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bigkountry · 07-31-2010, 01:55 PM

After you stage apply enough power (with your left foot on brake) to energize your suspension but not break the tires loose. This will most likely cause the rear of your truck to lift a little, but I had a truck once that would not lift at all..but it dead hooked off the line everytime. Never ran a trailing arm truck down the strip so I may be out of line on this one.

As was mentioned before, drive around the water box and do a small dry roast to clean the tires off and heat them up a bit.

Since you are a new guy at this, make sure your truck is not leaking ANYTHING, they will flag you for this and will not let you back on the track until it is fixed. Also, if you break..pull over close to the wall away from the track so you will not contaminate the track surface with oil, coolant, etc.
There is nothing worse than having to make a pass where someone just oiled the track down...plus it is hazardous to everyone running in that lane the rest of the day.

Are you going to run through the gears manually or do a "drive "run?

Im sure more seasoned racers will chime in...but most importantly, have fun. It is a rush like no other.

07-31-2010, 01:55 PM	#17
bigkountry Family Man Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Kentucky Posts: 80	Re: first drag race tips? After you stage apply enough power (with your left foot on brake) to energize your suspension but not break the tires loose. This will most likely cause the rear of your truck to lift a little, but I had a truck once that would not lift at all..but it dead hooked off the line everytime. Never ran a trailing arm truck down the strip so I may be out of line on this one. As was mentioned before, drive around the water box and do a small dry roast to clean the tires off and heat them up a bit. Since you are a new guy at this, make sure your truck is not leaking ANYTHING, they will flag you for this and will not let you back on the track until it is fixed. Also, if you break..pull over close to the wall away from the track so you will not contaminate the track surface with oil, coolant, etc. There is nothing worse than having to make a pass where someone just oiled the track down...plus it is hazardous to everyone running in that lane the rest of the day. Are you going to run through the gears manually or do a "drive "run? Im sure more seasoned racers will chime in...but most importantly, have fun. It is a rush like no other. Last edited by bigkountry; 07-31-2010 at 01:58 PM.