Okay, we’re into part four of your guide to knowing most things about drag racing. If you just stumbled onto this, then we have some news concerning your wallet. Yes, feel free to increase NZV8’s coffers because back issues are available if you want to know what we’ve covered in the previous three editions. Everything from convincing buddies to come along, to driving through the gates, to knowing what a christmas tree does and reading your timeslip. Yes, over the past four months we’ve taken you from complete novice to “actually, I know that” when it comes to getting down a quarter-mile. Before we get into this issue’s tips and tricks there’s a number of questions we’ve fielded over the past few months that may need clarification. We’ve had comments from “too sciency” through to “can you expand on that?” So here goes. Notice the “Christmas tree” mentioned previously? Yes, it was one of the first comments we had regarded jargon and the use of imperial measurement.
If you follow rugby, slang fills that sport. Scrums or mauls would never be described as congregations. Neither would a hooker, a fly half, standoff, wing, or various other terms be changed to fulfil an ideology. So when
