Mile Marker 1 Runway Event
04-13-2010, 04:46 PM
#1
Melting Slicks
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Mile Marker 1 Runway Event
Had the opportunity to try a 1 mile acceleration run at Dade-Collier Airport with:
www.milemarker-1.com
Beautiful day with ~100 cars showing...everything from a Bentley to Carrera GT to 1000 cc go cart to turbo Hayabusa.
Many Corvettes...almost all C6, couple of C5 and one C4-me.
Did three runs before departing with a best of 169 mph..other runs were 168-consistent.
Certainly a different thrill-one that has more attraction than drag racing actually.
A comparison is my car did 170 stock with 3 miles of runup (not much left)...now it does nearly that in one mile with the mph ticking up consistently.
HP vs aerodynamics-pretty cool.
Two videos:
Run 2 to the front
Run 3 to the rear
They seem to do it every 3 months...for a 100 bucks it was a hoot!
www.milemarker-1.com
Beautiful day with ~100 cars showing...everything from a Bentley to Carrera GT to 1000 cc go cart to turbo Hayabusa.
Many Corvettes...almost all C6, couple of C5 and one C4-me.
Did three runs before departing with a best of 169 mph..other runs were 168-consistent.
Certainly a different thrill-one that has more attraction than drag racing actually.
A comparison is my car did 170 stock with 3 miles of runup (not much left)...now it does nearly that in one mile with the mph ticking up consistently.
HP vs aerodynamics-pretty cool.
Two videos:
Run 2 to the front
Run 3 to the rear
They seem to do it every 3 months...for a 100 bucks it was a hoot!
04-14-2010, 11:56 AM
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Good runs - thanks for posting the video ! I have always wanted to do one of those mile runs. The closest organization to me requires a full cage, fire system and other safety equip for the speeds the vette can run, so they are not a possiblity.
04-14-2010, 12:50 PM
#3
I think my buddy was telling me about this as a good alternative to the TX mile. how does this work exactly? I couldn't find any info on their site. Do they let you run for a couple miles or is it a standing mile event?
04-14-2010, 01:41 PM
#4
Le Mans Master
Hold the phone...
And you call me stickers? LMAO. I figured you had to be lurking here somewhere. I knew that car had some some serious track time...but damn!
And you call me stickers? LMAO. I figured you had to be lurking here somewhere. I knew that car had some some serious track time...but damn!
04-17-2010, 09:39 PM
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Melting Slicks
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CHJ In Virginia: I hear you. This event was not as organized so for what it is worth requried none of that other than a DOT helmet. They hardly looked at the car-had four tires. Admittedly, not much to hit on a runway, but...
AlwaysInBoost: pretty basic...standing start with one mile to accelerate-end speed is your mph. No ET, no run up, just a standing mile acceleration. Runway is ~2 miles so 1 mile to accel and 1 to slow. Drag strip launch wasn't required as doesn't seem to mess with the mph at the end of such a long duration. Hitting shift points right one was my goal (ie not hitting limiter, but running it out as high as possible-especially in 4th).
Eric: those stickers were required! I found it garnered way too much attention when street driven post event.
AlwaysInBoost: pretty basic...standing start with one mile to accelerate-end speed is your mph. No ET, no run up, just a standing mile acceleration. Runway is ~2 miles so 1 mile to accel and 1 to slow. Drag strip launch wasn't required as doesn't seem to mess with the mph at the end of such a long duration. Hitting shift points right one was my goal (ie not hitting limiter, but running it out as high as possible-especially in 4th).
Eric: those stickers were required! I found it garnered way too much attention when street driven post event.
