Iowa 57 chevy wrote:hogv8 wrote:I'd like to know some of the racing results , who won the race between WM and ELs , Grumpy and Stu if they raced and any other race results .
I'm not sure if Wildman and Elliot actually raced heads up but I did see
Wildmans time slip and I believe he ran right at 11 seconds but he
let off on the gas way to early and certainly would have ran quite
a bit faster if he would have stayed on it. Guess he started stroking
it after the 1/8 mile mark.
I'm not sure of Els ET but it wasn't very fast as he just fried his tire
and couldn't hook up. He did run over 141mph so his scooter is fast
if he could just get the tire to hook up.
I ran 6:55 in the 1/8 and 10:30 in the 1/4 on my trike and really
thought I could go faster but just couldn't find enough traction.
In my opinion the star of the show was Gary on his V8 chopper
I believe he ran something like 9.80 at 150 mph.
Ron, your trike ran great and those are fantastic times...especially considering the conditions (more later). Most big block Boss trikes run consistent low 7's in the qtr mile. As you know, each 1/10th second is a big step. Mid 6's is stellar considering the track we were on and the buttwipes running it.
Gary's ET was almost stated correctly (9.86 actual) but his MPH was 136. I did break 140 mph pretty solidly but would have preferred a better ET. It was funny talking to some folks about this. About blew one guy's head off when he congratulated Gary for his time but Gary saidl; "Elliot was faster". I then said; "yes, but Gary was quicker". This guy (forgot his name) couldn't put it together how someone who had a faster speed could have been beat time wise by someone with a lower mph. Funny stuff especially after a few too many beer.
The track somewhat sucked. Geezer had been told we'd have some latitude relative to the IHRA rules. I originally was told that morning we would get 2 free passes before they wanted to see some compliance. Then they came to the trailer right before we raced and said 1 free pass. They gave David a bunch of shit about full leathers and all even though he was compliant and David just got pissed and turned around. They had said if he did the 1/4, the rest could only do the 1/8th. Not sure what that was about since there were multiple leather tops and bottoms and such. I noticed numerous later runs on your trike and Elvis and Mike they only timed it for the 1/8th. That sucked.
The track wasn't nearly as sticky as a number of us hoped. Also, considering there were so few there, they should have let us run one after another after another to tweak our starts and tires but that goofy class only deal and lining up in one lane and wait....a bunch of crap.
Mike and I did not go heads up as you stated. We simply lined up together. My only focus was the clock. Mike did great in spite of never have drag raced. There's a lot going on once you suit up and get to the line. I've heard lots of arm chair or beer bottle pros who run all these incredible times on their animal bikes but seldom see them at the track. I was disappointed that only 7 or so of us got out on the track. I really admired Mike and Elvis going out there as I believe it was first time for both. They not only did fine but hopefully had a lot of fun.
Next year, I'd like to propose in advance we find another track and rent it for 3 or 4 hours. I heard there's one even closer, also 1/4 mile in Missouri. Having it to ourselves would be the ticket.
Nice seeing you there...
Elliot
It all happened so fast. In a split second things went from great to complete disaster. What did we learn? Definitely a good idea to wear a belt or at the very least clean underwear and jump roping isn't as easy as it looks. Good Luck in La Crosse. WM
...Todd, North Carolina
And skip the Turnpike, (or wait as a group on the side) that toll booth thing sucked, took me 30 miles to catch up after the first one.
