Sunshine last night
09-20-2009, 10:17 AM
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Sunshine last night Just wondering if anyone else from on here was out there last night. I had 7 runs in three hours, could have had more if I went from the tree lane to the arm drop lane in a never ending cycle but I decided to be semi-nice to my poor car.
Sunshine was the first track I ever ran on, over three years ago. Awhile back there was a thread on tracks or something, I'll tell you this. I had a good time, but I didn't nearly have as much fun as I would have on a 1/4 track. I guess I like running my car out and not crossing the traps only halfway through third.
Sunshine was the first track I ever ran on, over three years ago. Awhile back there was a thread on tracks or something, I'll tell you this. I had a good time, but I didn't nearly have as much fun as I would have on a 1/4 track. I guess I like running my car out and not crossing the traps only halfway through third.
09-22-2009, 11:11 AM
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Ah, the curse of 1/8 mile tracks. Sunshine hooked good for me in my only visit back in 2004, and as mentioned it does suck it's 1/8 mile. Maybe hit Bradenton next time if you want the full experience?
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09-22-2009, 01:06 PM
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Yeah I've been to Bradenton on a Runday Sunday before. I usually go out to Orlando. Haven't ran at Gainesville yet.
Oh yeah forget hooking, they weren't even prepping the track. This Midnight Madness thing, I guess they are doing it once a month, is due to all that street racing Tampa has. They are trying to give them somewhere to run I guess. Over on tamparacing forums there was a bunch of people where this was their first time running on a track.
So they had no track prep and they had a arm drop lane if you wanted.
It was just closer to me than driving two hours to any of the 1/4 tracks, but instead of running most of 4th gear out, crossing the traps halfway through 3rd just isn't as fun. I think it was that lemons guy was telling me 1/8, 1/4 whats the difference? I'll tell you the difference, its not as fun.
I like three digits in my trap speed. Ah well it was entertaining and cheaper than going to OSW.
Oh yeah forget hooking, they weren't even prepping the track. This Midnight Madness thing, I guess they are doing it once a month, is due to all that street racing Tampa has. They are trying to give them somewhere to run I guess. Over on tamparacing forums there was a bunch of people where this was their first time running on a track.
So they had no track prep and they had a arm drop lane if you wanted.
It was just closer to me than driving two hours to any of the 1/4 tracks, but instead of running most of 4th gear out, crossing the traps halfway through 3rd just isn't as fun. I think it was that lemons guy was telling me 1/8, 1/4 whats the difference? I'll tell you the difference, its not as fun.
I like three digits in my trap speed. Ah well it was entertaining and cheaper than going to OSW.
09-22-2009, 09:23 PM
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Understood, most bracket racing has gone to 1/8-mile in the last few years. I still enjoy the full 1/4 blast too, so I will mix a few TNT's in there. I don't want to shift to 3rd gear at 93 mph and be like "what, that's it?"
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10-03-2009, 09:33 PM
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i was there that night with my brother and his 86 s10 with a 305 and mentioned to him "dude theres the only other cool car here" haha. i was curious what you ran but with the midnight madness thing they werent showing times.
ill be out there with my car next time they do it
ill be out there with my car next time they do it
10-04-2009, 09:19 AM
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Best time was 8.975@85.98mph. 2.504 60'. My 60' is always killing me, doesn't help that I'm on the laughing stock of tires, Riken Raptors. I lost to the black Evo(8 or 9) and the gutted Civic hatch with the slicks and turbo. Both of them got me out of the hole, I was gaining and then went damn 1/8th! Not quite enough room to make up for my errors at the tree.
I did see your brothers truck. It was a good time but I don't know if I'm going to go again.
I lost to the black Evo(8 or 9) and the gutted Civic hatch with the slicks and turbo. Both of them got me out of the hole, I was gaining and then went damn 1/8th! Not quite enough room to make up for my errors at the tree.I did see your brothers truck. It was a good time but I don't know if I'm going to go again.
