A slow bike (or car) can miss each shift and still turn about the same ET. A quick bike (or car) has to nail the run to make its ET. I've seen some silly car matchups. Like a mid 10 second Vette versus a bone stock VW Bug.

At a all bike race I see a very good super gas racer enter his pit bike. His dial was 28 seconds (I think) and he loss in the final. They were trying all kinds of tricks to beat him, 8 sec. bikes were dailing 28 sec. and riding along side him, some could not wait and red light, breaking out etc. The only reason he loss in the final was he was late and the other rider just ran his own race, didn't even look at him and trusted his dial.

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So anyway do you guys think it is fair that ORP puts a bump ET? I am one of those slow bikes that does not make that cut and i think it is rubbish. I cant afford to go fast but i love to race, why should i not be allowed to race just because i am unable to get a faster bike?

One of my friends has a six cylinder 68 Camaro (that he got for a graduation present in 69, always with a six). Several years ago it was running 10s in the eighth with a transbrake and another friend was the first in our area to get a rear engine bracket dragster, dialing in the low fives. We LOVED watching those two! They were both very consistent and you never knew who was going to win. The one with the dragster wouldn't even bring his idle up until after the other guy left!

This was at a very slick track and the most consistent car I ever saw (and ran against! He had my lunch more than once!) was a little rear engined, narrow tired, flat four VW powered dragster that runs 7s. Deadly, deadly, deadly. I think he said he burns about a quart of gas a run. It has a Powerglide adapted to it in which they cut a notch in the top of the bellhousing so they could mount a Chevy starter on it facing backwards!

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ORP wants to send paying customers/racers away because some the regular 8 motorcycle guys are afraid to race a mid 17 second hondamatic. I guess that is there decision.

I would say the bug has an advantage except the whole red light situation.
This is bracket racing, performance is not the winning factor consistency is.

I've heard it said that quicker cars are more consistent than slower ones on average due to less time for things to change or go wrong in.

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The super/Pro class at ORP has very competative driver with a 1st gen camaro that runs in the high 10's. Maybe I should get some of the fast guys to rally against the slow car. Get the rules changed and maybe someone else can get some money. Nah I like to see Jim take down the high dollar rigs!!!

I think everyone that wants to race should be allowed. We need all the racers we can get.

When the day comes where we have no more room at the racetrack, and the payouts too large, then we can start telling people we don't need their entry fee and they should either stay home or sit in the stands.

Some of the fastest and best racers we have started out slow and broke.

Of course most of us are still one... or both.
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