Mike Gaines
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Can't wait...leaving tomorrow afternoon for Famosa (Auto Club Raceway, Bakersfield) for the Pre-March Meet Test and Tune.
3 Full days of running.
Last year I got in 16 passes.
Plenty of runs to get the best combos sorted out for the big March Meet Race the second weekend in March.
I will be running straight bracket racing at the March Meet. They call that HOT ROD ELIMINATOR. There are 225 cars pre-entered in this class. All of the available spots were filled up by January 15th.
First round of Eliminations will be run on Sat, March 9th.
This will thin out the field to only about 110 cars for Sunday Eliminations. There historically has been 50,000 plus spectators at this race. Biggest race of the year...probably as many spectators as the NHRA WinterNationals at Pomona a couple weeks ago.
The will have a field of 32 Nostalgia Funny Cars. There will be around 50 to 60 there trying to qualify for the 32 car field. They run rules from the 1970's in regards to Blower Size, Fuel Pump Size, Tires, etc. They run in the 5.60 @ 255mph range for the top runners.
They also have a 32 car field of front engine dragsters...same deal as the Funny Car.
In addition they have AA/FA, and Index classes starting at 7.00, 7.60, 8.60, 9.60 and 10.60.
Hope to be dialing in at 10.05 to 10.10 range. If the air is around 500 feet, which it probably will be the I expect to have 1.38 60 foots
It is full .500 Sportsman Tree. No Electronics like Delay Boxes allowed. Trans-Brakes are allowed at I guarantee you that of the 110 cars left in the race for Sunday Elimination that 70% of them will have Trans-Brakes.
I do have a trans-brake.
I will be there setting up in the pits on Tuesday to start making runs on Wed, Thur & Fri in prep for eliminations starting on Saturday. We will 2 hits each day in prep for Sat.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the drags.....like HEAVEN !!!
The picture above was taken at my last race when 1 of the classes I was running in was called D/GAS which is 10.60 index racing. I had to slow the car down from 10.15 to 10.60 not to break out. I went 3 rounds and then Broke Out.
3 Full days of running.
Last year I got in 16 passes.
Plenty of runs to get the best combos sorted out for the big March Meet Race the second weekend in March.
I will be running straight bracket racing at the March Meet. They call that HOT ROD ELIMINATOR. There are 225 cars pre-entered in this class. All of the available spots were filled up by January 15th.
First round of Eliminations will be run on Sat, March 9th.
This will thin out the field to only about 110 cars for Sunday Eliminations. There historically has been 50,000 plus spectators at this race. Biggest race of the year...probably as many spectators as the NHRA WinterNationals at Pomona a couple weeks ago.
The will have a field of 32 Nostalgia Funny Cars. There will be around 50 to 60 there trying to qualify for the 32 car field. They run rules from the 1970's in regards to Blower Size, Fuel Pump Size, Tires, etc. They run in the 5.60 @ 255mph range for the top runners.
They also have a 32 car field of front engine dragsters...same deal as the Funny Car.
In addition they have AA/FA, and Index classes starting at 7.00, 7.60, 8.60, 9.60 and 10.60.
Hope to be dialing in at 10.05 to 10.10 range. If the air is around 500 feet, which it probably will be the I expect to have 1.38 60 foots
It is full .500 Sportsman Tree. No Electronics like Delay Boxes allowed. Trans-Brakes are allowed at I guarantee you that of the 110 cars left in the race for Sunday Elimination that 70% of them will have Trans-Brakes.
I do have a trans-brake.
I will be there setting up in the pits on Tuesday to start making runs on Wed, Thur & Fri in prep for eliminations starting on Saturday. We will 2 hits each day in prep for Sat.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the drags.....like HEAVEN !!!
The picture above was taken at my last race when 1 of the classes I was running in was called D/GAS which is 10.60 index racing. I had to slow the car down from 10.15 to 10.60 not to break out. I went 3 rounds and then Broke Out.
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