indexing to 8.900...whaz dat mean?

Well.. it might not seem slow at the top end, my mph should stay around the same (164-165) but right off the line we're throttle stopping it, so it'll go Launch-Coast-Launch again, hopefully the delay box will do its thing and not throw too many curve balls my way. Also gonna be my first time hitting a 4-tenths pro tree (the tree used friday nights is 5-tenths pro, Saturday and Sunday is 5-tenths full) Hopefully ill get some good packages together and can make full runs the rest of the day. We're trying to index the car so I can go super comp racing at a few divisionals and our national open.

Some of the professional classes at National and Divisional events are based off of an 'index' which is essentially like a heads up race with dial-ins, if that makes sense. Everybody is automatically dialed in on the index for the class, Super Comp is 8.90, Super Gas is 9.90.

Essentially what you do is take a faster car, put a throttle stop in it (all electronic, based on time.. if you come tomorrow ill show you) and adjust the throttle stop until you run exactly on the index. The idea is that in a race, the driver who has the best package (based on how far off 8.900 and a perfect reaction time they are) wins. Whats real tough about these classes is that I say 8.900 because you want it perfect down to the thousandths. Its not uncommon to lose by running 8.903 to a 8.902 or so. Like i said, its also based on reaction time, so if I run 8.900, the other person runs 8.908, and say my r/t is .011 to their .002, I lose.

That's just wild!

Never knew the extent of that indexing stuff. Thanks!

Hey diva I'm going to be by myself. Would it be ok if I left some tools and my nitrous bottles were you park you car. I don't want that stuff in my car when I'm racing. Also do you sell 100octane gas.Thanks
Joe

Hey jon let me know if your going for sure I will bring my camara. thanks

Yeah, thats no problem at all, i'll save the spot to the left of my trailer for you. When you come in the pits, about 1/2 way down on the right theres a white trailer, a black trailer, and a white trailer. The black one in the middle will probably have a red 67 rs/ss parked in front of it still. Mine is the white trailer on the left of the black one.

The trailer has 104 unleaded gas, though I'm not sure of the price any more. (It WAS 5.50, then went up to 5.75 last season, not sure if it went up again since the rest of gas has skyrocketted)

~Melissa

EDIT: If you want, call my cell when you get there 908 310 3744, if i dont answer I probably couldnt hear it and i'll call you back.

Thanks
I just got the car ready. Put the drag radials on and the swing outs in so now I just hope it doesn't rain.
Joe

when you plan on being there?
btw you have a pm

You have a pm I'm going to be there before the gates open @ 11:00.

I'm here now :) i'll beat all y'all in. My grandma lives in that house on the hill.. my turn to stay with her tonight, so i'll wake up and be here.

Just got done eating breakfast and its still raining here in summit. Doesn't look good for the track today. :(

My car won't make it through tech at Island :lol:

why not

We're open. Its clearing up, get the forecast for 07838, crappy morning, clearing afternoon. Get your butt up here :)

It just stoped raining about 1hour ago and it takes me over an hour to get there. It's to late. Next time. Thanks
Joe

Mine too :(

No cage and probably other stuff. Toughest tech around is at Island. Yes, I know, it's for your own safety:wink:

I was there Sunday...a lot of folks showed up and it turned out to be a nice day. I left after my first 3 runs though, my car wasn't running up to snuff...neither was I...I was .9 and 3 mph off...ugh :roll:

didnt see ya there, but i was stuck all the way over in the last lanes for a pro tree and didnt check out the rest of the lanes much.. i did see a pretty nice lookin gold 4th gen camaro

:( never made it. It was raining until ten here in summit. Next time.
Joe