Holeshot Dragbike Team: Senaste problemet är nu löst ( förhoppningsvis)

torsdag 2 juli 2009

Senaste problemet är nu löst ( förhoppningsvis)

I Västerås fick jag för första gången prova att köra med M/T däck,och vad kan man säga fy f-n vilket fäste jämfört med vad jag tidigare kört med.. Problem uppstod dock när jag gick ut så mycket hårdare från start linjen så vart det så mycket tryck på fotpinnarna så jag krökte fotpinns plattorna,vilket gjorde att fotpinnarna lutade bakåt och vänster fot envisades med att åka av fotpinnen. Så genom hela elimineringen missade jag 2:ans växel pga detta.

Men nu har Upplands vattenskärning här i Sigtuna gjort ett par nya i alu åt mig så dessa bör fungera mycket bättre!

Annars är hojjen klar för nästa resa som går av stapeln på måndag,och då åker vi mot Piteå och därefter Skellefteå.

Må gott så länge!

Pelle

2 kommentarer:

Anonym3 juli 2009 kl. 23:36
Härligt!
Då är det bara att knipa ihop "bena" mot tanken nästa gång, så har Ni raka fotpinnar med er hem. :-)
Lycka till på nästa resa..
Patrik
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Anna6 juli 2009 kl. 10:35
Ska försöka göra det Patrik :-)
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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).