60-130 and 1/4 Mile Event - November 21, 2009
10-26-2009, 10:42 AM
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60-130 and 1/4 Mile Event - November 21, 2009 OK, the temps should be nice and cool for our November 60-130/private 1/4 mile track rental... Like the September event, we will have the track to ourselves to 60-130 AND to run unlimited 1/4 mile passes. The track was not prepped well in September but John (owner of the track) has given us his support for a full trakc prep for our event in November. Details below:
When: Saturday November 21, 2009
Where: Lonestar Motorsports Park (Sealy, TX)
Time: Gates open at 2:30 pm and track is hot from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Cost: spectators are $15 and racers are $50 (same as always)
Caravan Info: meet at Frankenstein's Bar/Grill (just south of I-10 off of Mason Rd.) at 12:30 pm and grab a bite to eat prior to heading out to Lonestar. We will leave promptly at 1:45 pm to Lonestar.
The track will re-open at 7:00 pm and will be open to all 60-130 participants to drag race until midnight (just in case you don't get enough 1/4 and 60-130 racing before then!!!!)
Peter
When: Saturday November 21, 2009
Where: Lonestar Motorsports Park (Sealy, TX)
Time: Gates open at 2:30 pm and track is hot from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Cost: spectators are $15 and racers are $50 (same as always)
Caravan Info: meet at Frankenstein's Bar/Grill (just south of I-10 off of Mason Rd.) at 12:30 pm and grab a bite to eat prior to heading out to Lonestar. We will leave promptly at 1:45 pm to Lonestar.
The track will re-open at 7:00 pm and will be open to all 60-130 participants to drag race until midnight (just in case you don't get enough 1/4 and 60-130 racing before then!!!!)
Peter
11-20-2009, 08:02 PM
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OK, the official long update...
The 60-130 event will be on Sunday 11/22. Gates will open at 12:30 pm and the track will go hot at 1:00 pm. We will run 1/4 mile and 60-130 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The track would NOT be ready tomorrow early afternoon due to the extreme amount of rain we got today. However, John Hennessey has a film crew and a media company at the track on Sunday video taping several Hennessey cars on the drag strip for a promo video. One of those cars running will be their 1,500 HP TT comp coupe Viper. Needless to say, they are working to get the track to hold that power, coupled with the cooler weather and low humidity I have a feeling this will be YOUR best chance to get a great time.
Friday night Lonestar remains open for their standard 1/4 mile test-n-tune...that means there will be fresh rubber from the night before, plus a major prep for their Sunday video taping, plus cooler temps, plus low humidity...if there are ever going to be better conditions, I can't think of how. See you guys at Lonestar at 12:30 pm on Sunday!
Peter
The 60-130 event will be on Sunday 11/22. Gates will open at 12:30 pm and the track will go hot at 1:00 pm. We will run 1/4 mile and 60-130 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The track would NOT be ready tomorrow early afternoon due to the extreme amount of rain we got today. However, John Hennessey has a film crew and a media company at the track on Sunday video taping several Hennessey cars on the drag strip for a promo video. One of those cars running will be their 1,500 HP TT comp coupe Viper. Needless to say, they are working to get the track to hold that power, coupled with the cooler weather and low humidity I have a feeling this will be YOUR best chance to get a great time.
Friday night Lonestar remains open for their standard 1/4 mile test-n-tune...that means there will be fresh rubber from the night before, plus a major prep for their Sunday video taping, plus cooler temps, plus low humidity...if there are ever going to be better conditions, I can't think of how. See you guys at Lonestar at 12:30 pm on Sunday!
Peter
11-22-2009, 09:39 PM
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What a GREAT day it turned out to be. Please see below for the results I have data for. Interestingly enough, Todd Nall (vividracingtx), who gave me all the saved data to post, didn't include his runs!
Todd, it's time to post the videos of the 996 getting SPANKED by the GTR 3 times in a row! LOL
BOB HELMS - TT Viper - 3.54 :o
CHRIS BURKE - GSXR 750 Motorcycle - 6.73
JAIME OLMO - ZR1 - 7.95
JOE EVANS - 02 Z06 - 6.27
JONAH - LAMBORGHINI LP670 SUPERVELOCE - 9.29
OWEN PRIEST - 2010 CAMARO - 6.58 (also ran a 10.36@134.5 in the 1/4 mile)
JONATHAN POLITES - PONTIAC GTO - 7.82
LARRY SCHEIER - C6 Corvette - 11.77
PATRICK AMERY - 99 Z06 - 6.42
PATRICK O'GORMAN - 08 Mustang GT500 TT - 5.87
Todd, it's time to post the videos of the 996 getting SPANKED by the GTR 3 times in a row! LOL
BOB HELMS - TT Viper - 3.54 :o
CHRIS BURKE - GSXR 750 Motorcycle - 6.73
JAIME OLMO - ZR1 - 7.95
JOE EVANS - 02 Z06 - 6.27
JONAH - LAMBORGHINI LP670 SUPERVELOCE - 9.29
OWEN PRIEST - 2010 CAMARO - 6.58 (also ran a 10.36@134.5 in the 1/4 mile)
JONATHAN POLITES - PONTIAC GTO - 7.82
LARRY SCHEIER - C6 Corvette - 11.77
PATRICK AMERY - 99 Z06 - 6.42
PATRICK O'GORMAN - 08 Mustang GT500 TT - 5.87
11-22-2009, 09:44 PM
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PETER BLACH - BL640 GTR - 7.74 (ran a 10.89@132.43 in the 1/4 mile)
RICH BRANCA - C5 Z06 - 7.21
SW - FERRARI F430 - 11.21
WILLIAM BROSOM - 996TT - 9.00
Congrats to Bob Helms for running one hell of a time and THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support the event. The track was AWESOME (thank you Lonestar!!!!!!) and the weather was perfect! See you guys again in January (the next 60-130).
Peter
RICH BRANCA - C5 Z06 - 7.21
SW - FERRARI F430 - 11.21
WILLIAM BROSOM - 996TT - 9.00
Congrats to Bob Helms for running one hell of a time and THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support the event. The track was AWESOME (thank you Lonestar!!!!!!) and the weather was perfect!
See you guys again in January (the next 60-130). Peter
is that a new record? BTW, nice running GTR you have.
11-24-2009, 12:18 AM
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He ran to run previous to this one that showed 3.5 on the box, which could be anywhere from 3.46 to 3.55, the boxes did not write the data. On the third run, the car had not completely cooled down. There is more left in the car. I look for the record to go down at the next event in Jan.
