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LinearDyne ET Predictor With Computer For Sale

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Link: http://www.oldhippie.com/freeclassifiedads/showproduct.php/product/389

LinearDyne Performance ET Prediction Tool & Weather Station with Dell Notebook Computer.

A few years ago, the best weather station out there was the LinearDyne. It was invented by a pilot who was also a drag racer that had one of the earliest finite understandings of how the weather affected ETs in bracket and Index Racing. The below is what was on their web site.

“LinearDyne Performance has combined state of the art atmospheric data gathering equipment with precision mathematical modeling algorithms to create a system that will revolutionize the way bracket racing is done.”

In a nutshell, this system would sample the weather and use the database of previous runs for the car to predict what your car would run if the pass were to happen right then. If you were a bracket racer, you’d change the number; and if you were on an index the computer would tell you how much weight to add or take out. The system will also act ad a racer log by keeping track of the car’s passes, maintenance, notify you of upcoming maintenance, and you could track as many cars as you wanted without having to buy an additional license.

This system was virtually infallible to .01 second.

Sadly, it wasn’t promoted well and the company quickly went out of business. If you search on the Internet you will see quite a few posts of people looking to buy used LinearDyne systems — as they were that accurate. While a few companies have taken the ball and run with it on newer (and maybe a more “User-Friendly” interface to switch cars) versions costing $1000 for the first car — there are a lot of people who still prefer LinearDyne for its accuracy.

This sale comes with an older (but lightly used and loaded up for the time) Dell Inspirion 8100 Notebook with Windows, Office, and other applications (can’t find the notebooks manuals or programs disks), the LinearDyne application installed, the LinearDyne application CDs, and the LinearDyne weather sampler device. It is everything you need to do your weather station, ET Prediction, and racer log right now — plus a computer loaded up with applications.

I just fired it and everything works. I bought it new and only used it a few times — and frankly can’t remember how to use it well enough to give lessons, but I do remember it was easy to figure out and there are a ton of racers on bulletin boards that can answer any detailed questions.

please call Amanda 281-238-6900
location katy/richmond area

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Computer loaded up with applications other than the weather station makes this an even sweeter deal!

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Generator Courtesy In The Pits

I'm hoping I can get a couple of Amens here. I'm far from a tree hugging Greenie — but there are two types of generator courtesy problems in the pits that can be easily rectified.

The First is carbon-monoxide exhaust from the bigger rigs.

As the rigs coming to the track get bigger and bigger — so do the generators. I remember when a big generator for a 34' motorhome was a 4500 — but now the standard is the 12,500 Quiet Diesel that I have in my motorhome. Today we're powering three ac units, two big TVs, a toaster, coffee pot, two laptops, and a microwave all operating at the same time. Then there are the big trailers with their generators for the lift, ac, a dozen flood lights, air compressor, welder….


Two years in a row in Chicago, I've had a rig a couple of feet from my lawn chairs and cars pumping out a kabillion cubic feet of carbon-monoxide exhaust at my family, because the racer didn't have the courtesy of having a $107 generator exhaust pipe for his $500,000 rig. From the motorhome the exhaust is captured under the motorhome to the left's awning — killing the family in that pit with skull splitting headaches. The trailer generator exhaust pipe is pumping 3' from the car that we're working under or around.

People need too show a little courtesy and spring $122 at Camping World or $107 at Amazon.com for an exhaust pipe that pumps the exhaust 12' up to where the wind carries it out of their neighbor's pits. These things are so easy to install — that if you can't do it in ten minutes — you shouldn't be in a race car. If you have a motorhome and/or trailer with a mounted generator and don't have an exhaust pipe routing carbon monoxide out of your neighbors pits — you need to show some courtesy right now, click the above links, and order a pipe so you will have before you come to the next race.

The Second Problem is Noise.

While the newer rigs have $9000 Quiet Diesel generators that are pretty quiet — many of the teams operating out of a pickup and trailer have an old less expensive and worn out portable gas generator, which they set in the pit of their neighbor — making the enjoyment of their pits unbearable from high pitch rattling of 11HP B&S engine with worn out rings from running on a pint of ten year old oil.

