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Bracket Talk Bracket Talk Forum General Discussion - by FTI length requirements for dragstripsGo | New | Find | Notify | Tools | Reply | |
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does NHRA (or any organization) say anything about a certain "requirement" for the actual length of a track? as in from the starting line (or burnout box) to I guess the end of a sand trap. I've never read or seen anything; I have heard of certain tracks being a mile long. was just wondering if there is like a baseline or ideal length a land wise. J.K. Hodges | ||
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| DRR Sportsman |
No | |||
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| DRR Sportsman |
A rule of thumb is 2 times the length of racing surface. 1/8 mile = 1/4 mile shutdown ideally. Obviously not every track has this much. I'm not in a bad mood, I just look that way......... | |||
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Here is an interesting fun fact, Pomona 1/4 mile dragstrip from the finish line to the start of the sand trap is 2002 feet, Our local 1/8th mile track Xtreme raceway park is 1800 ft from finish line to start of the sand trap I have raced TD at both, that sand trap at Pomona comes up really fast plus the shut down is very bumpy | |||
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DRR Pro |
A little easier stopping at Tulsa, isn't it Steve? 2710' of shutdown plus 200' of sand trap. ____________________________ 2017 and 2018 Osage Casinos Tulsa Raceway Park No-Box Champion 2018 Div4 Goodguys Hammer award winner | |||
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| DRR S/Pro |
And the camera shows that! Lots of kitty litter stops. Redding is short too here. Raceless in California! | |||
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| DRR S/Pro |
And it's up hill to! Now if only Hainey and Martin would only fix the ski jump bumps in both lanes around 1000 feet  | |||
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| DRR Pro |
Let's not get carried away. LOL Actually I looked at my data from the nostalgia race in September last year where we ran 1/4. I see zero jumps in my driveshaft in either lane now. I used to see a huge jump just after the 1/8 in the right lane. ____________________________ 2017 and 2018 Osage Casinos Tulsa Raceway Park No-Box Champion 2018 Div4 Goodguys Hammer award winner | |||
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This is no help, but. When I started with IHRA they had a book covering the building of a new track. It had all the specifications used to build. Width, length, etc. I haven't seen it since though. So the info is out there just have to figure out who to ask. Phil Gingrich is who had it when I saw it. Dave "It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance." -Thomas Sowell | |||
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