Oct 17 Byron Drags

[LGAFF]

Dominic said something about Grandma's in Bellvidere......this is a frontage road off Rte 20. Before the Chrysler plant.

320 W Chrysler Drive,
Belvidere, IL 61008

[Ccmano]

What time?
H

[LGAFF]

Looks like sunburst is meeting at Gtandma's at 7:30am....how about 8am at Grandmas????? Dominic is on board with that time.

[Ccmano]

Works for me, see you there...
H

[XfireZ51]

C U at Grandma's at 8. Tollway to Genoa Rd exit then north to 20 and then west on 20 to Chrysler Drive.

[LGAFF]

I am doing farmroad twisties to 20 in Marengo and then over to Belividere.

[XfireZ51]

Yes Pete, you were right. Byron sucked today. Pretty good stick at the line, but mid track was a problem. Too may Mustangs breaking today. 6 cars since 1pm. I almost lost the car on last run when I hit somebody else's diff lube shifting into 3rd gear. May try to hit GLD one last time during the week before snow flies.

[Ccmano]

While I agree with Dom that Byron sucked yesterday, I did manage to eek the best time and speed to date out of my Z;

12.88 at 116.17mph

Proving one thing, it was the driver not the car.

The track itself really wasn't too bad, the problem was the shear number of cars trying to run (there were a ton) and the continual car breakdowns spraying oil, coolant or parts on to the track shutting it down for 20 minutes or longer at a time. Very frustrating.
H

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by Ccmano

While I agree with Dom that Byron sucked yesterday, I did manage to eek the best time and speed to date out of my Z;

12.88 at 116.17mph

Proving one thing, it was the driver not the car.

The track itself really wasn't too bad, the problem was the shear number of cars trying to run (there were a ton) and the continual car breakdowns spraying oil, coolant or parts on to the track shutting it down for 20 minutes or longer at a time. Very frustrating.
H

Congrats Hans. I was able to watch you reel in that C6 as I was going back to the pit area driving down the return chute. My first and only real run was up against a C5Z, and although both of us had to back off mid track with spinning tires, he was still pretty impressed with the way I was able to pull away from him in the second half of the run. I explained to him that the ZR-1 power curve is like the Energizer Bunny, it just keeps going and going and going and...


BTW,

great thanks to the members from Sunburst Corvettes. All really nice people and great fun to be with. Really appreciate them welcoming us as part of their group. In fact they also had another Corvette club join up at the track