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St. Jude Donor '06
Keep your eyes peeled on the corvette C5 PARTS, for sales section, as they also occassionaly pop up there (DTE Brace) but don't last long when they do and you have to move fast if the price is fair! 
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Any lady the races car, well iet's just
Now I really can wait!!
Hey are any of you running drag radial on a M6 car. I have some and i was worried if anyone ever broken a rear end or heard of such? Because I always hear of M6 cars broking rear ends ,but mostly F-body cars.
Now I really can wait!!Hey are any of you running drag radial on a M6 car. I have some and i was worried if anyone ever broken a rear end or heard of such? Because I always hear of M6 cars broking rear ends ,but mostly F-body cars.
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We need a meeting spot (Bartlett area). Any suggestions? Sure hope theres a Mustang group there on the 20th. Nothing pleases me more then to stomp on a Cobra! Dominic, I will wash your Z if you let me run it down the track. I want to see if it could handle 8000rpms
Go buy a pair of Drag Radials so you get some traction please
Go buy a pair of Drag Radials so you get some traction please
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We need a meeting spot (Bartlett area). Any suggestions? Sure hope theres a Mustang group there on the 20th. Nothing pleases me more then to stomp on a Cobra! Dominic, I will wash your Z if you let me run it down the track. I want to see if it could handle 8000rpms Go buy a pair of Drag Radials so you get some traction please
Go buy a pair of Drag Radials so you get some traction pleaseI will be in my GTP and my 5 year old might be coming with.
I will not know if I am going until I know what the weather is going to be like.
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St. Jude Donor '06
This is not meant to be a hijack of this thread but just a helpful heads up for those looking to get as much drag racing in by the end of this season.
DA GROVE (Great Lakes Dragway), has fun racing open to the public for personal test and tune from 5PM to 10PM, every weeknight (except Mondays and Thursday) through October and from 10am to 5pm on Sat. and Sunday throught Octboer. Also, Fun Racing open to the public on Sat. and Sunday, 10AM through 4PM, through all of November (weather permitting).
For most in the west suburbs of Chicago (far and near) and of course those in the City and up North, DA GROVE is only 1 hour away and all highway driving. 6 of us went up there yesterday and had a blast and they have really improved that track now that it is an official NHRA track!
Happy Drag Racing and have a blast!!!
DA GROVE (Great Lakes Dragway), has fun racing open to the public for personal test and tune from 5PM to 10PM, every weeknight (except Mondays and Thursday) through October and from 10am to 5pm on Sat. and Sunday throught Octboer. Also, Fun Racing open to the public on Sat. and Sunday, 10AM through 4PM, through all of November (weather permitting).
For most in the west suburbs of Chicago (far and near) and of course those in the City and up North, DA GROVE is only 1 hour away and all highway driving. 6 of us went up there yesterday and had a blast and they have really improved that track now that it is an official NHRA track!
Happy Drag Racing and have a blast!!!
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This is not meant to be a hijack of this thread but just a helpful heads up for those looking to get as much drag racing in by the end of this season.
DA GROVE (Great Lakes Dragway), has fun racing open to the public for personal test and tune from 5PM to 10PM, every weeknight (except Mondays and Thursday) through October and from 10am to 5pm on Sat. and Sunday throught Octboer. Also, Fun Racing open to the public on Sat. and Sunday, 10AM through 4PM, through all of November (weather permitting).
For most in the west suburbs of Chicago (far and near) and of course those in the City and up North, DA GROVE is only 1 hour away and all highway driving. 6 of us went up there yesterday and had a blast and they have really improved that track now that it is an official NHRA track!
Happy Drag Racing and have a blast!!!
DA GROVE (Great Lakes Dragway), has fun racing open to the public for personal test and tune from 5PM to 10PM, every weeknight (except Mondays and Thursday) through October and from 10am to 5pm on Sat. and Sunday throught Octboer. Also, Fun Racing open to the public on Sat. and Sunday, 10AM through 4PM, through all of November (weather permitting).
For most in the west suburbs of Chicago (far and near) and of course those in the City and up North, DA GROVE is only 1 hour away and all highway driving. 6 of us went up there yesterday and had a blast and they have really improved that track now that it is an official NHRA track!
Happy Drag Racing and have a blast!!!
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St. Jude Donor '06
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It is on the expensive side but the track is improved significantly vs. what it is 5 to 10 years ago (especially when they still had the old school metal guardrails).
I do like BYRON as a track alot and it is a lot cheaper ($25 right?); but Union Grove is a lot more convenient for those in the west suburbs as it takes me exactly 1 hour to get there (all highway driving) from Elmhurst, and on a test and tune night if you get there right at 5pm you can get an easy 10 runs in b/f it gets too crowded!
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Thats cool, I mean the Dagrove was the only track i would go to. So I am very familar with it and it's history. I guess when the da grove srewed UBDRA out of 10,000 or so dollars on one of there events i just lost my intrested in atending there. But enjoy there I just will not go there to often at all.
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My last experience at Dagrove was bad one. The test n tune guys where waiting forever while snowmobiles and mini fuelers and bikes were being let through. I was able to get one run in being there 4 hours. BUT they sell beer there,
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We will be out with a few cars and yes a Mustang club too. They seem to race a lot more then the GM guys for some reason ?
I am sure there maybe a Stang or 2 for beating pleasure, but the few I know that are going will be hard to beat.
I personally sold my Z06 and will have my wifes 89 Mustang there for some testing....it pretty slow though
in regards to GLD's tech : They are much harder on cars then Byron other then on a Real Street Drags night.
see you all soon
I am sure there maybe a Stang or 2 for beating pleasure, but the few I know that are going will be hard to beat.
I personally sold my Z06 and will have my wifes 89 Mustang there for some testing....it pretty slow though
in regards to GLD's tech : They are much harder on cars then Byron other then on a Real Street Drags night.
see you all soon
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In case anyone else is interested, =Jeff= and myself will be at intersection of 47 and 20 around 8:30. There's a John Deere dealership on the north side of 20 just east of 47. We're expecting bobmic and Rice Eating ZR-1 to meet us there. Anyone else, let us know and I'll pm my cell number.