A little video to promote RC drag racing
 

Hope you enjoy this bit of video and make it to a race near you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lksn2nfzQYY

Nice...the red dragster was some quick

funny to watch the nitros try to compete against the electrics

Holy Shiz-ola, the funny car at 33 sec's was Gone !

Exactly the one I was referring to....that car is some quick!

LOL, that's mine. First day out for it too!

Sweet! Just curious..what's the top speed of your car?

It has been 90.9mph in at 1.503 seconds. That's on a 1/10 scale quarter mile. Fastest ET on it was a 1.489s pass at 84.1s. Also have a dragster that's gone 98.8mph in 1.507s with a quickest ET of 1.413s. These are all on 3S. Check out my other videos and you'll see what I mean.

After doing speed runs with my Rustler, RC drag racing was hard to resist. Hooked is a huge understatement.

My funny car:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...40090Small.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...40091Small.jpg

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And my trio of drag cars:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...40096Small.jpg

Awesome! Very very cool! Much more fun to watch than speed runs with obscure speed guns and GPS meters.

.dk

Oh yes. That's exactly why I enjoy it more. I enjoy race day a whole lot. I don't get to watch my cars from the finish line but the sheer speed of these boogers by the time it gets there is amazing. If ever there's a breakthrough in traction compounds, there will be some ridiculous ETs and trap speeds, and it's already starting to happen. The extreme class is just that and is an open class and guys run 6S in them. Chris Smith from SoCal MHRA just registered the lowest ET of 1.1717s at 109mph with his Extreme dragster! That number is so mind boggling and was inconceivable barely a year ago.

That 1.17 is just nuts. I told my dragracing buddy here at work about that and he was just amazed.

lol at the nitro MT :lol:
he done brought a knife to a gunfight, lol

i can't believe how stupid quick those things are! thanks for sharing

I just hope you guys aren't that quick in other places...

No problem, Actually, that guy races in bracket and runs a VERY consistent 3.3XX ET. He is the points leader so far in that class. But you're right, if it were heads-up racing, no chance.

Sorry to break it to you man, but yes, there are some very fast guys out there. But, there are classes you don't need to have the fastest set up, just be consistent and you have the race in the bag. Examples are bracket and all the index classes which have a fixed ET that you can't beat. The closest to the index wins. We have a "pro street" class just for 4wd touring cars only if enough guys come to fill it and they are a little slower than the 2wd drag specific set-ups.

:lol: I meant other places besides RC ;)

Touche. No we get the racing done with faster to spend more time in these "other places" you refer to.

Now thats a theory we should incorporate into racing...:whistle:

Just a little update on a new milestone. Got my 3S Top Fuel dragster into the 100mph club.

1st and 3rd round of qualifying in TF:

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...40115Small.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...40114Small.jpg

Geez Sunny! Thats flying bro! Congrats on that accomplishment! Now go for that fast ET at 1.17...

That's Awesome Sunny!

Thanks nitrostarter and snelle.

I would go after that record but that's a whole different class man: EXTREME. And that brings with it an extreme budget requirement as well. Also, there's not that many people who run that class here in Texas, well in the whole world for that matter. I find Top Fuel to be my cup o' tea for the time being. That and the True 1.05" (1/10 scale True 10.5 :lol:). 3S Funny Car too, but the class died after last year in Houston. I just run it to hit numbers kinda like I did with my dragster yesterday.

Thats fast! Congrats.
phil

WOW!!! That is too friging cool. Wish they had that where I live. Oh well, they just lately quit calling my 1/8th E buggy a flashlight:lol:

Thanks Phil.

George, they learned a LONG time ago not to call electrics names around these parts LOL That only serves to wake up the beast. Flashlight, too funny :D

The closest tracks to you are in Florence SC and Fuquay Varina, NC. I think ATL also has a track now. Chicago too. It's a bunch of fun man. Hope you'll get one in Nashville soon. Have you thought of starting one up?

It took two years to get enough converts for an 1/8th E class at my local track. But I might just build one to do some speed runs in front of the hobby shop and hopefully spark some interest.