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We only have two drag strips in the UK that are regularly used at least, both are converted airstrips the one I visited is Shakespeare County Raceway which is close

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Old 04-17-2014, 10:16 AM   #76 (permalink)
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We only have two drag strips in the UK that are regularly used at least, both are converted airstrips the one I visited is Shakespeare County Raceway which is close to Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford upon Avon and Santa Pod Raceway a former WW2 USAAF base , both are in the middle of England.

Santa Pod is prepared to a much higher standard and larger events are run there with Top Fuel Dragsters etc and it is built to NHRA specifications and the track is better prepared. Unfortunately it does tend to be much busier on RWYB days and you have to queue for about 1 hour to run the car
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We only have two drag strips in the UK that are regularly used at least, both are converted airstrips the one I visited is Shakespeare County Raceway which is close to Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford upon Avon and Santa Pod Raceway a former WW2 USAAF base , both are in the middle of England.

Santa Pod is prepared to a much higher standard and larger events are run there with Top Fuel Dragsters etc and it is built to NHRA specifications and the track is better prepared. Unfortunately it does tend to be much busier on RWYB days and you have to queue for about 1 hour to run the car
sucks that your options are limited over there track wise. i have one in either direction of me about 45 min drive to each. one west just into ohio and the other just to the east. plus theres a bunch of tracks around within reasonable driving distance.

the one where that vid was filmed is quaker city raceway

Quaker City Motorsports Park

then the other which i did importfaceoff at last year (took 2nd) is the one to the east of me. its called PRP

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I am building the car more towards autox and road course driving now. Plus now since I live in ct now the nearest drag strip is 3 hrs away either direction before when i lived in San deigo I lived across the street from one 1/8 mile strip, so that is another reason why too. There are two road courses within an hour of me now, lime rock and Thompson. My best 1/8 mile was 9.309 @ 80.21mph, 2.359 60 ft, 1.04 rt. that was 1 sec faster than my bolt on 2.5 Altima coupe CVT. Now that I have a real LSD it would lock up better but I would need a better tires.
man 'o' man 'o' man !
How did you manage any rest living across the street from the 1/8 mile strip !

6 hour round trips to the track would definitely make for a long day...
I've always been a 1/4 mile kind of guy ever since I was a kid.
Something about that straight line acceleration makes me salivate.
Never wore off :-)

Never did like the idea of racing around in circles but road courses are tempting.
Have decided to set up my car up for the 1/4 mile while still being able to enjoy driving it around town.

aaahhh the best of both worlds ...
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here's one of my first nights on a 1/4 mile track with my Z.

this run i only had my exhaust on so far at this point.

think this was like a 13.2 idk i did like 5 or 6 runs this night. only one filmed.

aslo the loud click you hear on the 3rd yellow is my gas pedal lol
Nice Pass ... every thing went like clockwork ... it's nice when everything works together !

;-) and ... I see you left just before the last yellow with no wheel hop ... (-;
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;-) and ... I see you left just before the last yellow with no wheel hop ... (-;
i've never had wheel hop in any of the many runs i've made lol

i dont get how people get it so much. must need a driver mod
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i've never had wheel hop in any of the many runs i've made lol

i dont get how people get it so much. must need a driver mod
I think your gas pedal *clicker* may be screwing up your *wheel hop actuator*
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I think your gas pedal *click* may be screwing up your wheel hop actuator
yea i never realized how hard i'm mashing the pedal til i had my sis record this lol
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yea i never realized how hard i'm mashing the pedal til i had my sis record this lol
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