I bailed out
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I bailed out
Put the hardtop and drag radials on the 68 and headed out at 2pm for the ECSCC today. I78 to GSP south... was ok for a couple of miles and then traffic slowed to a crawl... I gave it a couple of miles and bailed out, came home thru Westfield. 
Lots of fun things to do on a beautiful warm sunny Saturday, but sit in traffic in a 68 bigblock 4spd is not one of them! 
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Lots of fun things to do on a beautiful warm sunny Saturday, but sit in traffic in a 68 bigblock 4spd is not one of them! :
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by PRNDL
Put the hardtop and drag radials on the 68 and headed out at 2pm for the ECSCC today. I78 to GSP south... was ok for a couple of miles and then traffic slowed to a crawl... I gave it a couple of miles and bailed out, came home thru Westfield. Lots of fun things to do on a beautiful warm sunny Saturday, but sit in traffic in a 68 bigblock 4spd is not one of them! :
Lots of fun things to do on a beautiful warm sunny Saturday, but sit in traffic in a 68 bigblock 4spd is not one of them! :
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From: South East coast Florida
Originally Posted by PRNDL
Put the hardtop and drag radials on the 68 and headed out at 2pm for the ECSCC today. I78 to GSP south... was ok for a couple of miles and then traffic slowed to a crawl... I gave it a couple of miles and bailed out, came home thru Westfield. Lots of fun things to do on a beautiful warm sunny Saturday, but sit in traffic in a 68 bigblock 4spd is not one of them! :
Lots of fun things to do on a beautiful warm sunny Saturday, but sit in traffic in a 68 bigblock 4spd is not one of them! :
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by mowton
I can now come out of the closet..... I never even made an attempt based on the traffic reports and th 3 PM start. My trip is 2 1/2 hours each way plus on a good day. I do feel a bit embarrased though; please don't hold it against me
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From: Carmel ny
Originally Posted by Korreck
Never again will I make that trip. We're going down on Fri nights from now on. Took us 4 1/2 hrs. to get there. As soon as we hit 684 traffic was backed up. We're just north of Danbury. Coming back that night was good.
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From: South East coast Florida
Normally the 9 AM starts are OK. Sounds like you had the ride from hell. Living on the Island, I find there never really is a "good" time to travel. Only more tolerable times!!!! Will be back there next week, weather permitting.
Will say hi as we haven't met yet.
Ed
Will say hi as we haven't met yet.
Ed
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From: Somers NY
I always leave at 7am on a Sat...make it in 1.5 hrs to the track ..This past Sat. I left at 7am got to the track 9 am and BEGGED Farley to baby sit me until 3 pm .. which he kindly did 
whewwww
The next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
whewwwwThe next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
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Originally Posted by Korreck
Never again will I make that trip. We're going down on Fri nights from now on. Took us 4 1/2 hrs. to get there. As soon as we hit 684 traffic was backed up. We're just north of Danbury. Coming back that night was good.
Probably take you just as long on a Friday night, but at least there is no pressure to get there until Saturday.....
See you Saturday.
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St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Originally Posted by mowton
Normally the 9 AM starts are OK. Sounds like you had the ride from hell. Living on the Island, I find there never really is a "good" time to travel. Only more tolerable times!!!! Will be back there next week, weather permitting.
Will say hi as we haven't met yet.
Ed
Will say hi as we haven't met yet.
Ed
well it is about time you put some more runs on those nice new DRs...
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by INSANITY
WIMP
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Originally Posted by Wicked Weasel
Probably take you just as long on a Friday night, but at least there is no pressure to get there until Saturday.....
See you Saturday.
See you Saturday.
You're right about the pressure. I raced like crap and told Mary I just can't concentrate and do a good job when I'm outta my groove. Must be an age thing. Chris (Insanity) went through the same traffic I did and ran fine all day.
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Originally Posted by Red96Coupe
I always leave at 7am on a Sat...make it in 1.5 hrs to the track ..This past Sat. I left at 7am got to the track 9 am and BEGGED Farley to baby sit me until 3 pm .. which he kindly did whewwww
The next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
whewwwwThe next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
Oh, Let me guess, You are now coming down Friday night so you are well rested.
I can make room in the shed.
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by Red96Coupe
I always leave at 7am on a Sat...make it in 1.5 hrs to the track ..This past Sat. I left at 7am got to the track 9 am and BEGGED Farley to baby sit me until 3 pm .. which he kindly did whewwww
The next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
whewwwwThe next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
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From: Long Island, NY
I made the trip from East Meadow, Long Island and it took me 2.5 hrs to get there on Sat. I left at 1:00pm and got to the track at 3:30pm.
Lucky the track was empty and I got my 4 Time runs.
Got home in 1.5 hours, so that was a good thing.
Vic
Lucky the track was empty and I got my 4 Time runs.
Got home in 1.5 hours, so that was a good thing.
Vic
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by Red96Coupe
I always leave at 7am on a Sat...make it in 1.5 hrs to the track ..This past Sat. I left at 7am got to the track 9 am and BEGGED Farley to baby sit me until 3 pm .. which he kindly did whewwww
The next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
whewwwwThe next two weeks we race in the AM.. so traffic will be no problem..
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From: East Lyme CT
Originally Posted by Korreck
Never again will I make that trip. We're going down on Fri nights from now on. Took us 4 1/2 hrs. to get there. As soon as we hit 684 traffic was backed up. We're just north of Danbury. Coming back that night was good.
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From: Sunshine State
Originally Posted by markshaw70redBB
It was just as bad coming from East Lyme, CT (New London). 4 1/2 hours. Get there and then have to rush to get the car up for trials. The worst part...the car acts up and won't run! Problems with the nitrous fuel pressure safety sensor. Their calling everybody up every 2 seconds so there's no time to diagnose and fix the car. All in all, I'll never do that trip again. Coming down and getting there around 8:00 am avoids any traffic problems on the Tap. and the GSP. On the plus side, my wife and I sat in the stands and got to be spectators for a while before we headed back out for what turned out to be a decent trip back. Repairs are underway and I expect I'll see you all Sat.
