Holeshot Dragbike Team: Lite blandade semesterbilder

torsdag 16 juli 2009

Lite blandade semesterbilder

Då var det dags att säga farväl till Pite havsbad för denna gång och bege sig ut till banan i Skellefteå. Vi har ingen aning om hur mottagningen är där eftersom vi aldrig varit där och tävlat, men har vi mottagning så lovar vi givetvis att rapportera från tävlingen.

Tävlingen är på 402 meter, Pelle tog nytt personligt rekord förra helgen på 8,57, vi hoppas givetvis att detta ska förbättras i helgen.
Vi har haft lite semester mellan tävlingarna och här kommer lite blandade bilder, håll tillgodo!

Härligt väder den första dagen på campingen!

I husbilen på väg mot Storforsen och Diggilioo konsert

Säg Digilooooooo

Vackra Storforsen

Ost och kex innan konserten

Sen kom regnet, något vi "racers" iofs är vana vid. Men metoderna att
skydda sig mot regnet var många. Här en stilstudie av Anna, HåGe och okänd!

I går, torsdag sken solen över Pite Havsbad i alla fall tre timmar på förmiddagen sen
öppnade sig himlen och "den stora flykten från stranden" inleddes!

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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).