he ask me to see if any of the South Fl would like to meet at Countyline drag strip Friday 1-20-12
Big kid
amx1397
cuban-be

 

This time if you break your old record, would you mind just updating one of your timeslips on Dragtimes as opposed to posting a new one?

 

video of big jim on the track or his car doesnt exist!!

 

ha ha you make me laugh,,like it is your forum ,, i guess you invented the internet also,, that inspires me to post every run and the times, one betters the other, just so you have something to read or you could not read any post that have amx1397 at the top. this way when you do post you want look so (*&^%$%^&^)""" your friend jim"""

 

LOL

You're completely missing the point. If you run faster, you are supposed to update the information for your car showing the new slip, not post a new time slip under a new name. You don't see the other guys on the list filling up the top ten spots with sub-par runs. They just update their times and upload a the new slip. It is still just "one" car after all, a slow one in your case.

Of course I don't own the internet, but clearly I'm the one with all the experience when it comes to using it as well as understanding etiquette.

 

Steve you may need to be present to witness this one time event. No video rights have been negotiated at this point.

After watching Jim run thoes 11.4's last Wednesday and enjoying the night at the track it has me curious about what my car may run. I just hope the driver factor doesn't drag the cars potiential down to much.

Should be fun and I am looking forward to it.

 

then use it your way with all your experience ,, but don't tell me how to use the internet or the forum,, I don't tell you how to drag race , and even if you were 200 i would still have more experience than you could have or ever have at that. jim

 

LOL! Awesome stuff! Wish I could make it down there this Friday!

 

here is some info for those that don't know where the track is

RACES ON OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE ARE AT NO EXTRA COST TO ENTER* $25.00 ENTRY TO RACE/ T&T, $10.00 ADULT SPECTATOR, KIDS 6-12 $5.00, AGE 5 AND UNDER FREE. GATES OPEN FRI. & SAT. AT 6:00 PM, RACING AT 7:15, TILL 12:00 MIDNIGHT

Fri. January 20th Runs for the record, Grudge racing, Test & Tune
19999 Okeechobee road
Miami Fl. 33018

100 yds north of the intersection of Okeechobee Rd. & Krome Ave
look for the signs

 

OK guys I had a great experience at the track last night. I met Randy and Mark, fellow Crossfire owners and an MB owner(sorry about the name) all super guys. Jim AMX 1397 was my host and instructor.We started with Jim driving the car and me riding along to see first hand how it was done.

0.348
1.940
86.2
8.203

Then it was my time to go. Armed with all the info any track warior could need I was confident. Then as I was about to get in the car the conversation shifted to the kid that ran the new corvette about a month ago and was focused on his comepition and not the end of the track.....kid ran into the woods past the run out totaled the vette and is still in a coma.

Next was the story of hitting a slick spot 3/4 down the track and hitting the concrete barrier at speed......Then the oh yea if it gets squirrley and you over correct you can just loose it remember that guy that did the two 360''s and almost took that nice vette
out

So now I am in staging next to go...where did all that confidence go. The car ahead of me breaks down on the start and they have to push it out and I have to back up to make room. OK no big deal it is out of the way and things are back to normal. WRONG!!! Randy is in the right lane and moves up to do his burn out and stage. So I do the same.. and I am thinking wow this burn out in pretty good.....Then I see the starter guy jumping up and down and waving his arms wildly so I stop. He comes over and says there is OIL on the track and you must wait.

Fast forward now thru the eternity I sat there as they brought a gas can out and did there thing. Now I am sitting in my car and the starting line is on FIRE. Flames about 3' high and the whole experience was becoming surreal.

The fire burned out, I moved up did a wimpy burn out, lite the lights ,took off thinking this is gooood ...and as I was approching the timing lights thought ...man it's dark down in that run out....wonder where that kid in the vette hit the trees ....and I am sure I lifted too soon. Results of my first run:

0.498
1.955
79.2
8.153

Best run

0.756
1.961
88.4
8.103

Jim AMX 1397 driving my car

0.128
1.981
88.9
8.096

So that is the rest of the story....except for the last run when I got so excited I left waaaay earley in search of that 8.0.LOL. I am not saying I am hooked ...but I am making plans to meet Jim next Wednesday at a 1/4 track.

Thanks to Jim and the guys for a great first experience and to any of you that took the time to read this.

 

WOW! jim can drive" he was running one 0ne hunderdth slower than i did, that is great for the first time at the track,, he took to the track like a duck to water, what he said above is so funny, as we were all talking i didn't know he was writing down every thing every one said but every word was true. In the black crossfire coupe was cuban-be, the mercedes was davesrt6 the roadster was randy, and jim and myself , if every thing goes well we will be at PBIR this Wed. for jim to run the 1/4 mile run. below is all the videos ,,as you can see this was my first time at the camra, not my thing ,, LOL once the vib has ended you can hit next to see them all. jim



big kid at the track :: BigKidatthetrack1-20-126.mp4 video by amx1397 - Photobucket

 

Yep, loved the BIG jump in the 1st one!

 

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME

 

Wed. Jim, big kid and I went to PBIR we got in a few runs 5 or 6 ea. and had a very good time the only race jim lost was to me,, i may have that on video if a friend sends it to me ,, I ran 11.23 @ 124 a new best. ,, Jim on 20" street tires ran 12.3 @ 111 his tires are 27" tall get the right tire on there and he is in the 11"s , just wait to here him tell you how much better this 1/4 mile track is,, he also saw a wheel standing Little Red Wagon do a wheel stand for the full 1/4 mile.. we really had a blast. jim thanks for coming down and racing me & with me, come back next week if you can jim

 

Beat this.
RENNTech SLR Shows Extreme Performance From Minimal Mods | BenzInsider.com - A Mercedes-Benz Fan Blog

 

I would love to but renntech is like most mercedes dealers ,,,,what us work on a chrysler, I don;t care if it does have a mercedes motor in it, they didn't say that quite that way, but that is how they meant it,, I live very close to renntech shop, been there twice ,,left both times without any help. oh I know the driver of that slr,, his e55 also turns in the 10's... jim

 

Awesome Jim! So close to the 10's...I have to come down there some day for sure. I'd also like to swap our drag wheels/tires just to see how much of a difference there is since yours are so much lighter.

 

Thats great Jim. Wish I could have been there!!! Wish I had a Day Off!!!