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Topic: Anyone here use "stripe takers"?
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 11-21-2002 08:04 PM
   
You know a peice hanging under the front bumper 3+" off the ground to trip the beams at the stripe? SteveW
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-21-2002 08:16 PM
Not legal for us unless you have a 82-2002 Craparo Z-28 or Fireturd Steve! 
Been a huge source of pain for me superstock racing those cars and watching them burp me on the other end and taking the stripe in VERY close races.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 11-21-2002 08:31 PM
Yeah Alex,Them and the rails for us in Brackets.
I've been thinking about it and drr has a big thread on them so I was wondering if our Ford racers use 'em and how they work. I could put an air dam on the '66 and reduce the drag too.  SteveW
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1210
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-22-2002 02:39 AM
As I understand it, the finish line lights are located a couple of inches higher up than the staging beams. I wish NHRA would lower the top end lights to the same height as the starting line. If you stage with your front tires, you should also break the finish line beams with your tires too! As Alex mentioned, several late model cars have huge front overhang, & combined with a low spoiler, many are stopping the clocks with the spoiler, with a tap of the brake pedal. Considering that most guys try to line up their opponents front tire at the finish line, this can be very misleading. SAme thing with some of these S/G, S/Comp roadsters with a bogus front bumper sticking out 2 feet in front of the tires. total B.S. in my opinion.------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker under construction, 302 5 speed
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 780
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 11-22-2002 07:32 AM
WoW, I didn't know that.... it's just not right and I don't understand why something has not been done about it.
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 4538
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 11-22-2002 09:04 AM
They are legal on bracket cars, if they are fixed, and not movable. I have seen some guys put a "tow hook" out there, and it acts just like a strip taker. Personally, since it's legal, I dont care one way or the other. I dont have one, and until I get a roadster, I wont ever have one.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 11-22-2002 01:49 PM
I think they look "dorky". But it pays to notice whether or not the other guy is capable of "burping" you at the stripe. SteveW
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