Street eliminator at Redline 7/23/04!!!!!

[Tweaked Blazer]

I have tried this before and a few fishies bought.Redline has a street class they run on bracket night.it It is only $25 to enter and you have chance to win $100.00 or runner up with $50.00.Car must be street legal with stickers and no open exhaust and you can have slicks but they have to be dot approved.If you think you have big enough balls then bring it to redline friday night.Eveyone is always talking about how bad they are.Lets see!!!! :cool:

[GR8WHITE]

I have tried this before and a few fishies bought.Redline has a street class they run on bracket night.it It is only $25 to enter and you have chance to win $100.00 or runner up with $50.00.Car must be street legal with stickers and no open exhaust and you can have slicks but they have to be dot approved.If you think you have big enough balls then bring it to redline friday night.Eveyone is always talking about how bad they are.Lets see!!!! :cool:


LOL! What does bracket racing have to do with how "bad" you are? How bad off you are, maybe! Making $25-$75 for 6-8 hours of waiting in line isn't too appealing for most....Not to mention the unbearable monotony of watching the bracket racing over and over and over again. That's got to rank right up there with 8 hours of the home shopping network...........

"And the Pinto takes the win with his 11.85 on an 11.87 dial"....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Bracket Fag! :p :p

[joe50]

LOL! What does bracket racing have to do with how "bad" you are? How bad off you are, maybe! Making $25-$75 for 6-8 hours of waiting in line isn't too appealing for most....Not to mention the unbearable monotony of watching the bracket racing over and over and over again. That's got to rank right up there with 8 hours of the home shopping network...........

"And the Pinto takes the win with his 11.85 on an 11.87 dial"....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Bracket Fag! :p :p


Gawd I love it. Well said. I am lmao about now. :D

[NEAL]

"And the Pinto takes the win with his 11.85 on an 11.87 dial"....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Bracket Fag! :p :p

If he went 11.85 on a 11.87 dial then he would have lost anyways. Bracket racing is like Racing a Honda .......even if you win it's still retarded.

Bracket racing is also the only "Racing ?" on earth wehere if you go too fast you lose . How the hell is that racing.?

Just screwing w/ya GR8WHITE ---you think this shit sucks just like me

Neal

[TNT90GT]

I think most of the people who want to challenge other's to a bracket race cause that's what they already do!!!! and they probably live right next to the track? :confused:

[lostnthenet]

I guess people around here don't know how to drive. They just know how to pump money into their cars and prove that they have more money. They apparently don't know how to race a car properly. Not everyone can put $10k into a car on a whim so bracket racing makes it where it is driver vs. driver not car vs. car and I got more money than you.

[Tweaked Blazer]

LOL! What does bracket racing have to do with how "bad" you are? How bad off you are, maybe! Making $25-$75 for 6-8 hours of waiting in line isn't too appealing for most....Not to mention the unbearable monotony of watching the bracket racing over and over and over again. That's got to rank right up there with 8 hours of the home shopping network...........

"And the Pinto takes the win with his 11.85 on an 11.87 dial"....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Bracket Fag! :p :p
Actually waterhead he would have lost do to a breakout.I understand why you dont bracket now.What the hell do you get out of going to the track to make 15 passes for nothing at all.Lets see spend whatever amount of money to take the car to the track,make 15 passes and go home if you havent broke your shit or go to the track and come home with money if your good enough. :D

[Tweaked Blazer]

If he went 11.85 on a 11.87 dial then he would have lost anyways. Bracket racing is like Racing a Honda .......even if you win it's still retarded.

Bracket racing is also the only "Racing ?" on earth wehere if you go too fast you lose . How the hell is that racing.?

Just screwing w/ya GR8WHITE ---you think this shit sucks just like me

Neal
I didnt ask your opinion on bracket either waterhead.Like lost to the net said it is driver vs. driver.this aint the shit talking thread either.Take it to the smackatorium.See you tomorrow Eric.

