Epic dragster save......

[mrvette]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qxDdF4AkD58#at=78

[Mike Mercury]

fast thinker; great save.

[RedLS1GTO]

Sorry, but I don't call a 360 in a dragster a "save". She wrecked... she just didn't hit anything.

To top it off, she is the reason it spun in the first place. The car didn't shift. She lifted, I can only assume in an effort to get it to shift... and then shocked the tires when she nailed the gas again.

[Bucwheat]

Dayum what a ride.

[Kerrmudgeon]

Sorry, but I don't call a 360 in a dragster a "save". She wrecked... she just didn't hit anything.

To top it off, she is the reason it spun in the first place. The car didn't shift. She lifted, I can only assume in an effort to get it to shift... and then shocked the tires when she nailed the gas again.

Don't be so quick to condemn. If you listen to the guys they found oil or something on one side that hit the tire and it lost traction and spun. :toetap:
But, I think it was more luck than skill in the recovery. I hope she brought extra undies...she'll need them after that! :willy:

[RedLS1GTO]

Don't be so quick to condemn. If you listen to the guys they found oil or something on one side that hit the tire and it lost traction and spun. :toetap:
But, I think it was more luck than skill in the recovery. I hope she brought extra undies...she'll need them after that! :willy:

The car didn't come around until she stabbed the gas the second time.

Overflow "puke tank" shouldn't be enough to do that. Had she just realized something was wrong with the car and lifted, it wouldn't have been an issue. Watch it again. It held at the rev limiter in 1st gear (as in it didn't shift). Instead of recognizing the problem for what it was, she peddled it. When she lifted it unloaded the tires and before it settled, she stood on the gas again, still in 1st gear with the engine right at the top of the power band which shocked the tires and sent her around.

In a car like that, if you stab the gas with an unloaded suspension and unloaded tires at peak power in 1st gear, I'm not sure what else you would expect to happen...

[racer313g]

I've watched this a dozen times and the question I keep asking myself is: why was she in a position at the 1/8 mile to spin the car?

I'm making an assumption based on the staggered tree that this was an elimination round. Clearly the slower car had problems because she passed it within the first hundred feet. At that point she should have realized she really couldn't be caught and passed before the finish line. With the mechanical issues, the proper thing to do in that situation is lift and save the car for another day. In this case, she would have won anyway.

And to be clear, this was no epic save, it was pure shit luck that she crashed and didn't hit anything. 99 times out of a hundred that car is in the wall, rolling over, or both.

[C5Nate]

And to be clear, this was no epic save, it was pure shit luck that she crashed and didn't hit anything. 99 times out of a hundred that car is in the wall, rolling over, or both.


:iagree:

[RedLS1GTO]

And to be clear, this was no epic save, it was pure shit luck that she crashed and didn't hit anything. 99 times out of a hundred that car is in the wall, rolling over, or both.

Kind of like that yellow car in your avatar... :leaving:

[NCC-1701]

THAT was a stroke of Fu@king luck.....:seasix::D

[Dan Dlabay]

I don't think you can call that a save by any driver. When a dragster gets out of shape like that all the driver can do is hang on. She got lucky and didn't hit anything. In a lot of cases if the driver tries to steer out of it they will crash.:cert:

[MrPeabody]

I don't think you can call that a save by any driver. When a dragster gets out of shape like that all the driver can do is hang on. She got lucky and didn't hit anything. In a lot of cases if the driver tries to steer out of it they will crash.:cert:

Almost every pro drag racer I've heard describe a crash usually refers to "Being along for the ride."

[NeedSpeed]

I've watched this a dozen times and the question I keep asking myself is: why was she in a position at the 1/8 mile to spin the car?

I'm making an assumption based on the staggered tree that this was an elimination round. Clearly the slower car had problems because she passed it within the first hundred feet. At that point she should have realized she really couldn't be caught and passed before the finish line. With the mechanical issues, the proper thing to do in that situation is lift and save the car for another day. In this case, she would have won anyway.

And to be clear, this was no epic save, it was pure shit luck that she crashed and didn't hit anything. 99 times out of a hundred that car is in the wall, rolling over, or both.


It could have been bracket racing, which has nothing to do with beating the other car, just doing a better job of hitting your time.

[racer313g]

Kind of like that yellow car in your avatar... :leaving:

For the record, it didn't go around and didn't end up in the sand.

Next time I see you......:kick:

[Fasglas]

THAT was a stroke of Fu@king luck.....:seasix::D

:iagree: There was no "save" to it...
None.

[simpleman68]

Almost every pro drag racer I've heard describe a crash usually refers to "Being along for the ride."

Sounds about right.

I've raced Atco a fair amount of times and people swear that track slopes off.
I've seen a lot of seasoned drivers get sideways on the big end.

Either way, sheit happens so fast with that kind of power, there is seldom time to do much of anything. The human reflex just isn't that fast most of the time.
Scott

[vetteman9368]

It could have been bracket racing, which has nothing to do with beating the other car, just doing a better job of hitting your time.

Incorrect statement

[NeedSpeed]

Incorrect statement


Bracket Racing

Another thing you may find at your track are bracket races. This is a fun event to do, because it keeps your car very competitive even against faster cars. In a traditional race, the first car to the finish line wins. Not so in bracket racing. Bracket races divide cars into brackets based on their times. You typically start out with 2-3 practice races which have no bearing on the competition. Before the race, you have to "dial in" your car. That is, you have to guess what your ET will be for the race. Typically you will write this on your window with shoe polish. When you race, the winner is the person who is the closest to their dial in time without going under. For example, if you dial in at 14.6 and run 14.75, and your opponent dials in at 14.1 seconds and runs 14.4, you win even though he had a faster time because you were closer to your dial in. If you run faster than your dial in, it is called a breakout and you automatically lose. If you lose your race, you are out. If you win, you go on to the next round. The last race is between the final two cars, and the winner wins the event.

During the practice races, you want to try and get consistent so you can have a good prediction of what you will run. When you dial in, go at least .5 seconds below what you think you can run to give yourself a little extra cushion. To win at bracket racing, you really have to know what your car can do and be able to drive consistently. The practice races allow you to figure out how your car is doing on the current track surface and weather conditions, consistency and experience is the key.

:shots:

[RedLS1GTO]

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That was addressed in racer313g's post. There is a staggered tree. You can see that the car in the other lane had a problem right off of the line. In a bracket race, the lights are timed so that if both cars run dead on their dial with the same reaction times, they will be at the finish line at the same time.

Simply put if you beat the other guy to the line, without breaking out, you win. She passed the other car within the 1st 100'. Had she simply lifted, she would have won.

[NeedSpeed]

This is her, all other points are invalid. :D


http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/amy_taub.jpg

[NeedSpeed]

The team has a nice vette :D

http://www.tandfracing.com/T%26FRacing/Video.html

[vetteman9368]

:shots:

You still have to beat the car in the other lane, it's no autocross.