Mason Dixon Dragway Sat Oct 16th

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Last one of the season..........

Where: Mason Dixon Dragway, Boonsboro, MD
Date: Sat. 10/16/10 - LAST ONE OF THE YEAR!!!
Time: 8 AM-12 Noon (4hr Private Track Rental, UNLIMITED RUNS!)

Driver price: PayPal $52.00 per driver to Enforcir@gmail.com OR mail $50.00 per driver (check made out to Cyril Coburn) to: NVMC, PO Box 104, Amissville, VA 20106. Either of these pre-payment options must be done NLT a week ahead of the event. Pre-payment is preferable as we must have 30 pre-paid drivers 2 weeks ahead of the event or the event risks cancellation. Or you may pay $60.00 cash per driver @ the gate the day of the event.

Spectator price: $10.00 (Driver gets 1 crew member in FREE)

Special (Driver) Requirements:
*Mufflers mandatory
*1/4 sleeved shirt and pants, NO SHORTS or OPEN TOED SHOES
*Seat belts in working order
*Proper safety equipment per your vehicles performance level i.e. (helmets for cars faster than 13.99, roll bar for cars faster than 11.49, etc.)
*10 MPH speed limit in the pit area!!!
*NO air conditioning on in staging lanes, ALL windows up during burnout and run

At the gate you will:
*Pay your fee (if you did not pre-register)
*Get a wrist band (goes on left wrist)
*Sign competition waiver
*Get a tech inspection card to fill out and bring back to the staff

[QB93Z]

I wish I wasn't working that weekend. I have not made enough 1/4 miles passes this year.

Jim

[Aurora40]

Thinking about going, anyone else gonna be there?

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Originally Posted by Aurora40

Thinking about going, anyone else gonna be there?

Bob,
I was going to head up there if the weather holds. If your going to go, I'll meet you there.
Rich

[Aurora40]

Sounds good Rich. Barring some weather disaster, I'll be going. Mike will be bringing his Z up too, and Sean's taking his LT4. So it should be pretty fun.

[Aurora40]

Mike couldn't make it, but Sean and Rich and I were there. It was pretty fun, although the traction was terrible. It was just like in April, you could get out of the hole ok, but on the 1-2 shift the car would slide all over the place.

Rich made a couple passes, and struggled for traction too.

I guess I was still irritated from April, because one run and I was done. Sean made a few passes, then Rich noticed he had some coolant in the engine bay. It looks like just a loose hose clamp, but he decided to play it safe.

Sean was fired up to race some more, though, so I persuaded him to take my car. He put it in the 12's on the first pass, and 12.6's on the second. I think his best was a 12.66@112mph in it.

I have some videos, mostly of Corvettes breaking loose down the track. They are big, 1080p, so I'll figure out some way to share them. I can host the files, but I suspect they are large. I'll check if youtube does HD video for free.

[Aurora40]

Here's Rich spinning down the track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i_bUqAHFVk

He's probably not gonna be glad I posted it, but the only other video I have of his car running, he gets smoked by a Focus!

Here's a Z06 that just drove off the line like he was driving out of his garage. Traction was an issue, and I think it might have been his first time at the strip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ4-McLceok

[Aurora40]

Actually, here is another of Rich, sans Focus. You can see how the car will kick around on the shift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZrdc9SSE4I

And here is Sean driving mine to a 12.69:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6FGmckisg

And a 12.66. Some guy's head was in the way a bit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y770dmlkvbk

[Aurora40]

And lilredcorvette94 from CF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLjSm9xS-cQ

There were not very many Corvettes that showed up, it was pretty much the Mustang show. There were two new 5.0's. One was an auto on street tires and he blew the tires away a bunch, mostly ran 14's. The other had DR's on and was a manual. I would swear he ran through the lights in 5th, he shifted a lot. He ran a 12.22@115mph that I saw. And another 12.5 or so. I got a video of him, but he ran a 13.50+ that time...

[Aurora40]

Sean running his best of the day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWSQOHnj7JE

And one where he cut a great light. That RT on the board is .005:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_90mCE1JS8U