Don-Vette

I took a solo trip down to Gastonia NC to see a friend and stopped off in Asheville for two days and explored the Smoky mts. it was 1889 miles,and I averaged over 25 mpg. I had the hammer down at 80mph most of the way with a few 100mph blast's to get around the left lane drivers. The Dragon is not for the faint of heart!! As you will see at the end of the video and I dropped the camera!



Fontana damn...















Some of the high res. digital download pics I ordered online from Killboy.com ...











The wind noise sucks!! I need a go pro on the hood!!

RocketDawg

You dropped the camera. Were you holding it?

Looks like you pretty much stayed on your side of the road. Be nice if it was a closed course and you could cut the corners on those left hand turns.

Any idea of your speed? Hard to tell from the video and I've never been there.

Titan C6Z

That's on my bucket list of must-do drives. I also wanna go to NV'S silver state classic event, UT's Bonneville salt flats and Route 66 starting from CA. AT LEAST through AZ. Thanks for sharing.

R&L's C6

Great pics and video

Thanks Don for posting that for those of us who have never been there.

Gman in NC

I live I Gastonia myself. Glad you had a good time. The dragon is a great drive for sure. We've done it in the Vette and on my Harley.

jrose7004

Thanks for posting the pictures!

RicardoFors68

Never done Deals Gap on 4 wheels, can't wait to try. Great pics and video

Cowtown

Awesome pictures and video
thanks for sharing

Torchsport

Good stuff. I gotta get out there on my sport bike one daym

GL10DR

Cool stuff .... Thanks

SK360

Nice! Will get down there some day... Have been close just never had the time to get there.

GoPro + $25 external mic will solve your windnoise
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...kroad-fun.html

Nosferatu

looks like fun but hard to judge speed

Next year I'm road tripping to the museum and was going to hit this road. I'm thinking our C7 because of the upgraded suspension over our C6 but either way should be a blast.

How was the actual experience of driving the road?

airmed2

I just did this on Sunday. I also ordered some photos from the guys set up taking pictures. Even though there was traffic, they did a nice job singling out each vehicle. As far as the speed, honestly, I was surprised that the speed limit allowed up to 30 mph. There were several turns I did 25 mph and it was mighty uncomfortable, especially for the wife. The most I hit on the G-meter was .63.

SK360

Wife was uncomfortable at .63g?

airmed2

Yep. If she has her head down instead of looking outside while driving, she starts to get nauseated. Looking down at the phone is a definite no-no.

RocketDawg

My wife is uncomfortable at 0g just driving down the freeway. She keeps thinking other cars are going to change lanes into us. She's not a good passenger but I guess I'll keep her.

SK360

My wife has gotten used to it... .63g is a Sunday drive. She starts getting uncomfortable around .99 and she hasn't been with me when I've crossed 1.1g

dshamrick

I did it finally about Three weeks ago on a Sunday. Got up and said, I'm outta here.

It is not for the faint of heart for sure but a ton of fun. I think I did most of it in 3rd gear if you can believe it.

My problem was coming back I got behind a few Harley riders that were going a tad slower than I would have been. That was like 25mph. The third rider in their group was having a bit of a time trying to figure out what gear he wanted to be in coming out of the turns. I kept letting them get a bit ahead and even just drifted into most of the turns and still kept closing in on him.

Oh well, it was a lot of fun and a long day for me to get up there. I did that and then decided do go across the Cherohala Skyway on the way back down.

It was a fun filled, long day.

LFZ

Awesome pics....I'm headin up there myself Sept 11...I go every year. Best driving road out there...I love it.

Don-Vette

Speed is between 30 to 45mph down to 10 for some turns. I'm not one for amusement rides and this thing whipped me,dizzy nausea with sweats at the end,not for a weak stomach!!