Beginner Racing Questions.

[hvychev]

I asked Rob offline for some racing advice but he suggested that I make it a post so if anybody else is reading and have the same questions they are helped as well. Hopefully some of the heavy hitters of the modern racing could pitch in as well such as COPO PETE, Casey Marks, BIG DOG, and maybe a couple of the other fellas. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Check out the attached time slip of my best run of the night and critique me. I am the LEFT driver. The right driver was a C5 Corvette. I have only raced 2 different days this being the second time. About the car, as most of you probably know it is a 1970 Chevelle SS LS5 454. The car is stock (original drivetrain from day 1) with the exception of a few mods that include headers, M/T L6015 rear tires, and an upgrade from the 3.31 standard gear that this car came with to a 3.73. Otherwise the car is stock from day one. This particular run was after 9 pm and it was dark and the temp was about 45 dagrees. The car is driven A LOT (I even drove it to the track and back) and is not probably in "tune" (ie. distributer curve, timing, etc.) to be raced. I believe that the rear tires had 25 psi in them durring that particular run. I weighed the car with me in it and it was clocking in at 4050 lbs. Hey, I don't call it hvychev for nothin'! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

The first few runs were a joke. I was starting out in low drive and manually shifting. I must have burned rubber for the first half of the run. The run on the time slip is where I finally got smart and just started in regular drive and let the M40 do it's thing. A couple of guys at the track last year told me when I am staging to do what you would do with a brake torque and rev it up to about 1500-1600 rpm untill the car slightly lifts, hold it, and then once that last yellow light turns hammer it. So guys am I on the right track (no pun intended) to become a racing legend? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img]