Drag race - Kirkham 65 side-oiler vs Ferrari 458 italia

[CoolCarl]

Silverback,

Maybe they are just saying billboards aren't good for 1/4 mile drag racing. Perhaps they are good for other application besides dragging.

[Mdman352]

Folks,
First and foremost thank you to Tommy Goldstein from the Capitol Area Cobra Club for his generous offer to allow us to run our cars on his dime. A real gentleman. Videos are in HD, use the highest setting on your player.
Now.....
Let it be said, the Ferrari is wicked, putting in pass after pass in the low 11's, in automatic mode. That thing is bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZAY2eL9A2o

After too many passes to count the smackdown started.....(note the dark coloration at the rear of Blitz's pants. In addition, late in the video, he is seen rumaging through the trash can for time slips to destroy).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30APs..._order&list=UL

More smackdown with Blitz showing his underbelly.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84-j...=22&playnext=1

Two CACC small block cars, one a 406 Autocross/road race car on street tires got a 12 flat and the other a 427 Roush small block cracked off a 12.2. Impressive boys.
On the negitive side my BB with drag radials launched great but then lunched the clutch.

Thanks again to Tommy Goldstein for his generosity.

I don't care what tire Blitz uses, bet the Ferrari to take all 3.

[Excaliber]

Bill Boards and Avon's are great all around tires, but they aint drag race tires. Therefore, not matter which one, "they suck" for the purposes of this race.

[dcdoug]

Originally Posted by tommygold

All -- just so you know, this is the tone Dan and I take in all our exchanges. Picking somewhere to eat would be much harsher than this one. It wasn't us trying to verbally kill each other.

SB51 -- I think there's some confusion about what Dan's tires actually are. He has some kind of slick that says (I think) "Goodyear Eagle" on them. But he says they aren't BBs.

There are Goodyear vintage ROAD racing slicks for Cobras that are similar in appearance to Billboards. http://rogerkrausracing.com/pages/pricing.html

Click on "Cobra cat". Not sure if this link will work: http://rogerkrausracing.com/racetire...ra+2011cat.pdf

I just watched the vids. I think I've had more commotion driving the cobra to breakfast on Sat AMs!

[dcdoug]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I'm feeling very good about my original vote of "The 458 Italia is unbeatable, wins all 3 "

I feel pretty good about mine:

"The 458 Italia is beatable, but the Cobra's driver isn't good enough, so it loses all 3"

[blitzforce]

Ok just finalized bet with Tom at poker game. I'm sticking with my current Goodyear grooved road course slicks and Tom is gonna spot me .2 seconds on each of the 3 passes, I just have to win one still. March 8 Vegas speedway, I gotta start practicing

[RodKnock]

An empty track to use. That's got to be heaven.

You're a good man, Tommy.

[Jamo]

Here is the original poll as of February 15...

The 458 Italia is unbeatable, wins all 3 22 17.32%

The 458 Italia is beatable, and loses 1 37 29.13%

The 458 Italia is beatable, and loses 2 or 3 14 11.02%

The 458 Italia is beatable, but the Cobra's driver isn't good enough, so it loses all 3 31 24.41%

The Italia's driver messes up, so it loses at least 1 23 18.11%

Voters: 127. This poll is closed

[mickmate]

I count about 6 seconds between the green and him leaving. Sandbagging his RT??

[Jamo]

Go to the new Continuation thread: NEW THREAD

[Jamo]

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