Import Showdown Fall 2011

[Disco Monkey]

^You spun soo bad on your last run. I thought you were about to kiss the wall.

I almost hit the wall on every pass in both lanes.

[roadracer4li]

ad a great time at the showdown as always.. The weather was cool but comfortable and the racing was exciting as always.. I hate that I wasnet able to join in on the racing this time but hopefully next time.. Here are a few choice photos from the event.. enjoy

-Sam

























note part of rod flying threw the air..



another air cooled 2JZ



















pedal fest...








some fast GTR's




TEAM DOMINATE!!


so clean!!


father and son getting at it in the final round..


OUCH!!



all of the other photos are posted on my pbase page at this link

http://www.pbase.com/sam3481/import_showdown_111211

[h22 jones]

I almost hit the wall on every pass in both lanes.

This is why i got so aggravated at the last isd its bull crap. We were running a brand new set of 23 inch slocks (not that the 22-9 had over 20 passes on them ). Its not my slicks its the damn track . If they cant prep any better then this then no need in having isd . Im sorry because this is the only even i make sure i make every year and i know we are not v8 cars running 7s but show us some respect man this is shit . I ran a personal best and still bitchin . When you can go to a eight mile track and run a tenth or two faster then at reynolds you get aggravated. If i had my eight mile times at reynolds that i have ev4ry were else the car would hit 11s no problem which is what im looking for .

Its not like im leaving the line at 7,000 or 8,000 rpms . Hell we leave at 6,000 then dropped it down to 5,000 . The only way im going to be able to get the most out the car is on a day with good track prep that i can leave the line at 7,000 cut a 1.6 sixty foot ime and put the car in the 11s .I figured isd would be the time being it is a big event day guess not . I never thought id win with disco there thats not the point . I just wanted to get the most out the car . Hell i picked up 3 mph in the quarter and still ran the same as the car always does because of no traction .

Disco ran a 12.5 two or three times trapping 117mph now tell me what his problem was (traction). Help us out man get us some good track prep this even has a great turn out
atleast prep the damn track. No need in me finishing my new build if i got this kind if track prep to look forward to .

Anyway nice meeting everybody glad a h2b won the all motor class (caesy car is running good id do something about the white doors though lmao). STretch sorry about the wreck man but it will be ok let me know if i can help in any way.

[h22 jones]

The blue supra in the picture above also hit the wall messed the whole driver side up .

[MIGHTYSS]

It looked like a great turn out sucks i couldn't make it... How often do you guys do an import showdown?

[roadracer4li]

This is why i got so aggravated at the last isd its bull crap. We were running a brand new set of 23 inch slocks (not that the 22-9 had over 20 passes on them ). Its not my slicks its the damn track . If they cant prep any better then this then no need in having isd . Im sorry because this is the only even i make sure i make every year and i know we are not v8 cars running 7s but show us some respect man this is shit . I ran a personal best and still bitchin . When you can go to a eight mile track and run a tenth or two faster then at reynolds you get aggravated. If i had my eight mile times at reynolds that i have ev4ry were else the car would hit 11s no problem which is what im looking for .

Its not like im leaving the line at 7,000 or 8,000 rpms . Hell we leave at 6,000 then dropped it down to 5,000 . The only way im going to be able to get the most out the car is on a day with good track prep that i can leave the line at 7,000 cut a 1.6 sixty foot ime and put the car in the 11s .I figured isd would be the time being it is a big event day guess not . I never thought id win with disco there thats not the point . I just wanted to get the most out the car . Hell i picked up 3 mph in the quarter and still ran the same as the car always does because of no traction .

Disco ran a 12.5 two or three times trapping 117mph now tell me what his problem was (traction). Help us out man get us some good track prep this even has a great turn out
atleast prep the damn track. No need in me finishing my new build if i got this kind if track prep to look forward to .

Anyway nice meeting everybody glad a h2b won the all motor class (caesy car is running good id do something about the white doors though lmao). STretch sorry about the wreck man but it will be ok let me know if i can help in any way.

I am sympathec to your situation but the reality is not that the track prep was all that bad but that all of the street cars with STREET tires running down the track all day.. Street tires will kill a preped track so fast its not even funny.. They preped the track right before the semis mostly because I was bitching alot at the track staff to do so for safety reasons and the track was better till just after the semi finals then after teh semis the street car test in tune started back up and the track went back to shit.. thats just the reality of the event.. I wish we could limit the amount of street cars that are testing and tuning but its doubtfull thats going to happen.. IFO has it just as bad at MMP..
Thanks again for comming to the race tho..

-Sam

[h22 jones]

[QUOTE=roadracer4li;39332447]I am sympathec to your situation but the reality is not that the track prep was all that bad but that all of the street cars with STREET tires running down the track all day.. Street tires will kill a preped track so fast its not even funny.. They preped the track right before the semis mostly because I was bitching alot at the track staff to do so for safety reasons and the track was better till just after the semi finals then after teh semis the street car test in tune started back up and the track went back to shit.. thats just the reality of the event.. I wish we could limit the amount of street cars that are testing and tuning but its doubtfull thats going to happen.. IFO has it just as bad at MMP..
Thanks again for comming to the race tho..

Thanks for the reply as long as somebody is aware of the situation and is atleast trying to get it as best they can thats all i can ask for .

Answer me this (not being a smart ass just really want to know ). Whats this difference in the right and left lane . Even though i was spinning bad in the right lane (disco did the same thing) i still managed a 1.74 sixty foot which i can live with . Go back to the right lane cant get better then a 2.0. If you noticed in qualifying we wouldint even line up beside each other to make it a race . We all went down the right lane just no traction at all in the left lane . As bad as it was on my car hell disco with his short wheel base looked to almost hit the wall every pass in the left lane .

I went from a 12.3 to a 12.2 in the right lane to a 13.6 and a 13.0 in the left lane . Disco ran a 11.9 in the right lane while couldnt do better then a 12.5 in the left lane . I know one side always seems to do a little better then the other but man its hard to race with having that big a difference already agaisnt you when you get the left lane.

I give mid night atl all the props in the world for winning and im not saying they wouldnt have won anyway . Im just saying disco or anybody that got the left lane didnt have a chance in hell period.

[roadracer4li]

no clue on that one but I can tell you that it did seem like the right lane was the better lane all day..

[Disco Monkey]

Street tires will kill a preped track so fast its not even funny..

running 40 all motor street cars right before the all motor comp class was probably not a good idea then...
This event really makes me not want to go back to another Showdown.

[SPOOLIN]

I know i was ice skating more than any time i can remember in the past...no matter what i did.

[gastroker]

We are working on some changes for the 2012 season to make the event better. A big focus is going to be on track prep. We really try and push them to prep it as much as possible, but like Sam said, it only takes a handful of street tire cars to screw up a freshly prepped track. Not to mention the brisk weather is not the best for tires. Engines like it, but tires not so much.