Jason@JGY
04-07-2010, 11:20 AM
Thursday, Josh and I went to the local drag strip at Bristol International Raceway in Bristol TN.
It is a nice facility and seemingly a nice track.
I ran my street Sentra 3 times.
1. 15.2
2. 13.9
3. 13.8
..........all at about 16psi.
I would have been happy with a 13.2 but did not get there.
Blame list:
1. driver
2. track
Here's the odd part............the track is no joke up hill at the start line.
My first run.......I start rolling backwards. I try using the clutch to hold me steady and apparently rolled forward enough to redlight.......so that is why my time was so sucky......it was basically a dead run.
My second run........I just held my foot on the brake pedal until the lights went to the second yellow and then pushed the gas and went. and so on the 3rd
My problem was that I could not effectively get to the RPM that I wanted to for launching due to not being able to NOT roll backwards ( I have no ebrake)
Second......... at the top of first gear, I was spinning........which is unusual because on the street, I do not spin as much.......it was actually like I had less traction on the drag strip.........so I was shifting to second sooner than I wanted to
anyway.............at that strip, and with an ebrake issue.........I'd say a 13.5 would be about the best
It is a nice facility and seemingly a nice track.
I ran my street Sentra 3 times.
1. 15.2
2. 13.9
3. 13.8
..........all at about 16psi.
I would have been happy with a 13.2 but did not get there.
Blame list:
1. driver
2. track
Here's the odd part............the track is no joke up hill at the start line.
My first run.......I start rolling backwards. I try using the clutch to hold me steady and apparently rolled forward enough to redlight.......so that is why my time was so sucky......it was basically a dead run.
My second run........I just held my foot on the brake pedal until the lights went to the second yellow and then pushed the gas and went. and so on the 3rd
My problem was that I could not effectively get to the RPM that I wanted to for launching due to not being able to NOT roll backwards ( I have no ebrake)
Second......... at the top of first gear, I was spinning........which is unusual because on the street, I do not spin as much.......it was actually like I had less traction on the drag strip.........so I was shifting to second sooner than I wanted to
anyway.............at that strip, and with an ebrake issue.........I'd say a 13.5 would be about the best