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There is something realy wrong with their timing equipment. Unless the installed an aircraft carrier style catapult launcher, I doubt you really pulled a .5 sec 60 foot time!
I also wouldn't read too much into the MPH. The only way you could be running low 15's at 81mph would be if you let off or hit the brakes before the line. If you didn't do that, I'd say it was also a timing screw up.
Great times though. It's too bad you don't know your real 60' times, they are a great way to tell how effective your launches are. With cooler weather, I think you could break into the 14's.
As for the tailgate, I've heard it explained that leaving the tailgate up creates less drag then putting it down. The theory is the the air in the bed is fairly stationary, with relation to the air around the truck. At speed, turbulent air bounces off the stationary air, kind of like an invisible tonnue cover. I guess it would be fairly easy to confirm or refute. Maybe tape some streamers on the insides of the bed and go for a ride. See what they do with the tailgate up and down.
Jason K.
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