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06-04-2007, 08:25 PM
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Re: Did Erica change her car number?
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Originally Posted by Gregg Pickens
Kurt Johnson had lane choice in the second round and lost to a faster Dave Connolly who was in the right lane. Dave Connolly had lane choice in the third round and took the right lane but lost to a faster Jason Line. Other than that all of the faster cars that had lane choice took the left lane and won from that lane. I wasn't there but its hard to claim it was a one lane race track when the faster cars for the most part all take the same lane and beat slower cars in the other lane. Was the right lane slower than the left on Sunday? I don't think there is enough proof one way or the other but most of the guys with lane choice liked the left lane better. Obviously Greg Anderson had the fastest car there, had he made any runs in the right lane that would had told us something but he started off in the left lane and stayed there all day.
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Gregg, I know you know this if you follow drag racing, but for those that aren't tuned in, the "faster" car does not necessarily mean the "quicker" car. MPH means nothing if you are late at the tree and even if you aren't late, with a quicker 60 ft. time and 330 ft. time, you can beat a much faster car with a lower (ie: quicker) ET. That's what drag racing is all about, getting to the finish line first.
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06-05-2007, 09:54 AM
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Re: Did Erica change her car number?
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Originally Posted by Kurt Leinenkugel
Gregg, I know you know this if you follow drag racing, but for those that aren't tuned in, the "faster" car does not necessarily mean the "quicker" car. MPH means nothing if you are late at the tree and even if you aren't late, with a quicker 60 ft. time and 330 ft. time, you can beat a much faster car with a lower (ie: quicker) ET. That's what drag racing is all about, getting to the finish line first.
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You are correct. Forgive me for using the word "faster" as a generic term to describe the car that was first to the finish line. The point I was trying to make was that there was not conclusive evidence of a one lane race track on Sunday. Racers that win in a lane tend to want to stay in that lane. Everyone watches the first couple of pairs of cars run and if they win from the same lane everyone with lane choice tends to "follow the leader" so to speak and go the same way. |
06-05-2007, 12:33 PM
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Re: Did Erica change her car number?
Did anyone answer the original question? BTW, her Dad's (Greg) car number when he was running S/G was also 401K.
Van Williams
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06-05-2007, 01:59 PM
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Re: Did Erica change her car number?
C'mon Larry. All that techno talk just gets in the way of a good story. I hate it when facts are thrown in a perfectly good internet discussion.
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06-05-2007, 02:15 PM
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Re: Did Erica change her car number?
I don't know but DragRaceCentral.com had her as
21 430 Erica Enders, Houston TX, '07 Stratus 6.803 203.65 203.65
On the final qualifying sheet
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06-05-2007, 06:09 PM
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Re: Did Erica change her car number?
It was coming through the timing system as "430" even though there was a "401K" on the car.
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06-05-2007, 06:24 PM
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Re: Did Erica change her car number?
The number on the car isn't important, I believe the 430 is her assigned competition # from NHRA.
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