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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 I have a roll bar in the car, but I run out of date harness.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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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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now thats funny tom !
p.s. if you have a roll bar you need 5 point harness w/updates even though class isnt fast enough for the belts > if you have the bar you need the belts... dont let anyone tell you different, you WILL go somewhere were they interperet it that way trust me !!!!!!! captain jack u/sa
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My .02 on safety gear. In any kind of car deemed quick, let's use the 11 second barrier to determine that. At a minimum. good helmet, certified jacket, maybe even a neck collar, probably consider pants and maybe even shoes. When we first started tinkering with the Achieva, I raced just like we did in the 70's, in a t-shirt. Godawful slow car, what could happen?
A bracket racer changed my mind. This was at an 1/8 track mind you. His comment, your car runs mid 10's, what if the car in the opposing lane is running in the 5's. If he gets out of control and hits you, what happens then? That following Monday, I ordered a new jacket and dug up a helmet, since upgraded to a new helmet. Oh, my wife also bought me a neck collar. I can live with the chuckles. I'm old enough to be past the "manly man" crap. My thought on the belts, if you are going to the trouble of putting a rollbar in a car. Why wouldn't you put the proper belts in? I can see Jack's point there.
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