Going, Going, Gone

[quarterpounder]

The first 4 second nitro funny car run by a none North American has gone to Damien Harris at the Aussie Winternats when he ran 4.989. Bit gutting for the Showtime crew; I guess they'll just have to go faster and bring the record back to blighty!

[Bob Jarrett]

quarterpounder said:

The first 4 second nitro funny car run by a none North American has gone to Damien Harris at the Aussie Winternats when he ran 4.989. Bit gutting for the Showtime crew; I guess they'll just have to go faster and bring the record back to blighty!

Not gutted at all. We are quite a way off yet. Congrats to Damien

[fester426]

Bob,dont you consider the 5.0 and a bit,,,,,very close or is it a country mile at that end of the scale,or do you feel you cant repeat,,as an out sider it looks really close to the 4 you want..........bill

[veryoldfart]

i bet the strip has a downward slope just within the rules...

[fester426]

Santa pod is slightly uphill.For me the runs of the meet where ,showtimes 5.0 and the wrattens 6.26.all up hill of course!

[veryoldfart]

if i had a decent computer i could run the figures on the difference between a SPR 5.0 uphill (if i knew the rise over the quarter mile) and the aussie AAFC time with the strips gradient....

[NitroWars]

veryoldfart said:

if i had a decent computer i could run the figures on the difference between a SPR 5.0 uphill (if i knew the rise over the quarter mile) and the aussie AAFC time with the strips gradient....

But fuel likes load and therefore going uphill will be working the fuel harder... there are also far too many other factors, drag, air resistance, downforce etc - just accept it for what it is!

[veryoldfart]

NitroWars said:

veryoldfart said:

if i had a decent computer i could run the figures on the difference between a SPR 5.0 uphill (if i knew the rise over the quarter mile) and the aussie AAFC time with the strips gradient....

But fuel likes load and therefore going uphill will be working the fuel harder... there are also far too many other factors, drag, air resistance, downforce etc - just accept it for what it is!

accepted

but i still think going downhill is easier than going uphill....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWEd0ZYdcpE&fea...

Edited by veryoldfart on Monday 8th June 22:18

[Jon C]

veryoldfart said:

i bet the strip has a downward slope just within the rules...

The startline at Willowbank is at 55M above sea level, dropping to 53 at about 660 foot before rising again to 54 at the finish line. It then plummets (relatively speaking) down to 44 M above sea level at the end of the run off area. The end of the run off area is 0.44 miles beyond the finish line, with a fairly unforgiving looking catch fence at the end of a sand trap another 0.04 miles further on than that.

We did the figures for SPR last year some time, but to summarise, the startline is 104M ASL, rising steadily down track to 106M ASL at the finish line. It then drops back down to 104M ASL at the end of the shutoff area, some 0.49 miles ater the gantry.

[fester426]

Ok,so the pod is uphil begining to end of the track by 2 metres,ie about 6 foot,blimey!!

[veryoldfart]

fester426 said:

Ok,so the pod is uphil begining to end of the track by 2 metres,ie about 6 foot,blimey!!

try climbing a 6ft wall with no ladder and report back!