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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 06:28 AM
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plan on going to a track this friday night to see what my fat pig will run and was wondering if you guys had any tips for someone who is racing for the first time.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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turn off your ac while waiting in line to stage up. they will chew your butt out
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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AVOID the water box go around that an with tires your size traction shouldnt be much of a problem. As soon as the last yellow starts to glow GO!! dont wait for green your R/T will suck you can beat faster cars by cuttin a better tree. use a little bit of stall enough to not break traction you dont want to spin off the line it will give you higher mph but slower et. Have fun!
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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Make sure you put the front tires in the staging lights and not the rear tires.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by quicksilverado
Make sure you put the front tires in the staging lights and not the rear tires.
haha i did that once. i was soooo happy with my times, but when i got back to the pits my buddies bursted my bubble

you should have zero traction problems with the z71 so skip the waterbox and burnout and run it in 4 high.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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with the staging lanes do you just get in one and go through it till you get to the front and then a official tells you were to go thats the only thing i'm not real sure about.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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yep. and if your uncomfortable with your first few runs, just tell the official and he will let you do a few solo runs.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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Watch a few others 1st. That way you will have an idea as to what is going on.
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How did you do?
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How did you do?
He's not going til tonight.
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