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For the first time, I went drag racing. A group of 4 of us from the local club traveled the 75 miles to Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, WI (Ray’s C8 Eray, Dave and Bob’s C7 Z06s, and my Grand Sport). We were joined by our Friend Booby G and his Tesla.
We arrived early before the crowds to get familiar with the facility and get a few runs in. It was 85* and sunny.
My goals were:
1. not hit the wall
2. not hit the other car
(sort of kidding about these two)
3. not embarrass myself
4. have a good RT
I did no prep to the Grand Sport. It is stock. I’m running Michelin AS4 tires at 30psi and I had a nearly full tank of gas. I did not use launch control. I drove around the water box and did not do a burn out.
I got five runs in and I used Tour, Sport, Track, and Track|Sport1 modes. There really wasn’t much of a difference between runs in the different modes.
RT range was .172 - .438
60’ range was 1.975 – 2.086
ET range was 12.512 - 12.649
MPH range was 112.31 - 110.48
Anyway I was pretty excited that I didn’t break anything or cause any problems and my times were relatively consistent.
This was a blast. I may have to do this again. I would encourage you to give it a try if you’ve never done it. Do your homework by reading info and watching videos on drag racing. It’s much better to go with someone else too.
Afterwards my wife asked if we still have any tread left on the tires
I’m car 1003 (1002 was a C8 Eray, while 1004 was a C7 Z06).
Here’s the PDR from my last run where you can watch the Eray spank me
Well this brought back some memories! I used to go up to Great Lakes Dragaway, or we would refer to it as "Union Grove." Back then I had a 1966 Chevelle SS396 and lived on the Southside of Chicago. We primarily went to US 30 Dragstrip in Indiana, but Union Grove was another fav to occasionally visit. Here's a pic of me from August 1970 when I got my baby out of storage after returning from a "fun filled" year in Vietnam. Great memories from my drag racing days. THANKS!!
Wish I was there! As a first-time C7 owner it is now on my bucket list! I'm still getting to know my 2017 Stingray but am getting more comfortable with each ride. Looking forward to hearing more from you and meeting up for some fun times touring or racing - whichever opportunities present themselves. Your orange and my blue look really nice together. C7Rush is certainly crushing it!
Be careful @ghlkal this can be VERY addicting!
Here is my video from a few years back, stock 2019 GS. FWIW I only took it out once as I have a 9.0 second tube chassis Challenger at the time (now sold) and a low 10 second Plymouth Road Runner I have been running for 20+ years so didn't want to beat up the GS.....LOL
768Q in the right lane below.
I haven't been to a drag strip in years. Well, at least not running any of my vehicles down the track is I've been to Lucas Oil Raceway since it's by my house. At any rate, it was always fun making a few passes on my sport bike. Was up against my buddy once and we both, somehow, stalled our bikes once the green light hit. It was a race to see who could get started and take off first! Although I got a slight jump off the line, he caught and passed me because he had a 900 compared to my 600. Great times!
First Time Drag Racing
