Finally taking the digger out on Sunday

[THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER]

I wonder if that is the reason the newer nostalgia FEDs have the driver in an upright position on top of the pig instead of behind it? That may be especially important when running index racing and the finish line stripe is even more critical.

[crider]

I must say even though vision is limited with the dragster, it is much better than the funny car were

[tcoupekyle]

Right on!

[tcoupekyle]

Went to funny car chaos and ran the Fed again. Definitely getting more comfortable and car ran a 4.91 1/8 at 13. Next outing I'll get more aggressive and speed her up hopefully

[JrFuel Hayden]

You just need more seat time you'll get use to it. In my dual engine Top Gas dragster my eye line was in the middle of the blowers, a 6 foot tall guy could stand at my front axle and I could not see any part of him. Just drove in perspective so much on each side
Our driver complained at first trying to look around the offset 20 amp MSD in our Heritage JrFuel, but as he had more time driving he just is  getting use to it.
i don't like bar stool drivers , don't look right. 

[dreracecar]

It all comes down to perspective , since the trend was to narrow the front axle (for no other purpose, the because the "Big Show" cars did it) instead of having it wider to keep an eye on the tire. Its the same visability then as it is now except the front end width

[rooman]

It is fairly simple--when you stage the wall is a certain distance from one side of the car and the centerline is a certain distance from the other side--keep those distances the same and you will go in a straight line. You don't need to be looking sideways to do that, just paying attention to the relative distances from any part of the car that is in your field of vision.

Roo

[tcoupekyle]

Yeah after the fourth pass. I was feeling way comfortable and the vision didn't bother me at all. Thanks y'all