Time to quit avoiding this section

[manifoldsrme]

My name is Brian and I am restoring my 1990 TGP. I have not taken it down the strip and I have no real intention of doing so. Drag racing a FWD car just seems................ counter productive to the laws of physics.  :icon_confused:

So why am I posting here? Because I am very familiar with bracket racing. I love it. I have been doing it for 24 years and 16 of them were religiously without missing a single race. Every weekend I was running for points in the NHRA sanctioned pro class. In my tenth year I was fortunate enough to put together a season to remember and made 6 finals winning 4 of them to win the track championship at Rocky Mountain Raceways.

Where I live currently it is a 1 1/2 hour drive to the nearest track, so I only get to go a couple times a year. I currently race at Lebanon Valley, NY when I get a chance. I have won a few Wednesday night street races the last couple years, and last May I was fortunate enough to win Hemmings Musclepalooza XI for my bracket. That was awesome! Anyway, thought I would finally post in here and below are some pics of my trophies and a video of one of my Wednesday night wins in my bone stock 1985 IROC.  :icon_cool:











The first 3 runs are time trials, then it's eliminations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P6Lt5j7KhU

[Fred931]

15+ sec runs? It doesn't matter if McLaren broke physics and created a wormhole somewhere, a TGP with a chip beats those kinds of runs fairly easily.

Don't let the man (Issac Newton) keep you down. We aren't a part of his system.  :laugh:

[manifoldsrme]

It's bracket racing. It's all about consistency! As I said, this is just fun times now. When I was serious I had a dedicated race car and a trailer. 1980 z28 with a supercharged 406 sbc running 11.60's.

I could care less about having a fast car anymore. Yawn. I'm not as young as most on here and have done everything speed wise many times over that you guys are currently trying to do.   :icon_razz:

[Fred931]

It's bracket racing. It's all about consistency!

Well, I prefer storming up Pikes Peak virtually and dying to death 100 times until I beat the IRL record by more than a minute, rather than just make it up in one try.

[manifoldsrme]

To each their own. I prefer getting in a real car, cutting real lights and deciding if I have to dump my competitor at the line to win a real race. No video game has ever given me anything close to the satisfaction that going 6 rounds for a win has. I enjoy the competition. I really don't care about the car so much or it's speed. The car is just a tool used to compete.

Maybe someday when I get my tgp running top notch I may take it down the strip. Maybe.

[killinprixs]

i KNEW that was Lebanon Valley... im like 25 minutes from there!  Should meet up there next spring!

[killinprixs]

Also people, if you arent dropping your front tire pressure down significantly, your TGP will just spin.  Run about 33-35 driving around, get to the track, drop down to about 15 and it will hook, i dont car what turbo you're running.

[manifoldsrme]

Alright. I am definitely going back for Musclepalooza next year and I always make a few other races a year.

[GPChief]

Nice trophies, sounds like a passionate hobby.  Thanks for sharing.

[pontiac6ksteawd]

TGP's arent bad at the track. Lighten em up, stickey tires on front, skinney tires on back, a chip, bigger injectors, an exhaust dump, and you have quite a good start.

I miss my 89 Camaro RS, I still have my 69 Camaro. But I just need a diferent type of speed. I am thinking about getting into Auto X, or maybe some kind of rally. Precision driving is what I want to get into now.

[flybynite]

Thanks for sharing that with us Brian. Although I have never done any bracket racing I do enjoy taking my 3rd gen down the track.   :icon_twisted:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ampmotorsportsracing#p/a/u/0/4kEAtBKv3pg