[STROKD]

I guess people around here don't know how to drive. They just know how to pump money into their cars and prove that they have more money. They apparently don't know how to race a car properly. Not everyone can put $10k into a car on a whim so bracket racing makes it where it is driver vs. driver not car vs. car and I got more money than you.
I am sorry you have a slow as car, but like the wise men before me said, Bracket Racing is fucken retarded...

[Saladbar]

I am sorry you have a slow as car, but like the wise men before me said, Bracket Racing is fucken retarded...

It may be retarded.. But it is a challenge ;) .

Especially trying to run down a mid 17 second car that you just gave a 5 second head start to. LOL

[superlopez]

Damn waterheads.

Bracket racing is boring as hell.lol

[joe50]

I guess it could be fun to run a race where you program your box to do a certain thing so that you launch 60 feet, let off the throttle for a little bit, and then haul ass again just to see if you can run a certain number. Brackets are lame plain and simple. Especially when you try to race a no electronics class with cars that are also in the super pro class and claiming to turn off their electronics. What the fuck ever. It takes just as much of a driver to take a car down the track faster than everyone else. I would like to see a bracket racer take a 4.6x back half car down the track and win every round. That takes a driver. All you need is a computer to get you to the magic number in brackets. All the driver has to do is push a button and hold on. That takes a lot of skill.

[Tweaked Blazer]

I guess it could be fun to run a race where you program your box to do a certain thing so that you launch 60 feet, let off the throttle for a little bit, and then haul ass again just to see if you can run a certain number. Brackets are lame plain and simple. Especially when you try to race a no electronics class with cars that are also in the super pro class and claiming to turn off their electronics. What the fuck ever. It takes just as much of a driver to take a car down the track faster than everyone else. I would like to see a bracket racer take a 4.6x back half car down the track and win every round. That takes a driver. All you need is a computer to get you to the magic number in brackets. All the driver has to do is push a button and hold on. That takes a lot of skill.
Man you have no idea what you are talking about.When they say no electronics it means no electronics.Orange s10 runs 6.40's and wins round after round every weekend.I did not post this thread to get shit talking started,just trying to get some people out there.If you have a problem with that go read something else.Jerry Goss stand behind anyone suspected of using electronics and watches for any cheating.If you have a fast car good for you i give you praise but dont talk shit about anyone who bracket races.I think anyone who can get in a car and cut a .500 r/t and run dead on dial by just using your footbrake and gas than thats pretty good.Were all racers whether its just running for fun or serious bracket racers.Why cant we all just get along.HAHA. :p

[RunNE1]

I have to agree with Phantom SS. It takes alot of skill to run the No E and Street classes. I did not think I would like bracket racing, but it is surprisingly fun. I run my car as if it was heads up racing, all out, but I also have the added challenge of trying to cut low to mid .500's just to be competitive. The street bracket at Redline is no joke either. There are some badass racers out there.
Don't get me wrong, I like heads up racing just as much as the next guy. The only reason I started running brackets is because I got tired of making 1 run every three hours at Ennis. At least at Redline, I get three nicely spaced runs and a chance of winning some money.

[Tweaked Blazer]

I have to agree with Phantom SS. It takes alot of skill to run the No E and Street classes. I did not think I would like bracket racing, but it is surprisingly fun. I run my car as if it was heads up racing, all out, but I also have the added challenge of trying to cut low to mid .500's just to be competitive. The street bracket at Redline is no joke either. There are some badass racers out there.
Don't get me wrong, I like heads up racing just as much as the next guy. The only reason I started running brackets is because I got tired of making 1 run every three hours at Ennis. At least at Redline, I get three nicely spaced runs and a chance of winning some money.
What kind of car do you run.I have blue with a orange and green flamed front end s10 blazer.In the last three races i won twice and runnered up once.Not bragging but i have busted my ass trying to get that blazer to run consistent.Now it run wide open 9.46 to 9.50 every single time.

