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Originally Posted by Slow Z
Again, no track is 100% perfect but Atco is easily the best hooking track around. Freezing cold or extremely hot temps are not ideal for drag racing so of course the track isn't going to hook as well. This is just common sense and there is nothing Atco can do to improve this so complaining about it is absolutely ridiculous.
If you have an 11 second car going sideways at 80mph, it's most likely because someone leaked oil or coolant in that spot before you and it went unnoticed so again, there is nothing Atco can do unless you want them to spend 45 minutes inspecting the track after each and every pass. Also keep in mind that most street cars are very dirty underneath... when they go down the track they are shaking all this crap onto it which again messes up any prep. If there were a huge amount of crashes there in a single year I'd agree that there is a problem however whining that the track doesn't hook in december on street nights when it's 30-40* outside is nonsense.
Now, please show me a single 82-02 f-body with completely stock chassis and suspension that has been 1.49 or faster... Just one single one out of these 5 surely has a post some where on a forum, a video, a picture, something... Not stock style suspension either, I'm talking the exact same suspension components that came with the car when it left the factory and no type of chassis reinforcement.
Now to show you that I do not and have never lied about anything on or about my car, take a look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrQiwA1zr9Y and take note of the date it was posted and the "13NT" written on my windshield. Now look at the date and car number on these timeslips:
That is 1.590, 1.528, 1.514... I don't have a video of any of the 1.49 passes I made last year but there's proof it's been within 0.015 of my claim that you feel I'm lying about. |
1.5's and a single 1.49 isn't impressive at all. one of the cars we set up was cam only 02 ss with 100 shot went 1.51 on drag radials and stock suspension. can be done. just because you think its difficult or impressive doesnt meen it is. you have always complained in the past how you didnt race there much and how the track wasnt your thing.....all of a sudden you are an expert? come on dude. and blacking out your time slips shows how shady and full of crap you are.
from my own experiance atco used to prep the track better
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
I have to agree with slow. Street nights are a gamble. Complaining the track doesn't hook in late February or early March is just nonsense, the ground is cold. Going sideways at 80 in a slow car doesn't seem right either, there is another factor other than "bad prep" causing that. They aren't going to prep the track for 300+mph funny cars every night so pick when you want to go or learn how to adjust your car for the changing track conditions.
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few years back(march,april,nov,dec) i'd run just about every tues,thurs and friday. usuall the prep was spot and would cut mid 1.4's all day. once in a while the prep would be sh#t but was few and far between. last couple years though its flat out been worse. Run tues and thurs cut 1.40 to 1.44 60's in a3700 lb STICK car......come friday on same exact tires and set up and all night the track is terrible. not just for me but any car running 11's or better. There were nights i'd hit 4th and be sideways over 100mph, when the night before i was runnin low 10's and cuttin 1.40's 60's.
the last season especially i noticed a decline on the prep on street nights. barneymobile went 10.0 with 1.40 60'sone night and next 2 or 3 times out couldn't stick his car for anything. maybe 1 out of 3 nights the track seemed to hook. now if a car oiled or put coolant down they'd spray the track and would hook well for short time. And if any of you have ever tried to get a stick car with any kind of power down the track you'd know how much harder it is than an automatic.
You dont need to prep the track for a top fueler every time, but if they know fast cars are going to run that the track should be prepped the same night to night. we know how to set our cars up. impossible to do that if the track can't even hook a 11 sec stick car. and its not coolant, water or oil on the track either its lack of prep. the track can hook like glue if its done right even when its cold. again what you fail to realize is even the guys we talk to that work there agree on how bad it is at times and wished that they could prep it better.
if i had to pay more to race thats fine with me. for all the money, time and effort involved to prepare a car for racing, most guys prob would pay more for it too.