Holeshot Dragbike Team: På väg igen!

fredag 29 maj 2009

På väg igen!

Pelle, Matilda, Anders och Tina vid frukostbuffén

I går kväll åkte vi hemifrån och efter en god natts sömn utanför Ödeshög och en riktigt god frukost på Dinners är vi nu åter på väg mot Malmö.
Vid Ödeshög såg vi även våra kollegor från Västerås, Micke Göranzon med team, men dom sov så gott när vi kom fram så vi ville inte störa!

Klockan 18.00 i kväll ska dom första kvalen börja och hela lördagen kommer vi sen att ägna åt kval och att sola, SMHI lovar 25 grader och sol.

På Söndagen är det sen elimineringar.

2 kommentarer:

Anonym29 maj 2009 kl. 10:41
Härlig morgonbild på gänget...vill bara önska er alla lycka tll med hela race helgen men lite extra till Anders:) ... lär Tina lite om hur man bloggar e du snäll:) hälsar kramar till Anders,Tina och Matilda från Hillevi o barnen:)
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Anonym29 maj 2009 kl. 13:30
Hej Hillevi!
Jag har framfört din hälsning,dom hälsar tillbaka! // anna
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Dragracing for Dummies (ordlista med Dragracing termer, engelska uttryck används även i Sverige)

Burnout: spinning the rear tires in water to heat and clean them prior to a run for better traction. A burnout precedes every run.

Christmas Tree: Also called the Tree, it is the noticeable electronic starting device between the lanes on the starting line. It displays a calibrated-light countdown for each driver.

Clutch Lockup: The progression of clutch-disc engagement controlled by an air-timer management system.

Deep stage: to roll a few inches farther into the beams after staging, which causes the pre-stage lights to go out. In that position, a driver is closer to the finish line but dangerously close to a foul start.

Elapsed time: the time it takes a vehicle to travel from the starting line to the finish line. Also called e.t.

Eliminations: After qualifying, vehicles race two at a time, resulting in one winner from each pair. Winners continue in tournament-style competition until one remains.

Foul start: indicated by a red light on the Christmas Tree when a car has left the starting line before the green light, or starting signal.

Holeshot: when a driver reacts quicker to the Christmas Tree to win a race against an opponent with a quicker e.t.

Pre-stage: to position the front wheels about seven inches behind the starting line so the small yellow lights atop that driver’s side of the Christmas Tree are glowing. The next step is to stage and be ready to race.

Pro Tree: used in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street, which feature heads-up competition. All three large amber lights on the Christmas Tree flash simultaneously, followed four-tenths of a second later by the green starting light.

Reaction time: the time it takes a driver to react to the green starting light on the Christmas Tree, measured in thousandths of a second. The reaction-time counter begins when the last amber light flashes on the Tree and stops when the vehicle clears the stage beam.

Sixty-foot time: the time it takes a vehicle to cover the first 60 feet of the racetrack. It is the most accurate measure of the launch from the starting line and in most cases determines how quick the rest of the run will be.

Speed trap: the final 66 feet to the finish line where speed is recorded.Stage: to position the front wheels right on the starting line so the small yellow lights below the pre-stage lights are glowing. Once both drivers are staged, the calibrated countdown (see Christmas Tree) may begin.

Turbocharger: an exhaust-driven intake air compressor (see supercharger).