[Tweaked Blazer]

Bracket racing is different. You have to love the sport of racing to Bracket Race, it takes time, dedication and lots of money. There's more to it than just hitting a button and holding on. There's guys out there with $50,000 bracket cars that race every weekend. I spent about $100 a night at the races to cover everything. I go every weekend from May 31 to October weather permitting. Hell If half the people on here ran there car's as much as I do at the track there shit would be broke down half the season.
Point is racing is racing. Bracket racing is just not as exciting to watch as heads up racing. I love watching match races, there great. I just dont see the point in tearing your shit up for people who dont give a rats ass about what you have or how much money you have in your car. I dont have the money to run as fast as some of the other cars in here. I bet you anything my truck will go down the track 3 times as many as any body elses car will.
We make any where from 3 to 8 passes on a bracket night sometimes more if we have 2 days of races in a row. Every pass we make we have to cut a better light than the other guy. That takes a lot of concentration to know when you start getting down in the final 2 cars and to know you could win a $1000 or not depending on what kind of light you cut.
Whats so hard about not liking to make 8 great passes and running 8 runs in a row on the exact dial in weather it's a 11.87 or a 6.40 passs and winning a $1000 bucks! Oh and we do have bracket car's that run 4.60 passes and win.

[econodrag]

160 passes on the Cougar so far this year. I put right ar 300 on it last year. So here is someone on the board that runs as much as you :p . I do agree with on the bracket racing thing it is fun.

[Boss Hogg]

I guess people around here don't know how to drive. They just know how to pump money into their cars and prove that they have more money. They apparently don't know how to race a car properly.
:rolleyes: How much skill does it take for you to drive a slow car with an automatic tranny?

[lee earley]

:rolleyes: How much skill does it take for you to drive a slow car with an automatic tranny?

hey wasnt yours an auto.? oh wait it was just slow!!!!so it must not take to much skill then...

[GR8WHITE]

Actually waterhead he would have lost do to a breakout.I understand why you dont bracket now.What the hell do you get out of going to the track to make 15 passes for nothing at all.Lets see spend whatever amount of money to take the car to the track,make 15 passes and go home if you havent broke your shit or go to the track and come home with money if your good enough. :D

Wrong, dipshit. I failed to mention that his opponent broke out worse....... :D

They both had pretty good lights...I then went over to the pisser after they launched for a 5 gallon piss, came back to watch the end of the run...Now that's excitement folks.... :rolleyes:

15 passes! LOL, We are lucky to get 3 when they run that bracket crap on TNT nights. Next they'll try buybacks until the 3rd round.....

This has got to be Witherspoon with all of the "waterhead" comments........

[GR8WHITE]

I guess people around here don't know how to drive. They just know how to pump money into their cars and prove that they have more money. They apparently don't know how to race a car properly. Not everyone can put $10k into a car on a whim so bracket racing makes it where it is driver vs. driver not car vs. car and I got more money than you.

I've got more money than you. Wanna race? Don't bring a knife to a gunfight.....I bet I can tree your ass too. Money and knowing how to race a car are separate issues. So, what you are saying is if you can afford to campaign a Pro-mod car you don't know how to race? Your logic is flawed. You must be a bracket racer.

[Boss Hogg]

hey wasnt yours an auto.?
No, I just shift really fast. :D

oh wait it was just slow!!!!so it must not take to much skill then...
I agree. My daily driver was slow. It was only a few ticks slower than your race car. :p

[lee earley]

I agree. My daily driver was slow. It was only a few ticks slower than your race car. :p
first of all i never said my car was fast, and my car isnt really a race car, i just dropped the insurance off of it so i wouldnt get in trouble with it. and btw where is this car of yours now? oh im sure you sold it or it blew up. im sure we all can talk about a fast car we USED to have or what not. but lets talk about what we have now and not what we are gonna build 5 years from now.

[RunNE1]

PhantomSS I run a Yellow C5 vette. I think I ran against you the last time I was out there. I broke out against a red blazer, but it had a primered front end.

