Comments on: A Day in the Pits – Some Observations. (Updated)

By: Liam

Liam — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:29:58 +0000

woooow nice hydrolics lol cool car lyk ….. can ihave it ??

By: Carmen

Carmen — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:00:15 +0000

I love me some drag racing…..

By: Libby

Libby — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:22:23 +0000

I’ll bet the drunk girl in the soft drink section smuggled in some nips.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:54:50 +0000

Mark,

Yep. It was Raceway Park in Englshtown. There is a link to the track in the previous post.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:50:48 +0000

Don,

I don’t think it has much to do with the heat, but rather it is because the engines, transmissions, and even the chassis are being pushed to their absolute limit. I’m told that this is particularly true of engines burning alcohol or nitro.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:32:19 +0000

LOL – sounds like a hoot. I’m glad you had a good time. If I ever went I’d have to bring ear protection – I don’t do LOUD noises well.

By: michele

michele — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:41:26 +0000

You didn’t elaborate on the two tatooed women of note. Was that for Mrs. Rest stop’s sake?

By: Catfish

Catfish — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:57:56 +0000

Were the two drunk girls giving you the Yukon Jack stare?

By: Mark Reardon

Mark Reardon — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:22:20 +0000

Jim,
Was this at Englishtown? If so, times have changed. The last time I went out to the Summernationals (maybe 1971), cleanup was performed by a pair of standard street sweepers. They staged them at the Christmas tree, ran the lights and timed their runs.
The announcers commented on the “race” all the way to the end (elapsed time about 5 minutes) and the crowd ate it up.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:15:52 +0000

Dumb question of the day: Dragsters have no obvious engine cooling system. Is it not needed due to the short runs? Is this why they blow up so often?