NEDRA News
2017 - 2019
1/4 mile Records For 2019
Lowell Simmons MC/A3-ED 9.411 @
142.72 Tommy Henderson DMC/A-ED 10.46 @ 130.6 George V Grant
III DR/E 12.975 @ 95.31 George V Grant III DR/G 15.398 @ 78.20
George V Grant III DR/F 12.139 @ 103.33 George V Grant III DR/D
11.889 @ 121.51 George V Grant III DR/C 11.672 @ 129.13 Lars
Juel Rasmussen SMC/C 9.36 @ 133.4 Hans-Henrik Thomsen DMC/B 7.808 @
170.1 George V Grant III DR/C 10.308 @ 124.52
1/8 mile Records For 2019
George V Grant III DR/F 7.463 @ 87.16
George V Grant III DR/D 6.895 @ 101.84 George V Grant III DR/I
10.904 @ 53.90 George V Grant III DR/G 7.626 @ 83.22
Colleagues, we are invited to
attend the PRI Sanctioning body meeting at the attached time and
place.
The SFI
Foundation will again be hosting a motorsports forum for sanctioning
body officials at this year’s Performance Racing Industry Trade
Show. The primary
purpose of this forum will be for sanctioning body officials to get
together and engage in informal conversation regarding matters of
mutual concern.
Naturally,
SFI Foundation personnel will be in
attendance and will be available to answer any questions you may
have regarding SFI’s
various safety related programs and services.
We sincerely hope that you and your
associates will be able to join us and a representative cross
section of sanctioning body officials in discussing how we might
collectively work toward the advancement of safety in all
motorsports disciplines.
This will be a great opportunity for you to meet with others who may
share many of your experiences and objectives.
We’ll be starting at
8:00 AM sharp.
To help get your day started, we’ll be serving hot and cold
beverages, along with some light snacks.
DATE:
Friday December 7, 2018 TIME: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
LOCATION: INDIANA
CONVENTION CENTER
MEETING ROOM 210
Also, please note that the schedule of the
various SFI Specification Committee Meetings to be held
during the show are hereby attached, and can also be found on our
internet website at
http://www.sfifoundation.com/meeting-schedule/.
Please feel welcome and encouraged for you and your
associates to attend any of these meetings that you might find to be
of interest.
Should you have any questions or comments,
please feel free to contact any of us at the
SFI
Foundation office. We
look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis in December.
Sincerely,
CARL V. OLSON Motorsports
Manager
The "NEDRA Classes, Voltage Divisions and Record Rules" page
has been modified to reflect the new motorcycle watts up table and
rules changes.
The Wheelie Shot
Folks have been asking for the back story of a big wheelie I
accidentally made (and was captured on the way down by a track
photographer). It was a
simple error, compounded by screwy communication between a tablet and
the Hairball, which as many of you know, communicates with a Z1K or Z2K.
I was racing at 1350A and had made passes at 1400A before, but never
1500. After rounds I wanted
to try a pass at 1500 so attempted to make the change.
I didn’t know that the tablet I have been using to program the
Hairball for years had a weak battery (due to a faulty charge cable) so
it only had a few percent charge remaining.
I had trouble updating the Hairball: when I put in 1500 in would
display it as 356 or some other small number.
I eventually got it to accept 1000A (or so I thought). My racing
philosophy is to make incremental changes, one at a time.
I don’t want any surprises and I try to understand the impact of
each change. It helps
consistency when you’re ET racing.
Ha!Unbeknownst to me, there were evidently noisy signals or
something being sent to the Hairball, it changed an “option” setting and
it thought it was controlling a Z1K.
1000A means it was outputting 100%.
I have a Z2K which means 100% is 2000A, a fact that soon
presented itself to me. I was by myself on the line, burnout was typical
(I just clean the tire off) and I rolled up to launch.
Yellow, yellow, yellow, twist throttle fully open and – rotate.
I’m sure it started moving forward a little bit but all I felt
was myself being lifted skyward as previously unexperienced torque
lifted the bike around the sticky rear tire.
Some sort of primordial instinct made me slam the throttle shut
(I was probably thinking “this doesn’t feel right”) just in time and
fortunately, I didn’t go over backwards.
The bike came down hard and after I straightened out I rolled
into it again, more slowly.
About half track I tried to use 100% again but it just wanted to wheelie
so I rolled through the traps and turned off.
The woman who has been handing me time slips for the past 5 years said
“I’ve never seen you do that before” to which I replied “and I hope you
never see it again!”
Fastest Member's Speeds Club
A new club has been added to the web site. It is "Fastest
Member's Speeds Club". This is for all
NEDRA members to keep track of thier fastest speeds. You do not have
to set a record to belong to this club. The link is to the left on
this page. Please review and send the
webmaster any changes and
or additions. There is a
revised Vehicle Inspection Form,
check it out.
The Submitting
Records form has also been updated.
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