Bigkid
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: South Carolina
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Re: big kid is in south fl. - Today , 10:09 AM


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.

 

Thanks for enteraining us! Hope I can make it down that neck of the woods some day.