European Finals
Discussion
I made my annual pilgrimage to the Pod on Saturday - and I was , as ever , stunned and amazed at the spectacle I first saw in 1973 .
Much talk elsewhere about the Bugatti Chiron doing 3000mph - with a Le Mans winning driver , on a long . multi lane private test track with teams of VAG engineers and so on. Yet at the Pod , here's one of the amazing women drivers wrestling an 8000bhp monster to nearly 300 and back to standstill in a few hundred yards .
If you have never seen drag racing you really, really should do so asap.
Here's a pic to whet appetites - very steampunk looking I thought .
Much talk elsewhere about the Bugatti Chiron doing 3000mph - with a Le Mans winning driver , on a long . multi lane private test track with teams of VAG engineers and so on. Yet at the Pod , here's one of the amazing women drivers wrestling an 8000bhp monster to nearly 300 and back to standstill in a few hundred yards .
If you have never seen drag racing you really, really should do so asap.
Here's a pic to whet appetites - very steampunk looking I thought .
Was there, sometimes trackside, sometimes top end, took some pics, congratulated Tet, too bad he didn´t get in the 3s.
India had Tet´s engine in the frame in her semi as the team was running out of cranks/blocks if I recall right.
What a great weekend it was, with -mostly- good to exceptional weather conditions.
Fast Fil´s runs were my highlight, it will be interesting to see Mr. King ride his bike at Valdosta in the fall.
India had Tet´s engine in the frame in her semi as the team was running out of cranks/blocks if I recall right.
What a great weekend it was, with -mostly- good to exceptional weather conditions.
Fast Fil´s runs were my highlight, it will be interesting to see Mr. King ride his bike at Valdosta in the fall.
For some years now, since 2012, following the US / NHRA´move in 2008 , european TF was running 1/4 for 4 years after US,
but then tuning setups and parts from US were not done for the quarter, but for 1.000ft, so, quite reluctantly, FIA adapted.
Nostalgia TF ( non FIA class) still run the full quarter.
This whole distance thing was down to a) old US tracks did not have enough shutdown area
and b) tires were delaminating at 320+ mph,
the funny thing is now they are quicker on the 1.000ft than in the past on the quartermile.
but then tuning setups and parts from US were not done for the quarter, but for 1.000ft, so, quite reluctantly, FIA adapted.
Nostalgia TF ( non FIA class) still run the full quarter.
This whole distance thing was down to a) old US tracks did not have enough shutdown area
and b) tires were delaminating at 320+ mph,
the funny thing is now they are quicker on the 1.000ft than in the past on the quartermile.
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