Hi I am Dave Martin from Medford, Oregon. Some of my friends that are Drag Racers would like to try out for Pinks All Out, but we just can not seem to find a schedule of when and where that you are going to be. We found out about the race at Infeneon Raceway in Sonoma, California on September 6, 2008. So I called them and we were already to late to register. They already had their quota plus 50. So would you please tell us or send us a schedule of where and when you are going to be so we can get registered in time to try out.
Thank You
Dave Martin

541-840-0059
Grape Ape Drag Racing

how come the game doesn't work

I would like to know as well because myself and several buddies would like to make the trip.

My car should be right in the mix but it's an underdog. Low buck Nova that has run 10.01 so far and should be in the 9's first time out for TNT at Bremerton, March 21st (5 weeks away). Just a 355 SBC, no trans brake and a medium shot of giggle juice.

Already beat a guy for heads up race to benefit Children's Hospital at the Halloween Bash at Seattle's Pacific raceway in October. Fancy full tube chassis 67 chevelle racecar against my low buck street bruiser nova. My 10.01 to his 10.02. Got him by about 3 feet at the line. Funnest run I've ever had.

A drag race is an acceleration contest, on a track, or dragstrip, that begins from a standing start between two vehicles over a measured distance. A drag racing event is a series of such two-vehicle, tournament-style eliminations. The losing racer in each contest is eliminated, and the winning racers progress until one remains.

These contests are started by means of an electronic device commonly called a Christmas Tree because of its multicolored starting lights. On each side of the Tree are seven lights: two small amber lights at the top of the fixture, followed in descending order by three larger LED lights, a green bulb, and a red bulb.

Two light beams cross the starting-line area and connect to trackside photocells, which are wired to the Christmas Tree and electronic timers in the control tower. When the front tires of a vehicle break the first light beam, called the pre-stage beam, the pre-stage light on the Christmas Tree indicates that the racer is approximately seven inches from the starting line.

When the racer rolls forward into the stage beam, the front tires are positioned exactly on the starting line and the stage bulb is lit on the Tree, which indicates that the vehicle is ready to race. When both vehicles are fully staged, the starter will activate the Tree, and each racer will focus on the three large amber lights on his or her side of the Tree.

Depending on the type of racing, all three large amber lights will flash simultaneously, followed four-tenths of a second later by the green light (called a Pro Tree), or the three bulbs will flash consecutively five-tenths of a second apart, followed five-tenths later by the green light (called a Sportsman, or full, Tree).