Holeshot Dragbike Team: Lindesberg nästa... spänningen är olidlig inför sista SM-deltävlingen

torsdag 6 augusti 2009

Lindesberg nästa... spänningen är olidlig inför sista SM-deltävlingen

Vi håller på att packa in allt i husbilen och skall bege oss till Lindesberg och sista tävlingen i SM, finalen.
Tävlningen är på 201 meters bana och inför tävlingen ligger Pelle tvåa i SM. Vår förhoppning är givetvis att Pelle skall vinna i helgen, vinst i 3 av 4 SM deltävlingar skulle kännas som en fantastisk prestation!
I topp ligger dock Ingvar Källgren som lätt kan säkra SM-titeln genom att ta ett ytterliggare svenskt rekord (detta ger då honom 25 poäng till i sammandraget) om han inte tar ett svenskt rekord behöver Pelle gå en elimineringsrunda längre än Ingvar för att kunna vinna SM för tredje året i rad.
Spänningen är med andra ord oooolidlig inför helgen.

Häng med oss, vi ska vara så mycket bättre på att rapportera i helgen. Har svårt att tro att det inte finns täckning i Lindesberg!

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).