TAD parity? Shields/Finke/Gallant all run 5.30s

Bradenton, Div. 2 first race of the year:

Shields 5.33, Finke 5.35, Gallant 5.38.

Despite all the complaining, have we finally achieved as close to parity as we're going to get? Looks like 94% is inching closer to the 20's all the time.

 

get a dictionary

You must not understand the word parity. How do you have parity when there is only one style of car in attendance?

According to your thought process, if the fuelers get into the 20's then parity is achieved!? Huh? However, if Demke,Whitley, and Schmeckle were in attendance they would have run or shall I say should have run 5.13 to 5.15. Yep, parity would have been achieved. Remember, the blower cars were running twenties at the same time the fuelers were running mid to high fortys at Pomona.

It really doesn't make a difference though. A blown dragster hasn't improved in SEVEN years. Maybe you should take your COMPLAINING and re-direct it towards the blown cars. Tell 'em to speed it up.

 

The air in Florida is pretty close to Pomona, within acouple of hundred feet corrected. Lets wait to see what happens when the corrected gets in the 2500' - 3000' range. There are just a few places that run this early or late in the year that have good air. I'll reserve my opinion for acouple of more events to see what the real impact of 94% is.

 

keep coughing........

Actually, you think you know alot more than you do. The corrected alt. for last nights run was better than ANY C.A. in Pomona. The only thing Pomona had over FL was that it was cooler. YOU were there. YOU should know that.

Any time you hear this seven year argument, you bounce to another topic. It really shows how little you know. Have they improved?

 

Mister, did you actually read my original post before replying?

Please copy and paste where I was COMPLAINING as you say in the final paragraph.

If Demke, Whitely, and Schmeekle were there, to answer your question, NO, they would not have run a 5.13 or 5.15. Are you a jr. high kid? Don't you think it's a silly question to even ask since the fastest a blown car has ever gone is what, 5.25 or 5.26?

The runs that Demke, Whitely, and Schmeekle ran at Pomona were at or near the performance peak for the blown cars using today's rules.

Regarding Gallant, Shields, Finke, and Bill Evans from round 1 today, the reason why I mentioned parity is despite only 1 blown car on the property in Bradenton, the performances improved much from less than 30 days ago when the first guys started testing at 94%.

Will Reichert run a 5.15 out of the box? Possible, but I'll believe it when I see it. More likely, when the afuelers get their tuneups figured out, they may be a few hundredths quicker than the top blown cars, but then again, the blown guys seem to have a reaction time advantage, so it may even out.

Right now, under 2009 rules, the quickest Afueler is 5.33, and the quickest blown run was what, a 5.27 last week? A margin of 6 hundredths of a second between the best performances of both types is a heck of a lot better than a margin of 2 tenths, don't you agree?

 

Cooler. AND Pomona track surface was prepared for a national event. Track was also absent of oil and hydrocarbon residue collected during four days of class cars due to repeated rain and track drying/re-prep. those are big differences. Anyone who's worked on an alcohol car knows this.

 

Ugggh. Re-read the post. Do you think I really need to answer? Who is the jr. schooler?

The bottom line is that the a-fuelers need to stop being hit and the blower cars just need to step it up.

 

Any car regardless of it being an A fuel car or a blown car will get hit if it runs 280+ and in the teens. At those speeds they are outrunning the divisional tracks capacity to stop them. We all know that.

 

Mitch Myers said what?

Whatever. Your attitude is getting old, and your whining is just an echo of the immortal words of 2004 TAD National Champ Mitch Myers:

"These cars won't run on [less than 100] percent," said Myers. "It's unfortunate for the sport, and I'm going to miss NHRA Drag Racing, but I just can't play that game."

I probably never would have had the opportunity to run 5.27 (our team's first 5.2) if the rules had not changed. The air was real good and the track was great! The way I see it the 5.30 I ran in the 1st round would probably have got beat by an A/Fooler running a 5.17 on %96!!!

-chris

 

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WOW Spoken like a MAN Will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Congrats on your 27 Chris, Shame you don't have an on board video of that for your youtube channel.

 

Will was the air as Pomona really mineshaft (or Chris Demke for that matter), I saw 1400 feet as the best air there. I would say mineshaft is less than 1000 or really less than 500 feet. Where you there Will. Did you tune a car there.
How do you like the calendar.
Was was the best corrected air in Gainesville. I did not see under 1700 and (DRC's #'s)

Also The point was to slow down the A/Fers "GLORIFIED". That is what you have to grasp.
Parity is important and might be as close as it has been the last few years, but another month or two will determine that.

" I just noticed Wills earlier post on what he heard the air was at Pomona. The weekend was good air but the tuesday was great air".
Dean

 

A PS car won't run a .970 60-ft @ 1400ft.

 

The only way you'll see the Parity first hand is when they run in 80+ degree weather. Then you'll see first hand if anyone's solved the 94% or not.

 

Justin, yes it will. Look back over the last few years many sub .990 60's by ps cars over 1500 feet.
Dean

 

Settle down Will your blood pressure gets up when this subject comes up.
I agree with you pretty much about the blower but on the other hand one of your earlier replys as to why the blown cars did not run better when they were given MORE overdrive was something about the air stacking up in the ports. So how is it now that you think the blower output is the answer to everthing.
Not you Will but This topic always seems to be dominated by people who don't have a dog in the fight or experience running either type of car. Some of them sound like a president we just elected who has no experience at anything but answers for everything.
I am also with Vernon on waiting until we get to the hot weather. Most a-fuel guys know what will happen. If you are looking for parity in the class it can't be the results of one or two division races where there mostly all a-fuel cars there and the air was below sea level like -200 feet in Gainville.
Bob Holley

 

I have a question nitrohawk... What dog does Will have in this fight?! If you refer back to some of his previous posts, he once leaned the afuel way... Now he leans the other way... Maybe it depends what kind of car his friends have... JMO. Anyhow the speculation on what the air was and wasnt cracks me up cause I dnt believe we ran in -200ft in g-ville, and I was there. No question the percent change is hard on parts cuz we have to run them harder... But the rule has been handed down so deal with it. We will most likely struggle in the heat too! but lets not start sounding like a bunch of blown guys and whine about it... goodluck to all



anthony dicero