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which direction to go with FED
gregm784:
I love index racing. heads up for broke folk.
Leave together, end up together at the other end. Lots of ways to skin the cat, but you both end up side by side. In fact, index is just a bracket race where everyone has the same dial, but it's WAY more fun that watching a car drive away from you.
GlennLever:
--- Quote from: gregm784 on May 14, 2013, 09:03:48 PM ---I love index racing. heads up for broke folk.
Leave together, end up together at the other end. Lots of ways to skin the cat, but you both end up side by side. In fact, index is just a bracket race where everyone has the same dial, but it's WAY more fun that watching a car drive away from you.
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Difference is you need more skill to tune the dragster to go the index, I'm working on 8.5.
I'm have a lot to learn.
hotrod316:
2x
Dolmetsch:
With the greatest of respect I reply.
Heads up for fun racing is not about winning or super times or being the best. It is purely for the fun of running in a safe and proper manner. Once you remove the need to be #1 life can become a lot more fun.
You are now free do do what you want, explore areas you couldn't afford to take a chance on before and the stress of racing (Ist round eliminations, buy backs, who got all the bye runs, where are we in the points, No way that should have been a red light, etc etc etc etc) are all gone. Now its "Hi Bob. nice to see you. What are you running these days?" Pairings can be whoever you want and pretty well when you want within reason. You are never on the trailer unless you have had enuf runs and are going home.
Most of us take the view," This is what I have or what I have built . Lets see what I personaly can get out of it." What happens in the other lane is somewhat irrelevant. While you give it your best when running the result is not really important. What is important is running your car in a proper venu safely. As I have said before I have never had more fun then these deals. Would I have enjoyed it in my youth when we raced for wins and money? I don't really know but now it is a wonderful way to spend a Saturday. At the end of the month I will be 63. When I was 36 I never dreamed I would be running a vintage style rail at 63. My grand dad at 63 was an old man and struggled to complete his working days and slept when not working. My Dad now 89 has no hobbies and I think finds life frustrating. I see at Rocky's Eagle Field deal there is an 86 year old runing a vintage flathead dragster. I feel privilaged just to be able to run and folks like that flathead racer give me a goal to shoot for. For us its about the FUN. Often heard at Picton "Who'ed ya run?" "Don't know" Did'ya win?" Can't remember. I think so." Tis a whole different deal.
This type of racing is sort of a dynamic car show (rather then static) Very relaxing. Coment from Harry Wilson of Wilson Machine and Marine after the last race , Sept 2012."That is the most enjoyable Saturday I have spent in over 40 years. "
Don
GlennLever:
--- Quote from: Dolmetsch on May 15, 2013, 06:07:30 AM ---With the greatest of respect I reply.
Heads up for fun racing is not about winning or super times or being the best. It is purely for the fun of running in a safe and proper manner. Once you remove the need to be #1 life can become a lot more fun.
You are now free do do what you want, explore areas you couldn't afford to take a chance on before and the stress of racing (Ist round eliminations, buy backs, who got all the bye runs, where are we in the points, No way that should have been a red light, etc etc etc etc) are all gone. Now its "Hi Bob. nice to see you. What are you running these days?" Pairings can be whoever you want and pretty well when you want within reason. You are never on the trailer unless you have had enuf runs and are going home.
Most of us take the view," This is what I have or what I have built . Lets see what I personaly can get out of it." What happens in the other lane is somewhat irrelevant. While you give it your best when running the result is not really important. What is important is running your car in a proper venu safely. As I have said before I have never had more fun then these deals. Would I have enjoyed it in my youth when we raced for wins and money? I don't really know but now it is a wonderful way to spend a Saturday. At the end of the month I will be 63. When I was 36 I never dreamed I would be running a vintage style rail at 63. My grand dad at 63 was an old man and struggled to complete his working days and slept when not working. My Dad now 89 has no hobbies and I think finds life frustrating. I see at Rocky's Eagle Field deal there is an 86 year old runing a vintage flathead dragster. I feel privilaged just to be able to run and folks like that flathead racer give me a goal to shoot for. For us its about the FUN. Often heard at Picton "Who'ed ya run?" "Don't know" Did'ya win?" Can't remember. I think so." Tis a whole different deal.
This type of racing is sort of a dynamic car show (rather then static) Very relaxing. Coment from Harry Wilson of Wilson Machine and Marine after the last race , Sept 2012."That is the most enjoyable Saturday I have spent in over 40 years. "
Don
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I agree with everything you have said.
Racing to win adds an edge to it if you will. If I was just driving down the track I would be less likely to look for that tiny small extra something, learn that next twick.
I personally do not get caught up in the "buy backs, who got all the bye runs, where are we in the points, No way that should have been a red light, etc etc etc etc" Once I'm out and usually that is in the first of second round, I test and tune. Someday I might get good enough to win.
(I will be 63 in September)
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