There are some new generation 4-stroke portable generators which are 1/5 the size (a fat briefcase), burn less gas, and have 1/20 the noise that those racers should be considering. Honda, Yamaha, and Honeywell all make and excellent 2000 unit — and you can hook two together with a parallel cable if need be. Yes — many of us are on a budget and find it hard to justify spending money when the old rattle trap is still cranking out 6 Billion Db of noise — but the reduced storage, gas savings, lighter carry around weight, and whisper quietness make them well worth the upgrade. Consider regulating the rattlebox to emergency backup duty, and make your life and the life of others easier with upgrading the generator for the price of a quality fuel pump.

The pits are different places then they were years ago — with the generators growing because of the power needs growing. It is time that racers show some courtesy to their neighbor and spend a couple of bucks to make a four day weekend in the pits a little more pleasant — especially when it is already 100 degrees.

 

  • I think the track and racing organizations need to patrol the pits one time after everyone is set up — and give the warning to have an exhaust pipe on their generator the next time they show up — as it is really their responsibility to make the pits as safe and pleasant as possible.

  • Racers need to stop with just putting up with breathing the exhaust of generators all weekend — and tell the racer of how they're lack of courtesy is affecting your family's comfort.

  • I think that the racing magazines need to take a more proactive approach of informing those who haven't gotten it yet — and shaming the class of those who just don't care.

Can I get an Amen?

 

Memphis Track Update

Memphis NMCA

The NHRA track in Memphis was one of the best in the country — and one of my favorite places to race. I last raced there in a NMCA "Nats" event last October — and the track was closed and put up for sale right after the race. The below are photos of what happens to a track in 6 short months of no maintenance coupled with a storm.

 

Memphis Drag Strip less than a year after closing

Memphis Drag Strip less than a year after closing

Memphis Drag Strip less than a year after closing

 

2009 Evansville Invitational
NSS Saturday Night Shootout
(at Chandler Motorsports Park)

as reported by Bob Wilkiewicz


Roster
Car No./Car/ Driver

3054, 1963 Plymouth, Don Meece; 355X, 1963 Plymouth, Jeff Meece; 7022, 1964 Ford, Skip Koester; 2834, 1965 Dodge, Mike DeChicco; 3700, 1965 Dodge, Donnie Wilson; 7777, 1964 Plymouth, Doug Duell; Q361, 1965 Plymouth, Kurt TeVault; 2236, 1964 Dodge, Kevin Miller; 7066, 1966 Chevrolet, Kevin Gass,; 7251, 1965 Chevrolet, Bill White; 7063, 1965 Dodge, Marc Kuhn; 7092, Steve Wilson, 1965 Chevrolet; 7396, Richard Morris, 1965 Chevrolet; 5718, Jim Hagenhoff, 1965 Plymouth; 1274, Bob Durling, 1963 Plymouth; 7037, Terry Lamphier, 1964 Dodge; 7528, Clay Kossuth, 1963 Dodge; 7557, Rosie Kossuth, 1964 Dodge; 558D, Don Bruemmer, 1964 Plymouth; 7556, Bob Mosher, 1967 Ford; 7, Jim Netherland, 1967 Buick; A330, Tommy Sedlock, 1964 Plymouth; 8002, Khory Rideout, 1965 Plymouth; 1963, Stanley Rideout, 1963 Plymouth

Round One

L 7092 Wilson, S. (6.96) +.0699; 1.4672; 7.0489@91.34 win
R 3700 Wilson, D. (6.97) +.2041; 1.5219; 6.9508@98.50

L 7037 Lamphier (6.65) +.2970; 1.3530; 6.3651@104.14
R 355X Meece, J. (6.90) +.0768; 1.4981; 6.8543@99.97 win

L 5718 Hagenhoff (6.43) +.1069; 1.4110; 6.5172@100.43 win
R 2834 DeChicco (6.40) +.2382; 1.4028; 6.3917@107.62

L 7251 White (5.95) +.1639; 1.3641; 5.9640@115.07 win
R 558D Bruemmer (6.20) +.2209; 1.3440; 6.1720@110.83

