building a slot track setup for newbie

Like the S10, my current driver is an S10.
My son used to drive an S10 with a 350 in it.
I am still a boy at heart.
My toys just got more expensive.
Here are a couple of shots of the Beretta I used to race sitting in that nice 1200 sq. ft. garage in Fla. That's the only thing I miss about Fla.
All fiberglass body, full chrome moly chassis, all aluminum 632. The last photo is of a time slip for
the 1/8th mile. 4.77 seconds @ 152.9 mph. It would make the newest Corvette/Ferrari/Superbike look like
they were towing a boat.



That car had a 60' time of 1.07 seconds. The little cars we race would murder
it in a 60' race.

 Junior dragsters are very popular. Reaction time is not important there since they use the blinker tree.

It requires good timing but not reaction time.

 I used to have a female friend who I raced against in the pro mod. She would get me on the tree at times.

My car was a little quicker however. One night we lined up and I went up in smoke right on the line, unfortunately

for her her car died on the line.

 She wrecked at near 200mph survived without much injury but never drove again.

It is hard to describe the feeling of nutty acceleration to someone.
I let my son take it down the track once even though he did not have a racing license and it pulled his leg right off the accelerator when he left the line.
I did everything myself on the car as far as motor building and everything else on the car except the tranny. Had a guy who did my glides for many years with few problems so I stuck with him. Still cost about a thousand a month to run once a month plus one test and tune session. Car cost about 60K but for a car like that it was a budget car. Then you still need a tow vehicle, trailer, quad runner to move it back on the return road + winch, tools etc.
Had to freshen the glide every 25-50 or so passes as it would eat clutches pretty good.
Will never forget the memories of racing and don't regret it one bit.

Never went out of Fla. with it. I don't know where the car is now. I sold it to a guy in Texas who wrecked it twice. After the second time I never heard from him.
 

My full size drag racing days are over, retired now can't afford it anymore.
We have about 4 drag strips within an hour of where I live. Only went to one of
them since I moved to Tennessee.
I may be nuts but I am not going 150 in a Dune Buggy!!!
I remember those light poles going by at 150+ in the drag car, that was enough.

If you get a chance to stay at the finish line at a drag strip and listen to those cars

come at you. My son who was driving the tow vehicle down the return road said

they sounded absolutely viscous coming at you at those speeds.