At Sears Point Raceway up in Sonoma CA they have bracket drag racing almost every Wednesday night throughout the summer. $25 gets you in and if you're prompt about getting there you'll get 2-3 practice runs before the elimination starts. I took my buddy John with me to shoot video and pictures, and we also met up with my friend Martyn and his mum who was in town on vacation from the UK.
My first practice run was against a WRX, I only did a 15.2 with a crappy launch while he did a 15 and beat me handlily. My second was that one against the Neon, finishing at 15.0 in dramatic style.
Then came the elimination rounds. Without John in the truck, slightly cooler temps, and less of a head wind, I set my dial-in at 14.8. I ran against a reasonably tricked out 300ZX, and he busted out so I won.
Second elimination round was against a Honda with a 15.7 dial-in. He actually ran at the same pace as me, and so again my competiton busted out bad so I won. Holy smokes, I got to the 3rd round! =P
3rd time though I made the mistake of letting the truck idle between rounds. It was getting quite cold, and the wait between runs wasn't much (25'ish minutes), but the truck obviously left the line with a bit less power and the shifts just wern't as snappy as before. I only ran a 15.2, and the other guy nailed a .1 reaction time, so I got eliminated.
Here's video of all the runs:
http://www.thenissanpath.com/filelib/20 ... InDrag.wmv
And here's some pictures:
