Friday Night Street Fight: F-body vs Mustang
 

The annual Friday Night Street Fight: F-body vs Mustang is our chance to get out there and mix it up with our pony car rivals. Friendly and fast paced competition will be mixed in with Island Dragway's Friday Street Night on Friday, August 7th. It is the kick off to our big East Coast Nats weekend.

General Rules for Bracket Classes:
Technical Inspection: All vehicles in competition must pass an NHRA technical inspection for the E.T. and M.P.H. they run
Staging: All racers are asked to use courtesy staging. Anyone wishing to deep stage may do so, but the courtesy time provided to get properly deep staged will be up to their opponent.

Quick Street Bracket:
Basics: The Quick Street Bracket is for cars running an ET of 12.50 or slower. All racing in this class will be on a traditional sportsman tree, competitors are expected to select and write their own dial in time, and all cars must launch from the foot brake only.

Engine: Any automotive type engine

Transmission: Any automotive type automatic or H-pattern manual transmission. No planetary, clutchless shift, air shifted, or Lenco type transmissions allowed. Transbrake prohibited.

Exhaust: All exhaust from engine must pass through automotive muffler(s)

Electronics: No bracket racing aid or ET prediction electronic devices allowed.

Chassis/Suspension: Suspension is limited to stock style chassis pick up points, bolt on components only. Bolt in replacement K-members are acceptable.

Hot Street Bracket:
Basics: The Hot Street Bracket is for cars running an ET of 12.49 or quicker. All racing in this class will be on a traditional sportsman tree, competitors are expected to select and write their own dial in time, and transbrakes will be allowed

Engine: Any automotive type engine

Transmission: Any automotive type automatic or H-pattern manual transmission. No planetary, clutchless shift, air shifted, or Lenco type transmissions allowed. Transbrake prohibited.

Exhaust: All exhaust from engine must pass through automotive muffler(s)

Electronics: No bracket racing aid or ET prediction electronic devices allowed.

Chassis/Suspension: Any rear suspension is acceptable, stock style, back halved, tubbed cars are acceptable. Bolt in replacement K-members are acceptable.

Bracket Class Exceptions:Any vehicle that is running a back halved/tubbed or converted suspension system will be bumped from the Quick Street Bracket into the Hot Street Bracket.

Street Heads Up:
Basics: All run

Engine: Any automotive type engine

Transmission: Any automotive type automatic or H-pattern manual transmission. No planetary, clutchless shift, air shifted, or Lenco type transmissions allowed. Transbrake prohibited.

Exhaust: All exhaust from engine must pass through automotive muffler(s)

Electronics: No bracket racing aid or ET prediction electronic devices allowed.

Chassis/Suspension: Any rear suspension is acceptable, stock style, back halved, tubbed cars are acceptable. Bolt in replacement K-members are acceptable.

Friday Night Prizes:
Trophies to winners & runners up in each bracket

Street Heads Up- hmmmm what was the fastest car last year ? any idea ? just curious why no trans brakes in a headsup race ?

Last year was rained out. The previous year I believe the fastest car (3rd gen) was in the low 9s or high 8s.

- Justin

Friday is a muffled street night at Island Dragway and we figured keeping the image of the night all street car would attract the broadest audience. Transbrakes have a stigma of being "race car" parts and scare a lot of people away.

Guess I will fit into the Quick Street Bracket since I run much slower that 12.50. Can the BIG Trophy be replaced with a bunch of towels? I can hand them out to the poor F-Body drivers so they can dry their tears after being beaten. It will be a sad way for them to start the F-body Nationals weekend. :)

It would be about time a Mustang managed to win to be honest. Besides, we already know you are a good driver, it is just that car that will hold you back. lol

Spread the word in the Mustang community a bit if you can Kaz, it's always a good time.

sounds like alot of fun ima come out for heads up street night if im not busy maybe win if i can lol any rules against line locks or nitrous controls? and im assuming cut outs are not allowed?

No cut out, has to be muffled. Line locks are fine for burn outs, no using them with any form of launch control/transbrake. Nitrous is fine :)

The rules are pretty straight forward, show up muffled and launch from a foot brake. :drive:

This mustang is much better than the driver. After a few rounds it's a safe bet the Island tech crew will be looking for a box. I'll post up on the stang sites.

what kinda times r u runnin on the 200 shot ?

i wont be runnin any time till june lol. thats y wen i said maybe ill win i put lol cuz i dont even know wat it runs yet. our machine shop has held us up ALOT they said 2 weeks its been 5 so far

Pony's elimination lights this past weekend at the Grove.
Saturday, .048, 030, .000, -.005 :( woops)
Went back on Sunday again elimination lights .029, 007, 035.

This is with a totally new shallow staging routine. Driver error ended Pony's winning ways. My bad on the quarter-final redlight on Saturday. Ran it out anyway to a 14.10 on a 14.11 dial. In Sunday's 3rd round elimination round I took too much stripe and broke out. (had the better light). This driver will improve by August. :) F-body guys and gals pray for a rain-out. Its your only hope. :)

It's going to be tricky to launch that car bein a 6 speed. Let me know when you run it. I'm sure it'll go pretty good. I just bought eastsides 383 that goes 9.20's on a 100 shot :lol:

thats sick ill let you know ill be so excited they'll be post everywheres lol

About 3 weeks away. Any interest in the Mustang vs F-body grudge race? Or is that F-body vs Mustang race??????

I'll know a little better what the interest is like after this weekend. Have you had any luck on the mustang boards?

When one says "BRACKET RACING" most run for the hills. lol I'll post up on the Mustang sites next week when it's a bit closer to the event. I haven't been racing much this season, so I will most likely be easy first round fonder. Pony got beheaded last month at Maple by a 3rd gen Camaro. Stupid little blue camaro was .008 on the tree and went 9.688 on a 9.68. My lame run was .008 on the tree and I dumped (wasn't going to take the stripe) to go .03x over for the loss (14.25x on a 14.22 dial). I may get the Formula ready for the Sunday show. Bird has been stting since last year. Can't promise for Sunday but I will be there Friday in the Mustang.

That's strange, I would think that a heads up race is more frightening than a bracket race, but what do I know lol

whos ready for this?

should i bother racing my v6? or is it to much of a joke

It's bracket racing. How fast is meaningless. Being slow can be a big advantage because of the big head start. Faster car will be sitting on the starting line waiting for the tree to drop and have to play catch up.

oh ive always thought bracket racing was a bit silly

Cut a better light and run closer to your dial that your opponent without going red or breaking out. Sounds easy but takes a lot of skill.

what time tonight? 6:30?

I found my old motocycle helmet. It says DOT 3 on the back, is that up to standard?

Need long pants, right?

Yes you need long pants, not sure on helmet but you can rent one of theirs for 5 bucks so it's not a big deal. And Gates open 6 pm, races start 630. I will be there...not sure in the Camaro or Explorer.