Holeshot Dragbike Team: december 2009

torsdag 3 december 2009

Nya hojjen!

Ok då är det äntligen officiellt eftersom allt nu är klart och Pippi presenterade hojjen på harleydrags i går.

Hojjen Som vi köpt är alltså cykeln som 9 faldiga AMA mästaren Rickey Gadson körde förra året i Super street Bike och slutade på en 2:a plats i AMA mästerskapen i USA.

Det är en Kawasaki ZX-14 Turbo byggd 2007 av Muzzy och Adams Performance som stått som ägare av hojjen innan jag tog över den.

Adams Performance är det företag i USA som byggt dom snabbaste Kawasaki hojjarna dom senaste åren, 2008 samt halva 2009 körde dom alltså i Super street bike med denna hoj,med tider och hastigheter som man knappt kunnat tro vara möjligt.

Rickey Gadson som alltså är en renodlad proffs förare är en av världens absolut mest meriterade dragbike förare, ( I USA ) Kallar dom han för 9 faldig världsmästare!

Hursom helst så känns det fantastiskt kul att få hem denna hoj,och framför allt anta utmaningen som det innebär att köra en turbo cykel med den extremt korta hjulbas som vi åker med i PSB.

Vi kommer tillsammans med Swecomposite bygga om hojjen lite för att den ska passa in bättre i PSB`s regelbok,bilder på detta kommer givetvis under vintern.

Må gott så länge!

Pelle

onsdag 2 december 2009

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).

Holeshot Dragbike Team

lördag 26 december 2009

Ett försenat inlägg

måndag 21 december 2009

Ja då var den äntligen hemma

söndag 6 december 2009

Kolla video med vår hoj

torsdag 3 december 2009

Nya hojjen!

onsdag 2 december 2009

Länkar till programmet Motorsoffan 2/12 2009

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