RLSebring

Just posted this up in Southeast. Here it is for those that may not frequent the Southeast forum much. This is a great cause and a great event.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sout...post1582737895

SoSlow1

Registered..4th year going to this great event..

HighPro

Went last year - signed-up last night for this year.

0Airbrush Inc

Are passengers allowed? I'm assuming we would need to bring helmets?

Iconic

I plan to attend and cannot wait!



I have wanted to run Talledega (and Daytona) for a long time but never had the car or the means to do it. Now I do. And watching your youtube video really sealed an already sealed deal, if that makes sense! Very well put together and edited, not to mention the sweet home Alabama tune. AWE-SOME!

Iconic

There is a FAQ on the vettes4vets website, and it states

Here's the whole PFD file with alotta good info
http://vettes4vets.org/files/2012/12...dega-Guide.pdf

0Airbrush Inc

Thanks 200 MPH. I think I'd be crazy not to drive 100+ legally for once

Iconic

I heard that! Grin

Credit to SoSlow1 for this video of his. (If you don't like goosebumps do not watch LOL)

0Airbrush Inc

Looks like the vid didn't post. I'm too tired to stalk his profile and find it. I'm definitely gonna sign up for the event though!

SoSlow1

Thanks 200 MPH on the compliments on the videos. Actually it was my first time editing GoPro videos using Windows Live Editing. But here are a few more from last year. My good freind Florit gave me a ride with him on his last session and one of ours edited togther coming from the show and shine Friday afternoon...Enjoy..

Iconic

I'm not sure why my link didnt embed, but thank you for putting them up SoSlow. The 3rd video that you posted is the one I tried to embed and is one of my favorite youtube vids ever.

cgiff

We'll be there again . Never get tired of watching those videos . Thanks for posting Tim .


Craig

That Bad Man

Wifey and I plan to attend this year as well. I hope we get in a group that does not think they have to slow down to 45 mph through turns 3 and 4....

SoSlow1

Hey Craig good to hear from you.. It will be nice to get to visit with you and your wife again. At least this year we are coming in a new car and hopefully not have the problems we had last year with our old C5...

cgiff

Just registered . Hope to bring more GNNOC members , trying to find some that still have a pulse.
Judy says " We will be comeing in our old car , for the foreseeable future."
It will be good to see ya'll too. Trying to go up on thursday, maybe we can met up.

Craig

JoesC5

Pace car runs around 95 MPH all the way around the track. If you want to run 150+ on some parts of the track, you must run slow on some parts of the track in order to average around 95 MPH(you can't pass the pace car, or any car).

Generally you run slow down the front stretch and into turn 1 in order to get spaced out so you have room to accerate down the 4,000 ft back stretch(I've done 162 MPH) then slow down to 140 (depending on how slow the car in front of you is going) diving into turn 3, slowing down to 100 in turn 4 and then 45-50 across the start/finish line, as everyone will run upon the rear bumper of the pace car. You have to slow down past the start/finish line in order to let the pace car and the first 3-4 cars to starting getting sopme distance between them entering turn 1. I usally am able to go WOT at 140 MPH in the middle of turn 2, and get a good run down the back stretch. If all you want to do is 95(pace car speed), and then maybe some short spurts to 110, or so, then no need to slow down to 45. Just be at the front of the pack, right behind the pace car.

The times we have gone, we went as a group(12 cars) so we could make up most of the 15 car field in our group. That way we could decide among ourselves, the lineup order in which we would run. You don't want a 500 HP in front of a 300-350 HP car running in the middle of the group in front of a 500-600 HP car as the slower car will hold the faster car back as it won't be able to keep up with the faster car in front of it. It really does make a difference in how you organize the cars and drivers.

If you have someone that wants to run closer to the pace car's speed all the way around the track, then you put them right behind the pace car. The ones that want to run really fast part of the way around the track, and also realize they will have to run slow around part of the track, get positioned from mid pack on back.

I'It's impossible to run 95 for the slowest speed and then 150 at the fastest speed and then average 95 speed.

That Bad Man

There should be a "Sunday Driver" group....

We were there 2 years ago...the Pace Pickup was doing 95-100 the whole way around the track....you would think that C5 and C6s could handle the same speeds.

The event is a great time...just some people are affraid to drive their cars.


Hope to see you there in the "Fast" group!

JoesC5

What we have done is to postion those that are running on the track for the first time(and a little nervous) or have a really slow car(like a 200 HP automatic C3) at the tail end for the first session so they can get a feel of the track, and are out of everyone's way. Then for the second session we adjust the line up to better reflect what we learned in the first group. You don't want to put everyone that wants to run the slower speed in the rear as that puts the faster cars right behind the pace car, and they won't get a chance to get spread out for a good run down the backstretch.

SoSlow1

I found a really nice 09 3LT Blade Silver Coupe not far from y'alls neck of the woods and the deal was just to good to pass up. Car came with a brand new A&A S-Trim/Kooks long tubes/Meth tuned and dynoed at Lethal Racing in Laffayette. Car is a beast and is so much nicer then my C5 ever was !! We are coming in Thursday afternoon also so we all need to hook up for dinner somewhere...

cgiff

That sounds like a" Shweeet" ride. Your gonna see some new best top speeds with that.
You need to bring it down here to NoLA motorsports for Drag N laps. No pacecar here. 1/4 mile then keep into it thought 1.5 mile roadcoarse. Jan. 13 http://www.nolamotor.com/ . Check it out.