Circle drags
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Circle drags
Over at the local speedway here they have 'circle drags' for whoever wants to race the family car around the paved 1/3 mile track. They do it during intermission in the middle of the Saturday night race program. It is great fun to watch. There's usually 5-6 cars one or two may actually be fast, the others are duallie pickups, family sedans, and mini vans. They start from a dead stop and race around the track one lap, two cars at a time and it is single elimination until they have a winner. A friend of mine with his nice '05 Mustang and myself are going to enter our cars on the same day and were hoping it will end up Vette vs Stang in the end. Should be fun and a real crowd pleaser.
His Stang is pretty dang fast but I have actual circle track experience.
We shall see.
His Stang is pretty dang fast but I have actual circle track experience.
We shall see.
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Some tracks have done this for years. I've seen some nice street cars get wasted doing this. Believe me, the concept of going fast in a circle is not as easy as it looks. Bankings of any degree and the transitions on or off of them can upset a chassis very easily and quickly. Especially for a novice, it's quite easy to lose it before you know what's happened. I've even seen guys get on their top doing this. Be careful.
BTW, I raced stock cars for a few years too. But I wouldn't do this in my Vette for anything. Way too many variables for my liking. Such as walls.....
BTW, I raced stock cars for a few years too. But I wouldn't do this in my Vette for anything. Way too many variables for my liking. Such as walls.....
Last edited by Corvette Kid; Jun 3, 2007 at 11:00 AM.
