ok my first pull is comin up here i normally run a automatic, put it in lowrange and 1st gear, i probly wont be runin with a auto this time around cause my truck just isnt ready so im just gonna pull the bone stock class with a different truck, the only thing i really know about pullin a manual transmission is not to rev it up to 6000 rpms and dump the clutch and drop a drive shaft as iv seen idiots do many times, other then that you guys have any pointers?

Try to roll it out to at least the 20'to 30' mark before you get on it hard .. let the tires try to hook to the track . but once you get on it stay on it till it stops going forward or breaks...

ShaZam

They had a class with no added weights, anything goes. I had, (probably) the most H.P. of anybody. I though I was gonna whoop up on everyone. Everybody else thought the same. All the other trucks were PURE stock. Old worn out oil field pickups. I think all of them were small blocks. One was even a 300 strait 6. There was a brand new Hummer. We got beat up on by everyone but the strait 6. I just can't figure it out.I had the tires aired down so much the sidewalls are tore up. We left two ruts in the track 6" deep for probably 175'. The Hummer with 20" Dubs and tires almost as smooth as a drag slick goes down the track pulling the sled like he was on a Sunday drive, never once slipped a tire.

Maybe the track was too soft for your amount of power...I got beat by an old International with street tires, and he never spun either????

You still gonna hit mitchell sat? maybe you will have better luck

With all my weights.

If you were digging 6" ruts for 175' then I'd think that hurt you as you were always digging out of a hole. Perhaps your tires were too aggressive for that track.

Lots of stuff from track to track - tire type, air pressure from front to back, sled type etc etc, weight bar in or out to max lenght, or even less weights,
On the ol drag sled it was tighten the chain and stand on it from the get-go so the tire dirt got under the pan instead o pilin up in front of it.
On the good sleds with selfpower, n air suspension etc, we would let er out about 30' or so just over the convertor, then slam it hard, again to keep the dirt where we wanted it - under the pan
On a hard clay track never mind the sled type we were 7200 rpm right off the pin
There aint nuthin like havin all four tires layin rubber n smokin for most of the run - yup hard clay will do that, lol
Spec-taters love it.
Then there are the sand type tracks where ya can never actually get on it full tilt.
Have ya never seen a puller walkin up n down the track diggin his toe into the track before the run?
Yah cant decide how to make the run till you know the track.
The short answer is ya need to know what yur truck can do on a given track surface and drive it accordingly.
And the best piece of advice I can give you - if it starts serious bounce - get outa it and lose - that extra few inches aint worth the expense of broken parts.
There is always another day......