et1170 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Posted August 23, 2021 Greenlight Nationals report! Couple of decent runs on the friday test, both 9.0 so was feeling ok going into qualifying. Whole of first day was a wash out so went into a 1 shot qualifier on sunday morning. Dialled 8.95 and hoped for a similar run to friday. The Kat hooked up nice and probably ran its smoothest run yet. 8.89 at 146mph with a pb 1.29 60 foot time. This was obviously too quick so ended up 12th and last qualifier. Up against Matt Jones in round one who had a bit of a mad start so just had to cruise through at 9.20 into round 2 against Bill Marsh , pulled a reasonable light and was away first but the rear tyre span up for some unknown reason and my run was over. First wheelspin since the bars were fitted 29 runs ago so very curious! Bill went on to reach the rain abandoned final against Philip Pratt . Thanks to Carl, Jon and Marie for helping as always. Good to have Ben along too, our swiss based mate who I haven't seen for many years. Roll on euro,s in 2 and half weeks. Let there be sun!! 2 Quote
et1170 Posted September 14, 2021 Author Posted September 14, 2021 Excellent long weekend at the Euro Shoot Out , not fully recovered yet! Qualified number 1 with a 9.01 on 9.00 dial in. Made a few more adjustments to the clutch as it was hurting my coccyx with the hard launches! Round 1 was a bye which was lucky as I had the only hiccup of the weekend and it spun up off the launch, wierd. Round 2 was against Johnny Young on his Harley, he flew to a pb breakout and another 9.01 sorted that. Semi Final against Philip Pratt was a good race, I think I gave him a bit of a run for his money and crossed the line first but after dialing 8.90 and easing off before the line thought I had it! Unfortunately I ran a pb up to about 1000ft and broke out with 8.87 ! Well done to Phil for his great run . Loads of laughs and lots of great achievements by the bike racers there. Thanks to my team. Never eating a burger again! 6 Quote
et1170 Posted September 23, 2021 Author Posted September 23, 2021 Last round of the championship this weekend , learnt a lot about setting up the Kat this year , still making changes as we speak but got a much better handle on it now, next year I hope to be a lot more consistent. Lots of us fighting for second place. Good luck to everyone in with a shot , Paul Adams , Dave Grundy , Bill Marsh , Robbie Dobbie , Matt Jones , Justin Malton , Michael Gooding . Wont be changing my strategy so if anyone sees me asleep outside at 2 in the morning prod me and tell me to get to bed. Thanks to Jon Williams , the brains and mouth of our team , Carl Hester , the future etbike champ , Marie Hester , everything! Dave Forest and George Forest for continued support. Going to give it the beans as usual and try not to let you all down. God its easy going in a straight line! Big thanks to the gsx master Roger Upperton for giving me this beast! 3 Quote
et1170 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Posted April 9, 2022 Think we are ready for round 1 of the etbike championship at Santa Pod next weekend. Bit of final tinkering today. 7 Quote
et1170 Posted April 13, 2022 Author Posted April 13, 2022 Tight squeeze in the t5 but got em in. 5 Quote
et1170 Posted April 19, 2022 Author Posted April 19, 2022 Festival of power, Santa Pod. Qualified 6th of 16 with a 8.82 on an 8.80 dial in. Its looking tight this year! Ran an et personal best of 8.79 and a best 60 ft of 1.27 too so very happy with that. Got through round 1 running 8.83. In the last eight had a close race with Scott collier but missed out fractionally with an 8.86 on a 8.78 dial in. Happy with the 6 x eight second runs, very consistent and look good for the season. 6 Quote
et1170 Posted May 3, 2022 Author Posted May 3, 2022 Springspeed Nationals number 1 qualifier and event winner. Personal best 60ft time, et and speed 1.27, 8.73 at 150 mph. That doesn't happen every day! 6 Quote
et1170 Posted May 10, 2022 Author Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) 1st and 8th in UK Etbike Championship for C & G Racing winged hammers after round 2. Edited May 10, 2022 by et1170 Quote
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et1170 Posted July 2, 2022 Author Posted July 2, 2022 Set up ready for the Summer Nationals at Santa Pod 3 Quote
et1170 Posted July 9, 2023 Author Posted July 9, 2023 Great weekend racing with the old-school stockers. After a shakey start I managed to string a few 8 second runs together and ended up being runner up in a close race with Richard Peachey. Great fun! 6 Quote
et1170 Posted December 23, 2023 Author Posted December 23, 2023 Happy to be recognised! Havoc paint strikes again. Go to eurodragster.com and vote for your favourite. 5 Quote
R1guy Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 4 hours ago, et1170 said: Happy to be recognised! Havoc paint strikes again. Go to eurodragster.com and vote for your favourite. @Havoc Quote
Hacksawmad Posted March 5 Posted March 5 @et1170what are the entry fees to race in the et class at santa pod these days? Quote
et1170 Posted March 6 Author Posted March 6 8 hours ago, Hacksawmad said: @et1170what are the entry fees to race in the et class at santa pod these days? About £250 with electric! You get 4 full weekend entry tickets and 2 vehicle passes with that. Quote
Hacksawmad Posted March 6 Posted March 6 what do you get 2 qualifying run's then onto eliminations? Quote
et1170 Posted March 6 Author Posted March 6 50 minutes ago, Hacksawmad said: what do you get 2 qualifying run's then onto eliminations? 2 day events 4 qualifiers Saturday weather permitting, eliminations Sunday. 3 day events 6 or 7 qualifiers Friday and Saturday then eliminations Sunday. Quote
Hacksawmad Posted March 6 Posted March 6 (edited) that sound like a crack, may come up & take a looky looky over Easter weekend, have a good season Edited March 6 by Hacksawmad Quote
Hacksawmad Posted March 6 Posted March 6 1 hour ago, et1170 said: 2 day events 4 qualifiers Saturday weather permitting, eliminations Sunday. 3 day events 6 or 7 qualifiers Friday and Saturday then eliminations Sunday. How do you determine your et? Quote
et1170 Posted March 6 Author Posted March 6 3 hours ago, Hacksawmad said: How do you determine your et? You either know through experience or educated guess 1 Quote
Duckndive Posted March 6 Posted March 6 3 hours ago, Hacksawmad said: How do you determine your et? Easiest way is to do a few RWYBs at the pod to see how quick and consistent you are You can then make a plan .... and what you dial in at may be variable eg track conditions and also who's in the other lane for a particular round ... Did i mention sandbagging LoL ...... Quote
Hacksawmad Posted March 6 Posted March 6 5 hours ago, Duckndive said: Easiest way is to do a few RWYBs at the pod to see how quick and consistent you are You can then make a plan .... and what you dial in at may be variable eg track conditions and also who's in the other lane for a particular round ... Did i mention sandbagging LoL ...... a ha bit of the old skullduggery at play Quote
Duckndive Posted March 6 Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Hacksawmad said: a ha bit of the old skullduggery at play ET bike is all about being consistent " repeatability" and knowing your bike but like any class there is "sociology" Many years ago there was a Guy who ran a bog stock aged VW beetle in one of the ET Car brackets it ran 24 sec 1/4s and he was almost impossible to beat ... The class no longer exists in its old form and i think there is a time out on the ET clocks now ... Quote
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