me and my old maverick went to houston raceway park last night and got first place in foot-brake N/E 72 car field first points race this year me and a chevy were the last two left put him out with 11.07 on a 11.06 had to spot him on a 11.36 boy did i have a good time aint bad for and old man in a old maverick got a extra 150.00 for the large number of cars
Cool Way to go it's great to see a ford kicking some but at the track. Were you cutting some good lights? I don't think there is any feeling like winning it is such a rush.
once again, the maverick is starting to command a lil more respect.! uhhh with a lot of help from you! great job!
Re: Cool we ran on the new staging lights i love them had a red first round -2 ran seven times had .26 to a.179 no glair on the new lights my big rush is to spot a 350 gm and run him down with a 302 that is a rush
way to go fordman. i won the first team race at firebird this year. went to the second race last night. felt good about it. had 2 good time trials and lights of .032and .030. 1st run, spun bad and headed right towards the wall. engine quit at the top end. dialed an .89 and ran .95. havent had the nerve to look at the engine yet. hope it's not too bad. anyway good luck.keep it going.
don thats good on the first team race we need to keep the old mavericks on top he have a big block maverick here in pro that was track champion last year how do you like the new staging lights keep us up to date on your racing look out for that wall and good luck
Way to Go! I'll have to come see you run sometime (about 1 hour away from HRP). What's the deal with the 'new' lights? What's different and why do you like them over the conventional ones? Congrats again, Rick
while the chevy 350 used to be the only option for going fast witha v8, The last 15 years or so have showed the Generic Motor guys that their 350 is nothing special, and we can do it with less cubes. Keep up the good work!
whats the deal with the new lights They used to run incandescent lights, now they have switched to LED. The difference to the racers is that the LED actually illuminates quicker, by about three hundredths of a second, than the incandescent lights do. So if you are good on the tree, you need to slow down a tick or you will "bottom bulb", but if you previously was a little slow on the tree, these lights will help your reaction time. The main reason for the switch is that when the Top Fuel cars run, the vibration is so bad that the incandescent lights would not last long. And also when running a sportsman tree the failure is more fequent with the old style lights, so NHRA installed the LED for longivity and less maintenance.
you need to come and help we need all the ford help we can get had a mustang four cars left he went out but i think he got a check the new lights you just have to come try them there different
I can only cheer-lead the Fords on right now (putting Cal-Tracs on this week - new converter - next - exhaust next, on and on and on....) Intresting on the LED's. I hadn't heard about them (I live under a rock in my garage). Keep up the good work and let us know how the next event goes. Rick
