73 replies to this topic

[old school]

just wondering how will be at koth this year hope i will be as big if not bigger then last year

[Benson93]

? Been loosing a bit of weight there buddy

Im Sure it will be just as big as last year, has been a fair few to the street meets off late. So a bit of prize money will no doubt bring them all out

[old school]

what do u mean bu loosing a bit of weight?

[Benson93]

You wrote "Hope i will be as big as if not bigger than last year" Just a small joke on your wording

[Sivart]

Dont think I'll have a transmission in mine by nov, might miss it this year. Summernats is more important

[fritter]

new to townsville so dare i ask....................KOTH?????

[Benson93]

^^Hi mate, had a quick chat to you at the hill climb on Sunday (Ben).. KOTH = King of the Hill, a drag racing meet. why called King of the Hill ???? not sure. Would be a good meet to take the GTR out for.

[old school]

i realy wanted to run the hr this year but i dont think it will be hear yet

[meanstreak racing team]

hr man, on Oct 4 2006, 09:21 PM, said:

i realy wanted to run the hr this year but i dont think it will be hear yet

Don't worry Deano keep saving your dollars, any ways Dingo still needs your help when he's down there racing.

[Pedro01]

Ok
A noob question but I have no idea how the dial in times etc work

like how do you win king of the hill ?????

[meanstreak racing team]

Dial your own racing is a handicap system where you nominate the time you think it wil take your car to get to the other end. First accross the line on the safe side of your dial in wins. In the event of a dual break out closest to the dial in wins. You normally get 3 qualifying passes at a major event so as to guage what or how your car is running from there you can make your estimate. Racing is normally eliminations who ever wins all of the eliminations progresses on to the finals etc. There are a few other little rules in there but thats the basics.

[Pedro01]

safe side ???

Faster or slower then the nominated times??

[tlk2vhand]

Safe Side is spot on your dial in or slower. If you go quicker, than its called a breakout and you lose, unless your opponent also breaks out. Then the winner is whoever broke out by the least amount. Also there is first or worst rule. Whoever commits the rule infrigement first or whoever commits the worst. Crossing centre line or boundary lines on side of track is considered to be the worst. So if you redlight at the beginning of a race and your opponent crosses the centreline then you are reinstated as the winner.

King of the Hill used to be run on eliminations-That is if you lose the race then pack up, put it on the trailer and become a spectator for the rest of the night. But for the last 10 years or so that i can remeber it has run on Shootout. Shootout is everyone runs the however many rounds there are(usually 3) You get points for a win and points for a lose. The top pointscorers go into the finals. If there is more than 2 contenders then a count back is done over all rounds to see who has run closest to there dial in without breaking out.

The secret is knowing your car and your reactions, do the same thing round after round, and run consistently on your dial in. In the past i have missed out on getting into the finals by 1000th of a second.

[Pedro01]

Sweet when is it and how do I go about having some fun

Is it the same as always
long sleeves, long pants ,helmet and a knowledge of which one is the gas pedal ???

Edited by Pedro01, 05 October 2006 - 05:58 PM.

[tlk2vhand]

I would suggest getting to the street meets. Get plenty of practice at the startline and get to know exactly what your car/bike will do. There is a drag meeting in two weeks. Have a go then, so your, a bit in the know before tackling King of the Hill. Usually all the streeters come out of the woodwork for that meeting, alot of once a year racers. Get on to the dragstrips web site or ring them 07 47796879 for details.

[fenix]

King of the hill has an extra round (4). The bracket is split into 4, the top pointscorer of each,go into semi finals to get the two finalist. Last year there was 50 in the one bracket. Good racing. Heaps of fun.

Edited by fenix2good, 05 October 2006 - 06:15 PM.

[old school]

after a year of pitt crewing for dpr the round i have like the best was koth. was it a jet bike that was there last year or was that a differnt meet

[fenix]

hr man, on Oct 6 2006, 02:16 PM, said:

after a year of pitt crewing for dpr the round i have like the best was koth. was it a jet bike that was there last year or was that a differnt meet

yeah Ron Laycock had his jet bike out there at KOTH last year. Also did a car burn with it.

[RH9]

wat dates at KOTH?

[fenix]

november 11