Saturday Shoot Out rules announced

[greenXpress]

- cars that competed in Naturally Aspirated classes during Drag Week may not add power adders for the Heads-up shootout. -


Yeah...right! I intend to have the Valiant in Modified NA, but if I stick around for Saturday, the blue bottle will be locked and loaded! Heads up means bring everything you've got right?

Just don't let them see you purge at the line......................(you could always ask, "Now how did that get there?")

[Firechickenman]

Might raise some eyebrows when a N/A car picks up a second over it's fastest pass during the week!

[BBR]

Run your purge lines near the rear tires and purge during the burnout.

[HBZ_81_C3]

- cars that competed in Naturally Aspirated classes during Drag Week may not add power adders for the Heads-up shootout. -


Yeah...right! I intend to have the Valiant in Modified NA, but if I stick around for Saturday, the blue bottle will be locked and loaded! Heads up means bring everything you've got right?

LOL...


I've got a extra single bar plate I can bring if you want to stack a couple up!!!

[BBO Javelin]

If mines still running I'm going to hit a few keys on the laptop and bump timing and boost up for last day. I'm gonna give it all it's got which might be an oil pan full of 4.8 parts.

[Ron Ward]

From what I have seen in the past, the turbo guys may be at a disadvantage on a pro tree. This is going to be way fun to watch.

[BBR]

Double bulbs for everyone!

[Hemi Joel]

...So, for the sake of argument, if all of last year's finishers entered this heads-up "Shootout", the first round of 80 plus pairs would be a snooze fest of matches in which one car was at least, and usually more than 3 seconds faster than their opponent...

That is the problem with a sportsman ladder in a heads up race. Lets say there is 128 cars. In the 1st round, #1 races #65, #2 races # 66, all the way down to #64 racing #128. In the 1st round, the slower half is chum for the faster half, and there are no upsets and no real races. Same thing for the second round and maybe the 3rd as well. What they should do is run a pro ladder, where #1 races #128, #2 races #127, etc. That way in the 1st round #64 races #65, #63 races # 66, and so on. Then there will be some real tight races and some upsets in the first round, from the guys in the middle of the pack. Yes, the slowest 30% or so will be chum for the sharks, but they will be either way. The sportsman ladder is more suitable for a bracket race. Heads up racing needs to be on a pro ladder to be any good. Are you listening Hot Rod?

[LAGNAF]

If mines still running I'm going to hit a few keys on the laptop and bump timing and boost up for last day. I'm gonna give it all it's got which might be an oil pan full of 4.8 parts.

now THAT'S the right attitude to have!!

[trophystock]

That is the problem with a sportsman ladder in a heads up race. Lets say there is 128 cars. In the 1st round, #1 races #65, #2 races # 66, all the way down to #64 racing #128. In the 1st round, the slower half is chum for the faster half, and there are no upsets and no real races. Same thing for the second round and maybe the 3rd as well. What they should do is run a pro ladder, where #1 races #128, #2 races #127, etc. That way in the 1st round #64 races #65, #63 races # 66, and so on. Then there will be some real tight races and some upsets in the first round, from the guys in the middle of the pack. Yes, the slowest 30% or so will be chum for the sharks, but they will be either way. The sportsman ladder is more suitable for a bracket race. Heads up racing needs to be on a pro ladder to be any good. Are you listening Hot Rod?

I also favor a pro ladder

[79camaro]

Personally this is waist of time for most of the drag week group. All the times have been posted all week we know what every ones running. This comes down to the who cuts the best light. Un Limited can sleep on the lights and still take the win.

[nesabo]

Just thinking how many cars will come into Friday with their tongues hanging out. Then to try to win the class, the owner really puts the spurs to the car. So I guess that will be something to look at as well on Friday for some of the third place cars in Unlimited, Modified Pa, and Super Street classes. They may not be able to win there DW class but win the shoot out.

[c2xejk]

That is the problem with a sportsman ladder in a heads up race. Lets say there is 128 cars. In the 1st round, #1 races #65, #2 races # 66, all the way down to #64 racing #128. In the 1st round, the slower half is chum for the faster half, and there are no upsets and no real races. Same thing for the second round and maybe the 3rd as well. What they should do is run a pro ladder, where #1 races #128, #2 races #127, etc. That way in the 1st round #64 races #65, #63 races # 66, and so on. Then there will be some real tight races and some upsets in the first round, from the guys in the middle of the pack. Yes, the slowest 30% or so will be chum for the sharks, but they will be either way. The sportsman ladder is more suitable for a bracket race. Heads up racing needs to be on a pro ladder to be any good. Are you listening Hot Rod?

I think HR is trying to avoid lining a 6 second car up with a 12 second car that does not have anywhere near the same level of safety equipment.. Sportsman ladder increases the odds that the level of safety equipment will be closer...

[BlueCuda340]

Hey Squirrel, Having set up many sportsman ladders over the years, It get's interesting in the later rounds, the way it folds in on itself. Couple of interesting things from last year's results: 16 finishers were slower than 14.00, 16 finishers were quicker than 9.00. So the meat of Drag Week is between 9.0-14.0, with a whopping 52 finishers recording a best pass between 11.00-11.99. So, for the sake of argument, if all of last year's finishers entered this heads-up "Shootout", the first round of 80 plus pairs would be a snooze fest of matches in which one car was at least, and usually more than 3 seconds faster than their opponent. The breaking point would be 11.533. So, my brother with his "Barnyard Viper Dodge truck, DD Winner Scott Abbott , and James Reeves in his Omni GLHS front scratcher would get to race the slow cars. The guys just under the cut line, Robert "Bob" Perrine in his 56, would get to race Tom Bailey, while DD Runner-up Mike "Swede" Sporrong and his Baja Chase truck would get Dave Ahokas, and Clark Lamb's Blue Barracuda would do battle with Todd and Travis in the Nitrous Camaro. Safe to say it'd be quite a few rounds before the elite 16 sub 9 second cars had to lean on anything. I honestly don't know if the field will be 250 cars or 25??

Todd and Travis would be lucky that I stick by the rules and don't turn on my nitrous and let that camaro have it. HA kidding this thing has a $250 set of pistons in it....no nitrous for me. If I sprayed a 300 hit on this turd I might make it down before Travis got his et slip.