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Post by tracman on Feb 18, 2009 8:18:17 GMT -5
All the Big Guns would show at Utica - Rome And ESTA Dragway  |
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Post by frankcor on Feb 18, 2009 11:00:51 GMT -5
Thanks, Mike! That looks like fun. I have never heard of ESTA before.
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Post by tracman on Feb 18, 2009 20:43:45 GMT -5
you're welcome Frankcor........richard (tracman)
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Post by frankcor on Feb 19, 2009 14:26:40 GMT -5
Oops, right you are. Thanks richard!
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Post by tracman on Feb 19, 2009 19:27:14 GMT -5
Pick a date for ESTA Frankcor and I should be able to hook you up with a ticket or two  |
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Post by tracman on Feb 20, 2009 10:44:16 GMT -5
This saturday night at Midnight...NHRA racing (qualifying) ESPN2
Sunday at 12:30pm the actual Drag Racing will be on ESPN2 and HD ESPN2...good way to beat the winter blues!
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Post by frankcor on Feb 20, 2009 21:02:44 GMT -5
tracman, how about April 26? How does bracket racing work?
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Post by tracman on Feb 21, 2009 9:37:23 GMT -5
Frankcor....Call me a week before and will give ya a ticket or two and easy directions. 724-6904 Bracket racing is is a handicap style of racing. In the old days of stock and Super Stock the smaller motor or slower car got a head start to make it an even race. Bracket racing is the same principle. Old days you had to win your "class" and then you qualified for the big eliminator until there was a final car left. Bracket racing....no class run off... everyone is in the eliminator and you don't know who you race til minutes before hand. IF thirty two cars show for the eliminator = 16 pairs with 16 winners and 16 losers. 2nd round gives you 16 cars which = 8 pairs...8 winners and 8 losers. 3rd round = 4 pairs etc etc. 4th round is the final 4 cars and the next round is the finals = 2 cars! like a pyramid til you have a final pair... the final winner and runner up.. You can have a 600 horse car paired up with a 4 cylinder Neon! Neon gets a big spot or head start and 600hp car has to beat it to the finish line. It's considered an even race with the spot or handicap start! There are Money classes and there are classes that race just for trophies. It's fun and you have to have knowledge of the NHRA Christmas tree start to be competitive. lot of great cars to see and your entry gives you the run of the place...you may want to bring a camera or video ( to take my photo of course lol ) to shoot the cars. also they race motorcycles, snowmobiles and what are called Jr. Dragsters for teens and younger. go to ESTADRAGS.COM and look at the results section, and the photo section link on the home page to see the range of vehicles racing. Red Light (leave to early) and you lose! the Trail blazer SS and the white Trans am are what I've played with since i returned to the sport. It's good clean fun and anyone can enter and be competitive.   |
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Post by tracman on Feb 22, 2009 12:34:57 GMT -5
Sunday night at 7 or 7:30 ESPN2 3 hours of final eliminations
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Post by frankcor on Feb 22, 2009 13:02:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the offer, tracman. I'll call you then!
Thanks also for the description of bracket racing. It sounds familiar. The one time I went to a drag race it was at a closed runway on McQuire Air Force Base that adjoined Ft. Dix. We had a rare day off during basic training back in 1969 and I tagged along with some drag fans to watch.
Entrants, I was told, were "dialing in" their times. They had to predict what time their car would do in the quarter-mile and that would establish their handicap. The handicap was then programmed into the Christmas tree at the start of the race. Was that bracket racing?
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Post by tracman on Feb 22, 2009 19:39:23 GMT -5
That was Bracket racing! Too bad you weren't a trainee at Dix in 1970 or later...i was cadre and then a Reserve Drill Instructor there! Thats how i got to Atco, Maplegrove and Englishtown race tracks! I'll be glad to hear from you when racing starts!
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Post by zarnock on Feb 26, 2009 23:30:33 GMT -5
Dick, Now that the cat is out of the bag, so to speak.... Here is a shot of my old Race Car that Mattel is doing as part of their new "Drag Strip Demons" line  I signed the contract a while ago, but was not able to talk about it until the official release. It will be in stores everywhere Hot Wheels are sold! Other releases are: Dragstrip Demons™ Vehicles: Castings Snake Prudhomme's Black Snake 'Cuda [N8957] Pure Heaven II AA/FA [N8959] Ramchargers Challenger [N8960] George Doty's '71 Mustang [N8973] Sox & Martin Super Stock Barracuda [N8964] Mongoose McEwen's English Leather Corvette [N8967] Roland Leong's "Hawaiian" Charger [N8971] Butch Leal's "Mr. 427" Thunderbolt [N8988] Gary Densham's "Teacher's Pet" Challenger [N8978] Danny Pisano's '74 Vega [N8968] Dave Strickler's '65 Coronet A/FX [N8974] Beebe & Mulligan Front Engine Fuel Dragster [N8962] Wilshire Shaker Match Bash Nova™ [N8972] '64 Ford Thunderbolt [N8970] thingy Landy's '65 Coronet A/FX [N8992] Snake Prudhomme's Army Snake 'Cuda [N8975] '70 Duster Funny Car [N8958] Bradford's Fiat AA/FA [N8977] Mongoose McEwen's "Navy" Duster [N8976] Lil' Nate Plymouth 'Cuda Funny Car [N8963] Hot Wheels® Front Engine Fuel Dragster [N8980] Mike Zarnock's Altered Roadster [N8981] Bill Stiles' Super Stock Barracuda [N8982] Bruce Larson's USA-1 Corvette® [N8985] Don Prudhomme's Army Snake Vega [N8986] '70 Camaro® Funny Car [N8961] '69 Dodge Charger Funny Car [N8989] '63 Chevy® Nova™ [N8990] '71 Mustang Funny Car [N8991] Bruce Larson's USA-1 Camaro® [N8979] |
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Post by tracman on Feb 27, 2009 8:51:36 GMT -5
Way to go Mike!!!!
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Post by frankcor on Feb 27, 2009 17:06:54 GMT -5
Yay, Mike! Remember all us peons when you make it big!
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Post by tracman on Feb 28, 2009 9:48:58 GMT -5
ESTA's very first race day results 1960!  |
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