[Boss Hogg]

first of all i never said my car was fast
And neither did I.

and btw where is this car of yours now?
Right now it's on the 5th floor of the of the parking garage. :D

oh im sure you sold it or it blew up.
I wouldn't be so sure. ;)

im sure we all can talk about a fast car we USED to have or what not. but lets talk about what we have now and not what we are gonna build 5 years from now.
OK, but we already admitted we do not currently have fast cars. What else would you like to discuss? :confused:

[STROKD]

Bracket racing is gay. If they had index classes so they could more evenly match up the cars and run heads up, it would be a lot more entertaining. I made it to the quarters my first time ever racing at FFW in an event, sixth round in Top Truck. It is real difficult to cut a good light and mash the accelerator with no traction issies or clutch, let me tell ya. :rolleyes: The only reason I lost that race was I ran a .499 light, when all my others were in the .50-.53 range. I tried to get the extra jump, and didn't need it because the other guy spun. I had him covered by about 5 lengths. :(

[joe50]

Index racing is just as gay. I thought it would be better but all you get is the electronics cars showing up and sandbaggin your ass to win every class. They talk about how hard it is to cut a consistant .5 light but what about the pro .4 tree? Isn't that just a little tougher? I thought so. That's usually what they use in good heads up racing. The light is just as important in heads up as it is in brackets so you forget that argument. Brackets are for people that want to race a so-so car a lot. Heads up is for people that want to go balls out when ever they can. It's a difference in excitement and rush. Nothing against brackets because there are some damn good foot brake racers out there that I have a lot of respect for but you just don't get the rush that heads up racing provides.

[Saladbar]

Heads up is for people that want to go balls out when ever they can. It's a difference in excitement and rush. Nothing against brackets because there are some damn good foot brake racers out there that I have a lot of respect for but you just don't get the rush that heads up racing provides.

Back when I would bracket race every friday @ Ennis I'd run the car balls out. It'd be a whole lot easier to do that versus sandbagging. Racing wide open also caused the sandbaggers to break out I found :D . :angelic smiley:

And talk about a rush.. way back when in the TMCCC finals I was lined up against a fox bodied Stang. He gave me .3- @ the tree which he had made up by the 60' .. We spent the rest of the 1260' side by side - and I edged him out by a fender. .002.. That was one helluva rush. And, a helluva sunburn. :o

I still have my timeslips on file from that day... Three .91's on three .91 Dial Ins :) . In a 6 speed even.

[SC457A]

i would love to get revenge on you ss, but worked a little late and saving up cash for div at murderplex next weekend

bracket racing isnt for everyone. thats is old news. we all know that. i have raced brackets, heads up, index, and even time runs all day.

time runs are boring. to me it is a waste of time. i have a buddy that has a crapmaro that runs 5.80s in 1/8. he takes it out, runs a few times.. loads up and goes home. id guess he has 15k in motor alone. yeah he is having fun, but wear and tear, entries, tires, fuel,all that crap isnt cheap. time runs only waste money and wear out the car/bike/whatever. no chance to win anything back (unless betting) :eek:

for me heads up racing was WAY to expensive. unless your name is doug kalitta, someone is always faster. id guess 9 times out of 10 the bigger budget is going to win heads up racing.

so that leaves index/brackets. index racing is bracket racing. it just has set dail ins. i enjoy bracket racing. i have had some success at it in the past 10 years. 5 class championships, 1 div race of champ, 1 stupid chevy, won some good money also. nothing like taking home 7000$ just running the clock :rolleyes:

ill agree brackets is boring to watch. i watch it to learn. study techniques. weakness. and track conditions etc etc. it gives the avg car a chance to win, not the 50k$ dragster. i have been beat by the best and the worst, so i know both sides of the story

by the way, electronics in brackets isnt what you are thinking. doesnt make it easier to win. makes it harder to win. the packages are tougher to get in on. you cut the tree and dail a lot closer. and you cant just dail in the time you are going to run into the box. takes knowledge,testing, luck to run the time. i bet i have lost my last 5 races by a total margin of loss of .025.

being a good driver in brackets isnt all putting the foot to the floor and going straight. drving a car consistantly round after round is a challange. driving the finish line is important also. i have seen sooo many races lost due to back door racers (never lift). there is 2 feet on the race track that matter, the first and the last. the rest is filler

ps sandbaggin rules!!!! dont ever believe my dail in if you race me