MavViper

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Anyone else go to the drag races on Thursdays at Irwindale Speedway? This past Thursday I saw 2 third gens, both were Camaro's. One was a flat black with no hood and I forget the other one.

Just curious as I might be taking my car down there on Thursday so I get a baseline reading on what my car can do, so I have something to compare any mods I do to it.

And if anyone went this past Thursday, did you guys see the old Toyota wagon pop it's passenger side tire in the burn out contest?

Psycho_91Camaro

305 tbi?

your gonna get about 15 or 16

JulieGTA

( It's a 1/8 mile track, so maybe 10's? )

It's a lot more fun than Fontana. If you get there early, you can do several runs in the first hour!

MavViper

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Ya, it's only a 1/8 mile track. That's what I expect, like a 10.4.

Whenever someone in my club has gone we always get there when it opens so we usually get quite a few runs in.

injdinjn

Better hope no actors or comedians are out there.

92purplehaze

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anyone going this thursday???? if theres enough of us i'll be down to show up. my best there so far is a 9.28 with a 2.03(!) 60ft
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elaborate please..

MavViper

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82purplehaze, he's referring to Eddie Griffin crashing an Enzo at Irwindale

HPE

I should be there Thursday night inside the oval doing testing on our Supertruck #18 for the races this weekend. Tom Cunningham of Cunningham Connecting Rods is the owner of the truck and I am helping tuning the suspension and making sure the car is shaken down and ready for the 17yr old kid that brought a prety big sponsor package down from up north for the ride this year.I missed last weekend due to the fatal accident I was involved in with my private vehicle on Ortega Hwy. Oh Headaches- I was 0% at fault.

No worries , I am not a celebrity nor am I a comedian- and I can't sing for sh*t either.

92purplehaze

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damn... didnt he see the WALL right in front of him

Grim'91Z

Whoa when did this happen?

92purplehaze

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watch this video its supposedly a hoax http://cbs2.com/video/?id=36333@kcbs.dayport.com

Russ-So Cal

It is not a hoax, may be an expensive publicity stunt.

HPE

I can assure you that was real, not a Hoax. That is Big John in the jellow fire jacket and his other safety crew personel in the blue shirts up at Irwindale and they are yelling at the press to get back behind the safety barriers.. It was not a setup move stunt.

MavViper

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Looks like Eddie locked up the brakes going into the turn and couldn't recover. And he was going way too fast into that turn

HPE

I'll use this as a perfect example to say why my Camaro out handles such a car street tire vs street tire. Its not about what you have, its all about how it's setup. Even this $1,000,000+ exotic pushed like a pig into that corner instead of rotating because the suspension is adjusted for people that do not know how to drive- its why I fear NOT messing with anything like this around freeway transistions and such- they can not brake and turnin like I can- I have pulled 1.07g's on a skid pad on street tires in my little V6 Camaro and a 102ft 60-0- but yes, I do 0-60 in 6 minutes. People always cower when they see a Ferrari, porcshe, Vette, etc and think no way a common car could have a chance against one- not true if you know how to build and set things. I guarantee my little V6 would give that Enso a run for its money on that little road course they set up at Irwindale that day- Long straights though? NOPE.

Grim'91Z

Another reason why actors shouldn't be in high performance cars.

JulieGTA

When I saw it on the news the other night, the actor said he ran over a cone and it got stuck in the wheel.

LXS

I haven't been there in a while, but I'm gonna try my best to make it out to Fontana on the 7th!

HPE

My Mistake, had my dates wrong- will NOT be there tonight, Tom called and said next Thursday.

92purplehaze

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is anyone going today????

JulieGTA

I would've gone, but its too far to walk.