Great job!!! :thumb: I didn't know there was such races as quick 16. Sounds interresting!
PS: awesome 60's on DR's!
PS: awesome 60's on DR's!
TD in Finals of NHRA Sport Compact Nationals Quick-16 class
Entered my 86 SC in the NHRA Sport Compact series race, in the Quick-16 class, when the series made it's stop in Atco NJ this past weekend.
The NHRA Quick-16 class is interesting. Unlike regular bracket dial in classes, you need to qualify 11.99 or better and only the fastest 16 quaifiers get to race in eliminations. Also unlike regular bracket racing, your dial in is automatically set by your fastest qualification run. You are also allowed to break out by 1/2 second beyond your best qualifying time. Each time you run a better time than your qualifying time, it automatically becomes your new dial-in. This field included 8, 9, 10 and 11 second cars.
Although I had problems with my first 2 qualifying runs (1st run I blew my fuel hose off again, 2nd run I had my boost set too low), With my back to the wall to qualify, I let everything fly and managed an 11.560 @ 112.50 to qualify. The track was hooking so I also got my best street tire 60ft time of 1.757 on the qualifying run and I was on the brake at the end because this is a daily driver with no cage.
With some luck, I made it to the finals. It was a pretty cool feeling to be one of the pairs of finalists in the staging lanes lined up next to 2000HP sport compacts. In the finals my dial was 11.56 against an air cooled VW that was dialed in at 11.27. My previous run, I launched soft and got 1.84 60 foot so I, did a really smokey burnout and launched harder in the final run. This was a mistake because I broke the beams 22 thousands of a second early
and my final run of 11.564 @ 119.39 with another 1.7 60ft was a for nothing.
The NHRA web site unfortunately does not appear to have the Quick-16 in their recap results. I emailed the NHRA sport compact people and called the Executive Director, of the NHRA Sport Compact Series. At this point, I can only assume it was an oversight.
This was a nationally televised event and it will air on ESPN2 Friday, May 27 at 4PM and again on Sunday, May 29 at 2AM. Even though I redlighted in the final, I hope they show the final pass in the Quick-16 class.
This event should also have videos on many sport compact web pages, so I will let you know if I see any.
Carl
Here's info on my 86 SC
The NHRA Quick-16 class is interesting. Unlike regular bracket dial in classes, you need to qualify 11.99 or better and only the fastest 16 quaifiers get to race in eliminations. Also unlike regular bracket racing, your dial in is automatically set by your fastest qualification run. You are also allowed to break out by 1/2 second beyond your best qualifying time. Each time you run a better time than your qualifying time, it automatically becomes your new dial-in. This field included 8, 9, 10 and 11 second cars.
Although I had problems with my first 2 qualifying runs (1st run I blew my fuel hose off again, 2nd run I had my boost set too low), With my back to the wall to qualify, I let everything fly and managed an 11.560 @ 112.50 to qualify. The track was hooking so I also got my best street tire 60ft time of 1.757 on the qualifying run and I was on the brake at the end because this is a daily driver with no cage.
With some luck, I made it to the finals. It was a pretty cool feeling to be one of the pairs of finalists in the staging lanes lined up next to 2000HP sport compacts. In the finals my dial was 11.56 against an air cooled VW that was dialed in at 11.27. My previous run, I launched soft and got 1.84 60 foot so I, did a really smokey burnout and launched harder in the final run. This was a mistake because I broke the beams 22 thousands of a second early
and my final run of 11.564 @ 119.39 with another 1.7 60ft was a for nothing.The NHRA web site unfortunately does not appear to have the Quick-16 in their recap results. I emailed the NHRA sport compact people and called the Executive Director, of the NHRA Sport Compact Series. At this point, I can only assume it was an oversight.
This was a nationally televised event and it will air on ESPN2 Friday, May 27 at 4PM and again on Sunday, May 29 at 2AM. Even though I redlighted in the final, I hope they show the final pass in the Quick-16 class.
This event should also have videos on many sport compact web pages, so I will let you know if I see any.
Carl
Here's info on my 86 SC
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Here are the time slips so you can compare the 5spd to auto.fastglhntn said:
This is the qualifying one. The traps speed is low because I was on the brake. This would have trapped between 118-120. I'm on left.
This is the final round time slip. This is the correct trap speed. I was in it all the way however, there was some wheel spin at the launch because I had the boost too high on the launch.
Thanks Russ.russ jerome said:
I finally found a picture on the NHRA web site.
This is the bug I ran against in the final. He qualified with an 11.2.
Here is a link to some of the other cars that raced in the series.
http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2005/events/race04/photos/index.html
Found one more.
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