just asking a ?

[qwiklightning]

does morales always take forever to stage his truck or was it just against me , just asking . ive been watching the video that my parents were taping and i did my usual prostock burnout put the truck in reverse and dry hopped the tires to check the launch , i wasnt paying attention at the race , but on the tape i did all that and courtesy staged with the first bulb he was just finishing his and took another i say about 35secs he rolled up to the line and put the first bulb on then i rolled into the second and it was another 10 seconds before the second bulb, you would of thought it was burn down session in the prostock class in NHRA, but anyways great race and hope to get a rematch in bradenton 2003 or any of the next races to come, congrats to everyone and to all the new friends i have made see you all next year


Todd Kehrer
TR11083

[CAPTAIN]

OK, I just watched the tape again myself, and that round is on it. It looks like Mark was just doing his normal pre-race prep before staging. Watch the tape again, if anything you were quick through the burnout box. Mark waited for the starter to hose down the water box, then pulled in & did his burnout while you're already putting your truck in reverse. I doubt there was any "burn down" going on, and it wasn't anywhere NEAR 10 seconds after the first bulb was light.
It's a whole diferrent ball game when you have a real race truck, as oppossed to a street driven truck, especially when you're running nitrous. I too took a long time to stage every round, and if you stuck around and watched the other rounds, you'd notice it wasn't just against you. To get a fast nitrous combo to run cosistent, you have to keep everything the same, and there are just some things that have to be done before staging.
For example Todd, I broke out against you in the first round of Eliminations at Atco, remember? Did I take "forever" staging? Not really, right? Why not? Because I tore up my Purple Ranger that Friday nite in testing, couldn't get it fixed in time, and had to race my Lightning tow vehicle. If you had to race my Ranger at Atco, I too would've taken longer to stage, but because I was in my street truck w/out nitrous, I was able to stage a little quicker.

It's part of racing Todd............I'll leave it at that.

[qwiklightning]

hey "CAPTAIN" that post was in no way supposed to piss people off i just thought he took a long time to get in the beams and to get started and another thing there are no such things as "REAL RACE TRUCKS" ok we all are in the NMRA and in that class specifically to what...............oh yeah race trucks, yes you guys may have nitrous its not tricky , make sure bottle pressure is at a good rate ,turn it on , purge a few times your done , the nitrous doesnt work any better if its hot outside or cold out, doesnt matter, either its going to work or it isnt, you guys have the some of the fastest trucks in the class , i so happen to have one of the quickest lightnings , let me throw my motor in a 2800 pound ranger or whatever they weigh and then well see who has a "REAL RACE TRUCK"ok im doing pretty good for a 4800 pound brick , you know i could have rolled in and double bulbed him but i didnt im not that way. enough is enough this isnt a start of a war here it was a good race when it got down to it and there will be plenty of them to come. congrats on your win in bg see you at the races in 2003, ill be looking for you to talk in person or you can email me ok later

[CAPTAIN]

Whoa Whoa Whoa.....slow down there Turbo!
I wasn't starting a flame, just calling it how I saw it. As for the "real race truck" comment, you took that the wrong way. All I meant, is a daily driven street truck (Like the Gen 1's & 2's) are a little easier to deal with on the line, than a tempermental carbed race only truck with a lumpy cam and a big shot of nitrous. I know for a fact because I've raced both. Not to mention other problems like the cooling system and all the friggin switches for everything in there ie: ignition, 2 fuel pumps, water pump, fans, lights, N2O arm, N2O heater, N2O purge, N2O fire, linelock, transbrake and so on.

"you guys may have nitrous its not tricky, make sure bottle pressure is at a good rate, turn it on, purge a few times your done"
It's that easy, huh? I'm not going to touch that one.

"this isn't the start of a war"
No, it isn't Todd, and we need to keep the peace man. I was simply giving you an answer for your "question". Was it a question or was it calling Morales out? It didn't seem like a question, it seemed like you were ticked about it and wanted to voice your opinion. The smart thing, would've been to email him privately.
If you thought you were being burned down by Mark, you should've said something quietly, and not done this on the board. Maybe you would've gotten a response more to your liking, but that's how it went down.

Again, I'm not starting anything, just calling it like the tape shows. Your a good competetor Todd, and hopefully we can B.S. a bit at the next race.
Stay fast & stay safe!

[LightningTuner]

You always need to be aware of what the other driver is doing. As Keith pointed out, you were staging before Mark even finished his burnout. You should have timed your burnout and stage based on what the other driver is doing, because you have control over your own stage. When my trucks were less radical like yours, I was the same way. There's not much to staging a truck like that, just a burnout and roll forward to the beams. With our truck in it's current form, it takes way longer to stage. I double check my harness tightness, I have to carefully watch how I drive through the water, wet the wheels, pull forward, apply the brakes, flip the line lock on, do the burnout, flip the line lock off, purge the nitrous, check the gauges, turn off the fan, and then stage, which takes longer than normal also since I have to stall the truck to a certain rpm while keeping an eye on the tree.

Basically what Keith is saying is just be aware that the more hardcore trucks have more to do up there, so it takes longer.