Any higher and you really have to drag the clutch to keep from lifting the front tire too high. Feet should be stretched out behind you as far as possible. Lean as far forward as possible over that tank. Before you light the second light on the tree, get in position. You have done this in a car so I assume you are familiar with the lights. ![]() Sometimes I release the brake a bit and do a sort of rolling burnout. A nice smokey one will tell you the tire is hot. Then grab a heap of front brake, pop the clutch and smoke the tire for a burn out. Try to keep that front tire dry as possible. When you are ready to roll up, try to roll around the water boxes, and then back into them. You really can't expect to be running great there, since it is a parking lot.įirst important thing to remember is drag racing put serious heat in the clutch so don't make to many passes in a row. I've done the Race legal nites at Qualcomm. I always get butterflies in the stomach after not racing for awhile, so I'd rather eliminate some of the surprises beforehand. I can practice some of this on the culdesac at work, it's a dead end 4-lane road. What about foot position? I presume I want to keep my weight forward to keep the front end down, but is that going to sacrifice too much rear traction? What's your burnout technique? Do you go through the waterbox?ĭo you guys use the clutch on any of the shifts? They sometimes put VHT down, but they're really amateurs, it's a glorified parking lot really. My tires are Michelin dual compounds, so not very sticky, and the track isn't all that sticky either. I assume I'll be trapping up around 100mph, I don't even know what gear that puts me in. So, I'm interested in anything specific to the bike. I've never really tried to see what I could get out of the bike or even lifted the front tire or done a burnout. I've been there many times in my car, and am very familiar with how they run the show, but never on my bike. Racers will christen the new facility on May 17 with the first scheduled event on the fresh new racing surface.I'm considering heading down to the local 1/8th mile dragstrip just for fun. The King of the North is slated to open this spring, with a full calendar of events from May to October awaiting competitors in the Ontario region and even those in the Northern and Northeastern United States. ![]() “These tourists could potentially vacation in the area, hopefully explore the great things there is to do and could possibly relocate their business and live here.” Jeff McGirr, the economic development officer for the Mattawa-Bonfield Economic Development Corporation, believes the benefits of the facility in regards to economic development and tourism, with the opportunity to draw in upwards of 60,000 people throughout the racing season are outstanding. “There’s been so much money invested that I have to make sure there are 3,000 people in the stands.” Most Northern tracks are temporary and offer volunteer run events like what was done at the (Jack Garland) North Bay Airport, Earlton and Kirkland Lake,” Dell said. According to project manager Allan Dell, the response to the opening of the new facility has been “overwhelming.” Like one of Canada’s other premier tracks, the Grand Bend Motorplex in Grand Bend, Ontario, King of the North is situated in a resort area with plenty of tourism and scenery.Īccording to North Bay media outlet nugget.ca, final construction is underway on the pita area and grandstands, along with installation of the timing system, which is expected to be finished soon. King of the North is an IHRA member 1/4-mile track built on 200 acres about four hours north of Toronto. Reader Glenn Taylor sent us a tip on on Ontario’s new dragstrip, The King of the North Dragway in the town of Bonfield, which has been a long-term project in the province and recently unveiled the schedule for its inaugural racing season. The United States may be the world epicenter of drag racing, but our neighbors to the north in Canada have always taken their drag racing pretty seriously, and so it’s understandable why racers in the eastern Canada province of Ontario are pretty pumped to finally have a new dragstrip to call their own.
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