Orlando/Central Florida area vettes down for a night of twisties?
05-15-2009, 11:35 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Orlando/Central Florida area vettes down for a night of twisties?
Wednesday night at the Central Florida Road Course
The Full course is open Wednesday night, Starts at 7 and runs till midnight. $25 all you can run. You need a helmet, but that's the only safety equipment necessary.
It's just east of the airport
201 Parcel Ln
Orlando, FL 32824
Anyone interested?
The Full course is open Wednesday night, Starts at 7 and runs till midnight. $25 all you can run. You need a helmet, but that's the only safety equipment necessary.
It's just east of the airport
201 Parcel Ln
Orlando, FL 32824
Anyone interested?
05-16-2009, 09:18 PM
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Melting Slicks
i can't make this one, but keep us posted on the next one.. didn't know about this course, but looks like it would be worth the drive from tampa for a little fun.. is it run like an autocross? how long is it? can't tell width/length from the photo.. is it just paint and cones to keep you on course?
05-16-2009, 11:37 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Not sure of the format. I assume it is run much like autox, although they do also use a crooked drags format on friday nights too. I recall reading that the complete road course is a mile long. For scale, you can see a person with a white shirt on, in the bottom left of the picture above. It appears that the course is made of paint and cones.
Heres a link for the track:
http://www.centralfloridaroadcourse.com/
Heres a link for the track:
http://www.centralfloridaroadcourse.com/
Last edited by wdavis; 05-16-2009 at 11:41 PM.
05-17-2009, 06:01 PM
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Melting Slicks
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i can't make this one, but keep us posted on the next one.. didn't know about this course, but looks like it would be worth the drive from tampa for a little fun.. is it run like an autocross? how long is it? can't tell width/length from the photo.. is it just paint and cones to keep you on course?
Its all a matter of organization. Probably be worth contacting the local Viper clubs too
Last edited by wdavis; 05-17-2009 at 06:43 PM.
We'll be at CI-X, but would love to hit it another Wed. night
05-18-2009, 01:37 PM
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i can't make this one, but keep us posted on the next one.. didn't know about this course, but looks like it would be worth the drive from tampa for a little fun.. is it run like an autocross? how long is it? can't tell width/length from the photo.. is it just paint and cones to keep you on course?
05-18-2009, 07:10 PM
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05-18-2009, 07:42 PM
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has anyone been to this track before?
If you controlled the format of the track for a day, what would you be interested in doing?
-Full Road course?
-1/8 mile straight line?
-crooked drags?
-drifting?
-advanced driving exercises (wet/dry/no abs/no traction control/skid pad/etc....)?
short oval?
If you controlled the format of the track for a day, what would you be interested in doing?
-Full Road course?
-1/8 mile straight line?
-crooked drags?
-drifting?
-advanced driving exercises (wet/dry/no abs/no traction control/skid pad/etc....)?
short oval?
05-24-2009, 05:35 PM
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Looks amusing. I just finished a body off C4 suspension transplant on my '69, and am looking to do some track time at moderate speeds initially to see what needs adjusting or reworking. I'd like to see some feedback from guys who spend some time there.
05-25-2009, 01:06 AM
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I am soooo glad you posted this...I heard about it at OSW two weeks ago but could not find any info on it...I am only interested in the drag strip portion...I drag race an old school 81 Camaro and will have a fresh 396 installed by next wednsday...I need the timing system installed at this track to tune my car properly so I probably won't bring my car out till they install the tree, etc....at that point I know of at least four vettes who would come out to drag race...
I race in teh Summit Points series at Orlando...I raced my 93 vette for 6 years until this year...I would be happy to come out and give any newbies a quick course on drag racing so they won't feel uncomfortable...
I race in teh Summit Points series at Orlando...I raced my 93 vette for 6 years until this year...I would be happy to come out and give any newbies a quick course on drag racing so they won't feel uncomfortable...
05-26-2009, 01:00 AM
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Melting Slicks
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looks like more rain in the forecast for this wednesday night 5/27 for full road course night.
rain rain and more rain.
Standing by for NO rain
rain rain and more rain.
Standing by for NO rain
05-31-2009, 08:46 AM
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Red69 and I went there last night to check it out...nice facility and real nice folks..they are new at this so they are in a learning curve to some extent...we had a ball at the drag strip last night....I put a write up about it in the drag racing section....
