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michaelflahive1111 · 07-02-2010, 04:39 PM

Hey gang im seeing alot of old time mistakes on some of the pics your posting. When runing your cars at the drags with treaded tires to get your best times, AVOID THE WATER!!!!!!! I know you see the other cars do it and it looks cool, but the water is for slicks. On treaded tires it gets up in the tread and runs down and puddles as you sit at the light. Even if its ever so slight-it will cause a worse take of than if you kept them dry. Do dry burnouts instead youll have much better times. Good Luck.

2SSARMY · 07-02-2010, 05:43 PM

If you go to the track and actually go through the water.... You shouldn't be going to the track.

jrpxxii · 07-03-2010, 11:36 PM

Believe it or not I have seen guys actually roll thru the water and directly stage. I just laugh and shake my head as you know whats coming.

IROCanSS · 07-03-2010, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrpxxii

Believe it or not I have seen guys actually roll thru the water and directly stage. I just laugh and shake my head as you know whats coming.

They should just pack up and go home...

Maybe they are just doing it for the nice smokey show...

SGOS252382 · 07-04-2010, 06:59 AM

Lots and lots of guys with street tires go right through the water and do their burnout. They throw water all over the place and then it drips all over the track for the next car in line.

After watching a Dodge Challenger R/T throw water all over the track,
I politely told the owner (while parked next to him in the staging lanes) he should avoid the water to do his burnout. So what did he do on his next run? He drove right into the middle of the water box and did his burnout throwing water everywhere. Some guys just won't listen even when you tell them not to do it.

HeaterMan · 07-04-2010, 12:57 PM

when i was at the track on friday i noticed that the starter kept sweeping out the waterbox to the side and made it impossible for anybody using the left lane to avoid the water. as luck would have it i got left lane twice. I made it a point to go through the wet area as slow as possible and then do a small burnout in the dry area to clean off the dirt and water. point is that sometimes you have no choice.

ROD1 · 07-04-2010, 10:12 PM

At ESTA dragway in Cicero NY, you have to drive through the water to get to the stage area. At least they are liberal with the water and don't spray for guys with street tires.

siriusdish · 07-04-2010, 10:53 PM

that is how are track is U have to drive threw it.

MIT'13 · 07-09-2010, 02:11 PM

some people are dumb

2010 SSRS · 07-09-2010, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROD1

At ESTA dragway in Cicero NY, you have to drive through the water to get to the stage area. At least they are liberal with the water and don't spray for guys with street tires.

must be a tight area, at the track in NH you can drive right around it.

Michael_Js · 07-09-2010, 02:18 PM

Maybe not dumb, maybe just not in the know. If I didn't read any of this here, I would NOT have known that seeing I've NEVER been to the track to drag, only to drive...So...

However, after being told, then still doing it, well - that's dumb!

danhr · 07-09-2010, 02:25 PM

Yeah.. some tracks, you just can't avoid it. Pittsburgh Raceway Park is the same. There is no feasibly way to get around the water box.

drag radials though can still benefit from the water box, and they are "treaded" tires.

Also, do not do your burn out IN the waterbox. you should be just on the edge and do your burn out, and then keep the tires going and let go of the brakes and keep the burnout going. i usually stop about halfway from the burnout box to the pre-stage beam. this makes sure all the extra debris and water gets off the tires.

2SSCAMARO · 07-09-2010, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrpxxii

Believe it or not I have seen guys actually roll thru the water and directly stage. I just laugh and shake my head as you know whats coming.

It's not so funny if your the next guy in that lane. If the track crew were doing their jobs they would not be allowing that to happen.

BMR guy · 07-11-2010, 09:52 AM

Typical mistakes of the noob:

roll through the water box with street tires, ruining the track for the next few guys...
stage with your window open
roll through the lights and stage with rear tires
forget that the car is in reverse from rolling through the lights and backing up - this is a good one!

I saw a guy in a Mustang launch backwards once. He apparently had no reverse lights so the track official didn't have a clue he was in reverse. The light turned green and he did a reverse burnout. You should have seen his head rock forward. It was hilarious

07-02-2010, 04:39 PM	#1
michaelflahive1111 Drives: 68 custom camaro Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: nashua nh Posts: 13 View My Garage	Burnouts at the drags. Hey gang im seeing alot of old time mistakes on some of the pics your posting. When runing your cars at the drags with treaded tires to get your best times, AVOID THE WATER!!!!!!! I know you see the other cars do it and it looks cool, but the water is for slicks. On treaded tires it gets up in the tread and runs down and puddles as you sit at the light. Even if its ever so slight-it will cause a worse take of than if you kept them dry. Do dry burnouts instead youll have much better times. Good Luck.