L 7022 Koester (6.64) +.2059; 1.4991; 6.6511@104.38
R 7066 Gass (6.65) +.0358; 1.4351; 6.700@97.84 win

L 1274 Durling (7.02) +.0639; 1.5321; 6.9919@98.05
R 7396 Morris (7.05) +.0531; 1.5558; 7.0411@96.71 win

L 7528 Kossuth, C. (6.60) +.0761; 1.4499; 6.5918@103.41 win
R 7 Netherland (6.63) +.0920; 1.4028; 6.5821@102.49

L A330 Sedlock (6.31) +.1659; 1.4001; 6.4308@103.71 win
R 7557 Kossuth, R. (6.50) +.1810; 1.4208; 6.7630@102.98

L 1963 Rideout, S. (7.50) +.2400; 1.6070; 7.5350@90.55 win
R 8002 Rideout, K. (7.90) +.2032; 1.8676; 8.2517@83.78

L 2236 Miller (7.43) +.0668; 1.6161; 7.4780@91.45 win
R 3054 Meece, D. (7.14) -.0970; 1.5100; 7.1119@88.73 foul

L 7556 Mosher (7.05) +.1490; 1.7419; 7.3329@96.61 win
R 7063 Kuhn (7.21) +.1819; 1.5261; 7.1821@93.53

L Q361 TeVault (6.34) +.1140; 1.3959; 6.4270@102.04 win
R 7777 Duell (6.36) +.0910; 1.3738; 6.4779@94.14

Round Two

L 2236 Miller (7.43) +.1761; 1.6048; 7.4461@88.52 win
R 1963 Rideout, S. (7.50) +.1948; 1.6173; 7.5132@90.86

L A330 Sedlock (6.35) +.1621; 1.3968; 6.4189@105.88 win
R 7528 Kossuth, C. (6.59) +.2257; 1.4402; 6.5842@103.23

L 7251 White (5.95) +.0431; 1.3738; 5.9845@114.84 win
R 5718 Hagenhoff (6.42) +.0510; 1.4219; 6.4698@105.67

L 7396 Morris (7.03) +.0929; 1.5481; 7.061@97.56
R 7066 Gass (6.64) +.0970; 1.4510; 6.6618@102.31 win

L 7092 Wilson, S. (6.96) +.2059; 1.4791; 6.9960@97.67
R 355X Meece, J. (6.85) +.0171; 1.4858; 6.9378@92.98 win

L Q361 TeVault (6.35) +.0387; 1.3833; 6.4442@100.43 win
R 7556 Mosher (7.05) +.1450; 1.5230; 7.0359@97.23

Consolation

L 1274 Durling (6.97) +.0900; 1.5180; 7.0110@93.11 win
R 558D Bruemmer (6.15) +.2262; 1.3619; 6.1787@111.12

L 8002 Rideout, K. (8.10) +.2021; 1.7978; 7.9617@86.90 win
R 3700 Wilson, D. (6.94) LB3A; 1.5308; 6.9571@98.43 foul

L 2834 DeChicco (6.40) +.2991; 1.4048; 6.3860@107.35
R 7777 Duell (6.35) +.0991; 1.3739; 6.4268@96.59 win

L 7 Netherland (6.56) +.1649; 1.3992; 6.6592@89.64 win
R 3054 Meece, D. (7.00) +.2030; 1.5341; 7.0890@95.95

L 7557 Kossuth, R. (6.51) +.2078; 1.4270; 6.7462@103.37 bye

Event ended, rained out

8-Second NSS Cars Against Each Other

 

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This picture was taken during the first twin 8 second pass in NSS history !!! Crazy Larry's Blue Pontiac ran an 8.98 and Grinwald's  Elephant ran an 8.86. The race was on June 13th at Good Guys Indy.

 

NSS Potential On eBay

 

 

The Old Hippie has recently sold his home and shop, and needs to thin out his collection. This 60 Belvedere is a Super Sweet roller that would make a nice NSS car. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=290325354981

 

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