We will be at Moroso next weekend running under the new 11.49 NHRA rule thats been adopted for the Corvette Challenge. 
Do most here visit the Drag Racing section?
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Do most here visit the Drag Racing section?
If not you should! You own awesome performance cars and most do mods to increase performance, so why not make a trip to your local track to see how your car performs? This Sat, Aug 28th is T&T during the day at BMP in west/central FL, and at 4 PM the Eckler's Florida Corvette Challenge is run.
You have the car, you do the tune & the mods, so go have fun and see how it runs!
You have the car, you do the tune & the mods, so go have fun and see how it runs!
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St. Jude Donor '04
I go to Test-n-Tune occasionally, here in Memphis we have track days on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The gates open at 5:00 and tech starts at 6:00.
Unfortunately their aren't alot of other Corvette drag racers around here but I know a couple people who both drag race and road race
Unfortunately their aren't alot of other Corvette drag racers around here but I know a couple people who both drag race and road race
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From: Hobart, WI
Originally Posted by John Shiels
10 -12 seconds is not enough
I autocross and ~40 seconds does not cut it either.
Do drag race a couple times a year and to be good with a 6M is not easy in my book.
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Seems to be a good mix here..but the real question is this, I estimate 70-80% of vette owners, (at least C5 owners) add mods and/or tuning of some type to enhance power, and some go by seat of the pants, but a 1/4 mile run or two set's a base line so you can see the return you got for your investment. A road race track would show the lap time improvements as well, so why don't more go to auto cross, road race or my favorite, drag strip?
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St. Jude Donor '05
Most Corvette owners are not interested in speed! Only a small percentage do modification and take their car to a track, especially the ones not on the forum.
Last edited by wallstAL; Aug 28, 2004 at 06:00 PM.
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Originally Posted by TLewis4095
Seems to be a good mix here..but the real question is this, I estimate 70-80% of vette owners, (at least C5 owners) add mods and/or tuning of some type to enhance power, and some go by seat of the pants, but a 1/4 mile run or two set's a base line so you can see the return you got for your investment. A road race track would show the lap time improvements as well, so why don't more go to auto cross, road race or my favorite, drag strip?
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From: No more yankee my wankee, the Donger is tired!
Originally Posted by John Shiels
10 -12 seconds is not enough
I have better things to do than hang out with the rice burners and the white trash that go to the drag strip. Track days or autoX.
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Originally Posted by Jeffvette
I have better things to do than hang out with the rice burners and the white trash that go to the drag strip. Track days or autoX.
Bob aka Drag Racer (white trash)
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Originally Posted by Jeffvette
I have better things to do than hang out with the rice burners and the white trash that go to the drag strip. Track days or autoX.
Bob
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From: Va, Beach VA
Originally Posted by Vector
BFWIW I do drag race my vet about once to twice a month to see if
the mods are working.Last time there it was hot but ran 112.39 mph.
My 60 ft. times sucked (2.29) bought some drag radials now just need to find a non rainy weekend.
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From: Fort Wayne,Indiana
Originally Posted by 16Again
You know until that statement i did not know that A$$ HOLES drove Corvettes. Learn something new every day.
Bob
Bob
Last edited by GaryZ06; Aug 28, 2004 at 07:39 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Originally Posted by GaryZ06
So Bob I didn't know we were white trash.....but were fast white trash
You coming next Sat? RULE is 11.49...
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Originally Posted by Jeffvette
I have better things to do than hang out with the rice burners and the white trash that go to the drag strip. Track days or autoX.
BTW, it's Saturday so don't forget..."wax on, wax off"...