A sidewinder post

[PAUL PRICE]

Where did it go ? One min I was reading it , next it was gone! MAGIC

[guedo499]

All I'm saying is that in 9 years when my kid starts racing J, I hope it is with a Sidewinder. With a starter.



'Merica.

[G Stillwill]

It was taken down to much imformation was revealed I guess showing no reason to make any rule changes and just ignored.

[kev29p]

How many Sidewinder A motors have been sold?

[G Stillwill]

There are 19 A motors in the field

[G Stillwill]

Real data showing exact times Sidewinder vs OMC under race conditions

Lap times from bakersfield:

Bakersfield, CA ASH Saturday (winternationals) 3-2-13 (overall top 12)
Driver # (engine) Heat 1 Heat 2
1. 84C (sidewinder) 3.25.24 3.28.71
2. 18C (OMC) 3.48.31 3.42.66
3. 1C (OMC) 3.38.54 3.57.03
4. 42C (OMC) BG- no time 3.35.38
5. 126C (OMC) 3.50.91 3.49.89
6. 71C (OMC) BG-no time 3.47.28
7. 55U (OMC) BG- no time 3.48.83
8. 9C (OMC) BG- no time 3.59.36
9. 70C (OMC) BG- no time 4.15.37
10. 60C (OMC) BG- no time 4.16.71
11. 29C (OMC) BG- no time 4.55.56
12. 196C (OMC) DNS DNS

Bakersfield, CA ASH Sunday 3-3-13 (not overall, mixed up results, but 84C winner)
Driver# (engine) Heat 1 Heat 2
1. 84C (OMC) 2.14.81 3.28.19
2. 70C (OMC) 2.19.40 DNF
3. 55U (OMC) 2.22.60 DNF
4. 18C (OMC) 2.25.21 3.41.54
5. 1C (OMC) 2.26.77 3.44.34
6. 42C (OMC) 2.28.46 BG-3.35.29
7. 60C (OMC) 2.30.44 BG-3.49.11
8. 71C (OMC) 2.33.06 3.45.64
9. 9C (OMC) 2.41.24 3.54.43
10. 196C (OMC) 2.48.37 4.28.93
11. 29C (OMC) DNF 4.10.64

[kev29p]

How many active A rigs are there in the country? 19 Sidewinders out there already sounds like a great start. What is the delivery time if I were to order one tomorrow?

[G Stillwill]

Took me two weeks to get my one and two and a half weeks to get the other one Kev

[ram95]

Ohhh man.... we gotta fix this s--t right now! All those "C" boats... somebody needs to tell those morons that they need to junk that OMC engine right now and sell the gearfoots to all the future J drivers who are buying the Merc 15's.

I mean, this here is the Winternationals! Did something strange happen at the CA border where all the other Region A boats were prevented from entering the Mutha Load Land?

Somebody needs to get the word out that the OMC A engine is obsolete. Talk to yer local politician and explain that until we get a subsidy to pay all the OMC owners to retire those freaking antiques, that the OMC owners are going to continue to run them.

Somebody give Senator Kerry a call huh!! i mean, if we (you and me taxpayers) can have 6 million of our bucks given to Egypt for their bra-removal initiative..... we can certainly afford to help our A boats.

[kev29p]

Thanks for the info George.

[blueskyracer]

Where did it go ? One min I was reading it , next it was gone! MAGIC

Mr Brewster started the post and he take it away.. That goes for anyone if you start a thread and dont like where it is going you can delete your first post and it all goes bye bye

[Matt Dagostino]

Hard Data

Real data showing exact times Sidewinder vs OMC under race conditions

Lap times from bakersfield:

Interesting HARD DATA from Bakersfield.............looks like the 84-C Sidewinder and 84-C OMC ran basically the same lap times. Actually if the water was 'calmer' on Saturday as was indicated by Commissioner Bahl then the OMC actually may have been a tick faster in final analysis.

Before the Sidewinder got dropped to 1 3/4" it would have been nice to have test data gathered to see the effect this will have.........at Tabor City in 3 weeks Team Stillwill will be doing just that. Hopefully that info will be analyzied by the Parity Committee to help make informed decisions in the future??

[Jeff Brewster 59s]

thanks

Mr Brewster started the post and he take it away.. That goes for anyone if you start a thread and dont like where it is going you can delete your first post and it all goes bye bye

Thank you Mike, you are correct. I also believe in the freedom of speech. (including our trailer box protectors) When we have members insulting each other, that is when a thread needs pulled in my opinion. It is detrimental to our racing family and our sport.

I apologize to Mr. Price. I did not intend to pull it down while anyone was reading the mudslinging.

Jeff

[Rex Hall]

Did the 84-C really run a sidewinder on Saturday and an OMC on Sunday? How can the first heat time be 2.14.81 and the second heat be 3.28.71? That is a lot of difference or a misprint.

[treadguy]

Timing issue............

The clock messed up during the fast time by a minute.