07-03-2010, 11:36 PM	#3
jrpxxii Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS 427ci Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bowling Green, Ky Posts: 3,355	Believe it or not I have seen guys actually roll thru the water and directly stage. I just laugh and shake my head as you know whats coming. __________________

07-09-2010, 02:18 PM	#11
Michael_Js SoCal C5 Family Member Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS - Black w/IOM; 6M Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posts: 5,299 View My Garage	Maybe not dumb, maybe just not in the know. If I didn't read any of this here, I would NOT have known that seeing I've NEVER been to the track to drag, only to drive...So... However, after being told, then still doing it, well - that's dumb! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2010 Black 2SS/RS; 6M; IOM, GFX, sunroof; ADM Race CAI; Zoomers CB; Viper Alarm; Pdaft F&R sways, Adj Endlinks, Rtrailing arms, Camber kit, strut brace, Front Trailing Arm Bushing; SLP Skip-Shift Elim; Tinted lights/windows; Hurst Short-throw; LoJack; Door & Dash ABL Mods; ********; JBA Shorty headers; AACStyle LEDs; Stillen DS rotors, Hawk Ceramic pads; Havoc Blk Chrome wheels: 20x9s; Lingenfelter Blk Al Pedals; RevXtreme Catch Can; Goodridge SS lines; Ported TB; RK Sport hood; Hotchkis chassis brace; KW V3 coilovers;

07-09-2010, 02:25 PM	#12
danhr BAMF SS Drives: 2016 Camaro 1SS A8 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ford City, PA Posts: 3,023	Yeah.. some tracks, you just can't avoid it. Pittsburgh Raceway Park is the same. There is no feasibly way to get around the water box. drag radials though can still benefit from the water box, and they are "treaded" tires. Also, do not do your burn out IN the waterbox. you should be just on the edge and do your burn out, and then keep the tires going and let go of the brakes and keep the burnout going. i usually stop about halfway from the burnout box to the pre-stage beam. this makes sure all the extra debris and water gets off the tires. __________________ 2016 1SS A8: FBO + Circle D + P1X + Meth + Tuned by Pray Performance Stock Longblock 800 SAE rwhp. 9.4 @ 145 mph.

07-11-2010, 09:52 AM	#14
BMR guy Drives: 2010 1SS Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,002	Typical mistakes of the noob: roll through the water box with street tires, ruining the track for the next few guys... stage with your window open roll through the lights and stage with rear tires forget that the car is in reverse from rolling through the lights and backing up - this is a good one! I saw a guy in a Mustang launch backwards once. He apparently had no reverse lights so the track official didn't have a clue he was in reverse. The light turned green and he did a reverse burnout. You should have seen his head rock forward. It was hilarious

07-02-2010, 05:43 PM	#2
2SSARMY Account Suspended Drives: 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 1,125	If you go to the track and actually go through the water.... You shouldn't be going to the track.

07-04-2010, 06:59 AM	#5
SGOS252382 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: S.W. Florida Posts: 6,294	Lots and lots of guys with street tires go right through the water and do their burnout. They throw water all over the place and then it drips all over the track for the next car in line. After watching a Dodge Challenger R/T throw water all over the track, I politely told the owner (while parked next to him in the staging lanes) he should avoid the water to do his burnout. So what did he do on his next run? He drove right into the middle of the water box and did his burnout throwing water everywhere. Some guys just won't listen even when you tell them not to do it.

07-04-2010, 12:57 PM	#6
HeaterMan Drives: 2018 PP GT Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: PNW Posts: 264	when i was at the track on friday i noticed that the starter kept sweeping out the waterbox to the side and made it impossible for anybody using the left lane to avoid the water. as luck would have it i got left lane twice. I made it a point to go through the wet area as slow as possible and then do a small burnout in the dry area to clean off the dirt and water. point is that sometimes you have no choice.

07-04-2010, 10:12 PM	#7
ROD1 Retired Drives: 2010 Camaro RS V6 #1301 DOB 3/23/09 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ithaca NY Posts: 2,563	At ESTA dragway in Cicero NY, you have to drive through the water to get to the stage area. At least they are liberal with the water and don't spray for guys with street tires.

07-04-2010, 10:53 PM	#8
siriusdish Drives: 2010 Camaro L99 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Erie PA Posts: 1,226	that is how are track is U have to drive threw it.

07-09-2010, 02:11 PM	#9
MIT'13 Drives: 2010 IBM Camaro 1LT / RS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island, NY / Cambridge, MA Posts: 550 View My Garage	some people are dumb

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