Toyota Nationals 2010 - A National Toyota Event

[1JZ-Rolla]

7.68
7.76
7.76
7.77
7.85
7.91
7.93
7.94

Best overall I think was 7.54 from Matt Bentley's IS, followed by a 7.6x(?) from Andrew Linton's JZA70

[Yojimbo]

The little van was certainly the most consistent!

I didnt get all my time slips, I know i had two just over 8.0 though as I had the usual difficulties with the R154 and 3rd gear. Then 2 x 7.8's and a whole bunch of 7.6x's. 60 ft times were hopeless my best for the day was 1.98s.

The 7.54 was against the panelvan. What a race! closest run for me all day.

Times seem to rise after lunch, i couldnt get the traction i wanted - having to feather the throttle all the way through 1st and 2nd gear, only able to mash the loud pedal once in 3rd. i tried different burnout styles and let the tyres down progressively to as low as 8 psi (scorching hot) to no avail.

I think slicks are the only way to go out there, the surface is just too slippery for anything else.

I also had some tuning problems, heatsoaked fuel and very low battery voltage (logged 11v at the finish line) made for an interesting combination of weak ingition and overly rich mixtures from voltage compensation mapping.

Now that DCCC has the gear to do trap speeds we need a trophy for top MPH, to me that is a trophy worth having! (better than a dyno one).


Again I gotta say the motorsport events were the best i had been to of this kind. The Khana was a "first time" for the marshal and orgainisers and to their credit it was the most organised and best flowing event to date.

The DCCC guys were much friendlier this time round, and despite some questionable commentary even appeared to appreciate the predominantly "efi turbo" nature of the toyota scene.

They communicated well and worked hard for us - you gotta love your drag racing to marshal all day and not drive, its a thankless dusty / smokey long hot day in the sun- so thanks to DCCC!


Matt

[1jz68u]

my best was an 8.76 i think, pretty slow from what people were saying. I was consistant though which made me happy.

I thought i had the reaction time in the bag as well but wasnt to be apparently.

Andrew in the jza70 was flying once he got his launching issues fixed, i think he was the only one with too much traction to start with

[Yojimbo]

It really was the closest drag competition possible. Evident when I raced Phil there was less than a metre (max) and 0.14 seconds in it, yet Andy managed to get 2nd place with a time in between the two.

Thats 3 leading cars arriving at the line with less than a meter between them. It made sure I was racing to the last pass as anyone could have pulled one out and taken the win. That might sound a little competitive, but i couldnt let the 1j's get the better of me - I'd never live it down!

[1JZ-Rolla]

haha, so 2J is definately > 1J? I'd have to agree there, maybe i'll get me one for next year

Its awesome when the racing is so close. The most enjoyable runs I had on the day were both ones where I lost, because they were also the ones that were most competitive.

What's everyone's thoughts on an elimination style final next year? Heads-up racing for say the top 10 times of the day, to determine a winner that takes into account reaction time as well? Wouldn't take long to run through those eliminations, you could kick it off after lunchtime, and then get back to grudge racing for the rest of the day once the final had been determined.

[RP071]

My best time slip was 7.97 against the Holden something... but I'm sure my run against Phil was much quicker than that, but I have no timeslip to refer to...

[1JZ-Rolla]

of course

[RONA]

Your run against phil was 8.056 IIRC. Phil actually did a 7.9 he just had a slow reaction time .

Pfft Street tyres ftw still @ 40psi 1.98 second 60 foot.

Can I suggest a trophy for quickest 60 foot as well. Fastest mph might be hard because the left lane wasn't giving any speeds.

[Yojimbo]

Haha, all the times will come out very soon.

We used to have dial your own racing for a final "quick 8". It is really only relevant if we are going to have an outright drag trophy (which we didnt this year).
All racing was in engine classes and so I guess they didnt think it was necessary.

For the record, every final I can remember of the quick 8, both competitors agreed to go off the same dial in anyway eliminating the system.

Congrats Ross on going under the 8.0! Perhaps next year we can have a standing mile or 100-200 kph comp to accomodate the supras. (Since I proved Lag and 1/8mile drag performance is not the fault of the 2J (... no SHIT!)

[RONA]

I think the 2007 format for the drags was pretty good. Heads up racing then a top 8 elimination from that in the last hour or 2. Dial your own will be hard for most people as we are looking at alot of people who race maybe once or twice a year and as a result will run fairly inconsistent times.

[1JZ-Rolla]

agreed, dial your own (bracket) racing adds a degree of complication that isn't needed.... and I recall also Matt that the eliminations in 2007 were all run on the same dial in (i.e: no dial in) for true heads up racing. Made for an exciting chase after Joe's Supra, futile, but fun nonetheless .

If there's an indication of good numbers for the drags next year, could the outright drags trophy be reintroduced? It just adds an extra element of excitement, both for entrants and spectators, to have heads-up racing to a final winner, rather than just off ET's through the day. Best ET's for each engine category could still be maintained as well.

Either way, its still a bagload of fun

[1JZ-Rolla]

damn doubleuble.......

[mrwatthe]

what were the categories?

[thechuckster]

My camera decided to not work until the drags - by which time I had to stay out of the sun.

So here's a few pics (at a less-than-ideal angle) from the Lexus tent: clicky.

[1jz68u]

here is a vid Teon aka "the man with the camera for every situation" made of a couple of my runs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oINme4B2AmI