Here's a couple videos from the asphalt drags in Martin yesterday. It was COLD, track temp in the morning was 55 degrees and didn't get alot warmer. It was a pleasure to meet Jeff Simons and see his awesome turbo sled run. They pulled off an 8.1x to win the quick 16 shootout. I have more videos if anyones interested but the quality is pretty poor. All I had was a cheap digital camera.
Simons RX-1 vs. San Marino nitrous SRX
Just watch this sled pull.
http://media.putfile.com/Martin038
Last race against a ski-doo, I tried to go further down track to get the last part of the race but didn't do a very good job with the camera.
http://media.putfile.com/Martin042
Simons RX-1 vs. San Marino nitrous SRX
Just watch this sled pull.
http://media.putfile.com/Martin038
Last race against a ski-doo, I tried to go further down track to get the last part of the race but didn't do a very good job with the camera.
http://media.putfile.com/Martin042
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Them videos are about as good as it gets with consumer grade DV stuff. I go to the track a lot and film Buster696 and the rest of the local guys. It's not easy at all. You want to watch the race and you get a poor shot, or your just too far away or the wind is blowing on the mic, or you almost fall off the lowered tailgate.... It's always something. I have never been really happy with the outcome of any of my race footage. So, I just post what I ended up with. You cam out the same as mine always do. Doug
Yeah, thanks. It was tough, you almost have to NOT watch the race to video it. I'd video them and then ask the guy next to me what happened, lol. Not to mention that it was 55 degrees with 20mph winds and I had a t-shirt on, fingers were a lil shaky.
Nice vids. what was San marino's best time?
Best was an 8.4 something at 153mph I think, don't remember the speed for sure. That was a very nicely done and fast sled. Hands down the fastest there behind Simons. I was also impressed with the Dunigan racing outfit, they had a nice lookin setup.
master of faster, thanks for the cool videos.
san marinos best was a 8.499, ours was a 8.19, we had alittle over a 3 th advantage.
i would like to thank torco fuels and jamie bellman for putting on one of the best races i have ever seen, this track and the people behind it are second to none. having the grass and asphalt side by side was really cool. i met alot of new people and we really had a good time with all the grass and asphalt draggers at the pig roast afterwards. i hope this race continues and i would really like to see more of them.
the sled was running good, but the track was very challenging though out the day, no traction in the morning during testing, then it started getting better when the cars began running, and ended up being as good as it was at the last race (which was excellent) it definitly keep us on our toes tring to decide which set-up to run from race to race. we progressively dialed into the track and ended up breaking our world record times at the 60 ft and the 1/8 mile, but it wasn't in the cards to completely pull it off that day, due to lack of sunshine, the end of the track had too low of a track temp to keep all that hp glued down, and the sled would break traction causing the driver to have to pedal the throtlle the last half of the track to keep it under control, it finally blew a belt from all the spinning and hooking just before the end of the 1/4 mile and coasted across the line running a 8.19 at 150 mph. it turned out to be enough to get the job done, but it really made it exciting having to dial into this constantly changing track in such a short time, alot of educated guessing, and hoping that you made the right change to match what you thought the track was going to be like for the next run. there were heats we changed our set-up 3 times in the pits before we even made the run. it was definatly a challange for ones tuning abilitys, and we really enjoyed the task.
special thanks to our new driver tim steinke (tim was one of the first drivers out there when asphalt racing started, and can drive like a mad man) and our mechanic mike rosenbaum whose efforts have no boundries. mike will do whatever it takes to get the job done. jeff
san marinos best was a 8.499, ours was a 8.19, we had alittle over a 3 th advantage.
i would like to thank torco fuels and jamie bellman for putting on one of the best races i have ever seen, this track and the people behind it are second to none. having the grass and asphalt side by side was really cool. i met alot of new people and we really had a good time with all the grass and asphalt draggers at the pig roast afterwards. i hope this race continues and i would really like to see more of them.
the sled was running good, but the track was very challenging though out the day, no traction in the morning during testing, then it started getting better when the cars began running, and ended up being as good as it was at the last race (which was excellent) it definitly keep us on our toes tring to decide which set-up to run from race to race. we progressively dialed into the track and ended up breaking our world record times at the 60 ft and the 1/8 mile, but it wasn't in the cards to completely pull it off that day, due to lack of sunshine, the end of the track had too low of a track temp to keep all that hp glued down, and the sled would break traction causing the driver to have to pedal the throtlle the last half of the track to keep it under control, it finally blew a belt from all the spinning and hooking just before the end of the 1/4 mile and coasted across the line running a 8.19 at 150 mph. it turned out to be enough to get the job done, but it really made it exciting having to dial into this constantly changing track in such a short time, alot of educated guessing, and hoping that you made the right change to match what you thought the track was going to be like for the next run. there were heats we changed our set-up 3 times in the pits before we even made the run. it was definatly a challange for ones tuning abilitys, and we really enjoyed the task.
special thanks to our new driver tim steinke (tim was one of the first drivers out there when asphalt racing started, and can drive like a mad man) and our mechanic mike rosenbaum whose efforts have no boundries. mike will do whatever it takes to get the job done. jeff
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Boy, it is nice to see 2 fast Yamis going down the track, I could watch that everyday.
