Holeshot Dragbike Team: Godmorgon och sen rapport!

söndag 5 juni 2011

Godmorgon och sen rapport!

Det är varmt att vänta i "skinnpyamas"

En lite sen rapport från gårdagen, det är lite mindre tid att blogga nu när man har lilla Alexander med på tävling. Gårdagen bjöd på ett strålande väder med 28 grader varmt och sol även om det verkar bli en lägre temp idag så skiner ändå solen!

Den tredje repan körde Pelle 5,68 och 216 km/h. Vilket blev Pelles och kvalets snabbaste tid. Pelle slog till på en 60 fotare av hög klass 1,4863 s. Filmade med min Iphone i och med att kamerasladden blev kvar hemma, inte den bästa zoomen, men i alla fall något rörligt att kika på!

5,69 blev tiden i det fjärde kvalet och det femte kvalet stog Pelle över då cykeln inte hunnit svalna och att banan höll så dålig kvalite att det skulle vara svårt att förbättra.

Kvaltvåa blev HG, kvaltrea lill-Peter. Ni ser kvallistan ovan!

Dagen börjar med en testrunda, inget mer kval innan man sparkar igång elimineringarna. Pelle möter då Hägggen i första rundan!

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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).