Videos from Midnight Mayhem

[Dmaup]

Last friday a few of us got together and went to Cordova Dragway park for Midnight Mayhem. The place was empty. $20 and I got 10 passes in and could of had 20 if I wanted.

The first video is of me vs Chicken, which happend to be my new personal best, The car is basically stock.

60' ... 2.259
330 ... 6.442
1/8 ... 9.900
MPH ... 71.78
1000 ... 12.821
1/4 ... 15.265
Mph ... 91.66

YouTube - Mark VIII vs Mark VIII

The second is of Me vs K9t8M, Traction sucked and He destoryed me

YouTube - 97 Mark VIII vs 96 Mark VIII

The final video is of me vs a 99-04 Mustang V6 I thought in the staging lanes it was a V8 and didnt want to run it cause I dont like losing...Imagine my suprise when I kicked its ass.

YouTube - 97 Mark VIII vs Mustang

Overall I was happy with the night and can't wait to do a few things over the winter and get back out there next year.

 

[kustomizingkid]

Looks like a good time!

I can't wait to get to the track in my car...

 

[Dmaup]

I had a great time. This only my second time and I dropped my time by .5 from the first time.

 

[kustomizingkid]

Hell ya dude....

haven't seen you around here at all lately... hell I think the beach meet was the last time I talked to you... I've got a Mark now

 

[pepperman]

Cool vids, what happened to the second vid it says no longer available?

 

[02LSE96LSC91SE84TC]

Wish I could of made it.

Did you smoke the chicken?

 

[Dmaup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyg8GjPvrtEIdk what happened to the second one, I can watch it on youtube

Maybe it will work in a bit I just uploaded it.

 

[Dmaup]

Wish I could of made it.

Did you smoke the chicken?

Slip says I got him by .6897

 

[02LSE96LSC91SE84TC]

Slip says I got him by .6897

LOL. You spanked the chicken.

 

[Dmaup]

Here are some pictures that I had too.

 

[k9t8m]

Im on youtube! I will sign autographs later. I actually look fast in that video. Thanks for posting Derek.

 

[chicken]

LOL. You spanked the chicken.

yup i spun like hell, track wasn't preped for sh1t and it was really cold, after that i started doing a burnout just to heat my tires up so i wouldnt spin through 1st. did hit a new best, 94 mph (just not that run)

i got some pics too just gotta get them from the camera and clean them up

 

[02LSE96LSC91SE84TC]

I hate a slick track. Looks like you got the lite thou...

 

[turborich]

Cool vids, what happened to the second vid it says no longer available?

Where have you been? Haven't seen you post here in a while, your post count sure is high!

 

[pepperman]

Where have you been? Haven't seen you post here in a while, your post count sure is high!

Aw turborich i have been around just not posting much, my post count could be doubled what it is now if i wanted it to be that way. Oh second vid works

 

[chicken]

yup 2nd vid is workin..........."oh derick" lolol gotta love the random background chatter, listen around the 10 sec mark the wife says "kick his ass" and i did!
MySpaceTV Videos: markviii at byron by chicken

 

[pepperman]

Excellent runs down the strip chicken, i thought i saw feathers falling off your car.

 

[Dmaup]

I hate a slick track. Looks like you got the lite thou...

Yeah I had a horriable light.....I can't get used to that instant green. He kept holding the light differnt times.

 

[Dmaup]

yup 2nd vid is workin..........."oh derick" lolol gotta love the random background chatter, listen around the 10 sec mark the wife says "kick his ass" and i did!

Yeah, it's like she forgot it recored sound too. Listen to the one of the mustang you can here an oh! and some other stuff about me beating him.

 

[lincoln_lurker]

yeah, i heard mine in the background too talking about how you actually got traction on that run, haha

 

[XLRVIII]

Yeah I had a horriable light.....I can't get used to that instant green. He kept holding the light differnt times.

Instant green can be a PITA.

try this next time.

prestage the car, stage the car then turn your head and look at the starters hand.

I've had to look in my side view window to see the starter you can watch his hand flinch when he presses the button, hit the gas when you see him flinch and you'll do ok.

Disclaimer, its a very hard thing to do.. "punch the gas while your head is turned"
BE SURE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT!

I did that at a little "podunk" track out in the woods.
The starter had "no consistancy" or ryhme or reason to "when" he'd hit the switch.
sometimes both cars would be staged.. UP on the covertor and the guy would be talking/looking at one of the other guys on the starting line.

Finally I started watching HIM, rather than the tree.
After about 5-6 passes both him and the people around the starting line noticed me "stage and look away"..

One time the starter held his hands out in a "WTF" kinda motion, and I made a "press the button" motion and launched the car when I saw him do it.
I think THAT is when he figured out what I was doing.

..it was a riot.

luckily he wasn't a smart ass and "faked me out" with a false hand jerk!

 

[XLRVIII]

that's an old "throw back" to the flag man days, before there were "christmas trees".

The good drivers wouldn't watch the flag, they watched the flagmans elbow.
there is a tendon that moves BEFORE your arm can move.
So they'd just "stare into the crook of his arm" and "watch for the flinch".

 

[chicken]

yeah, i heard mine in the background too talking about how you actually got traction on that run, haha

figures he gets traction on that run lol