So an afterthought of the Viper Nationals last weekend. . ..
I came back to the track on Sunday after the party and was working on packing myself and everyone else back up to head home. Next thing you know, a guy I met the previous year at the track shows up. His name is John and he had bought his silver RT about the same time as me the previous year and didn't make it out for the whole event because his car was "broke" this weekend (He said it was his clutch, yeah, join the club). Anyway, he said after running it for the first time last year at Norwalk stock/Corsa CB at 12.15 @ 115.2, he said he caught the bug. Since then, he has worked with TNT to build a fast fucking car. We didn't go through all his mods, but he is running a 300 shot of NOS and said his best time this year was on street tires (Pirellis) and went 9.69 @ 141 mph !! After seeing Ward run a 10.7 on street tires the day before, I thought I had seen the fastest street tire run ever. Well, John said he definitely plans on showing up next year and hopes to have his car in the 8's by then with a few more tweaks and some good drag radials or slicks.
Anyway, there was some discussion as to someone, somewhere to begin keeping an official record of Viper drag racing records according to set-up. Seems there will always be bickering about who can run in what class with certain mods and what not. For those who know me, there is no doubt I'm not the expert on how this should be set up, but I do think there should be a push for some sort of formal classes and record keeping. While Viper drags seem a small part of the overall Viper kingdom, the numbers still reflect torque and HP that we all can appreciate.
I would say for the most part that records would be set primarily during the 4-5 larger events each year with the big tuners participating (V10 nationals, Viper Nationals, etc), but a guy flying under the radar like my friend John who lays down a 9.69 on street tires on a random Friday night at his local track could get the record as long as his set-up was coraborated by a track official.
Just thinkin' out loud.
Discuss.
I came back to the track on Sunday after the party and was working on packing myself and everyone else back up to head home. Next thing you know, a guy I met the previous year at the track shows up. His name is John and he had bought his silver RT about the same time as me the previous year and didn't make it out for the whole event because his car was "broke" this weekend (He said it was his clutch, yeah, join the club). Anyway, he said after running it for the first time last year at Norwalk stock/Corsa CB at 12.15 @ 115.2, he said he caught the bug. Since then, he has worked with TNT to build a fast fucking car. We didn't go through all his mods, but he is running a 300 shot of NOS and said his best time this year was on street tires (Pirellis) and went 9.69 @ 141 mph !! After seeing Ward run a 10.7 on street tires the day before, I thought I had seen the fastest street tire run ever. Well, John said he definitely plans on showing up next year and hopes to have his car in the 8's by then with a few more tweaks and some good drag radials or slicks.
Anyway, there was some discussion as to someone, somewhere to begin keeping an official record of Viper drag racing records according to set-up. Seems there will always be bickering about who can run in what class with certain mods and what not. For those who know me, there is no doubt I'm not the expert on how this should be set up, but I do think there should be a push for some sort of formal classes and record keeping. While Viper drags seem a small part of the overall Viper kingdom, the numbers still reflect torque and HP that we all can appreciate.
I would say for the most part that records would be set primarily during the 4-5 larger events each year with the big tuners participating (V10 nationals, Viper Nationals, etc), but a guy flying under the radar like my friend John who lays down a 9.69 on street tires on a random Friday night at his local track could get the record as long as his set-up was coraborated by a track official.
Just thinkin' out loud.
Discuss.
Just what I wanted 
