on the tree and within .03 of my checkout run ! Great memories !
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