Re: Anyone ever race a rental car???
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I won Street Class at MATS in 2006 with a V-6 300 rental. Half the street cars being raced there are rentals. I can not verify that it had tracking on it, however, when I turned it back in it still had all the stickers on it from the track. They never said a word and are still renting me cars. I Googled Orion and it appears to be a variation of Lo-Jack. Mainly for vehicle recovery in case of theft. Make sure it doesn't have On-Star though.
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Re: Anyone ever race a rental car???
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I discovered last fall that white V6 300 rental cars are a 1/2 second faster than black V6 300 rental cars.. But I won the street class in a race in the black car. Didn't get the chance to try red and silver cars though.
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Re: Anyone ever race a rental car???
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back in my bike racing days...we ran a penske rental chevy tahoe one lap at full speed at Daytona....got pretty fast on the straightaways...no issues. however one morning..i litterally jumped the tunnel going into the infield way too fast .....slammed the roof into the top of the tunnel.. the navigation antenea was knocked off..this triggered some issue with theft tracker and i got a call from the rental co..that the car went "off the grid" so to speek.. glad i had checked the box for extra ins. for rentals back then... cheapst
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Re: Anyone ever race a rental car???
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The undisputed King of Bracket Rentals is none other than Bret Kepner a.k.a. MR.DIRT . His winning percentage is around 75%. Once won in a strange van that he never even made pass in the time trials. Quote:
NHRA race announcer, drag-racing historian, TV host, and event emcee Bret Kepner of St. Louis, a.k.a. Mr. Dirt, has been bracket racing since 1990, winning many thousands of dollars in the process, including a spectacular winning performance in a rental car he had acquired earlier on the day of the races, taking home $5000. He favors renting Tauruses and Sables because they're cheap and very consistent from place to place because they are all alike. He races 40 to 50 times a year and wins $250 to $800 every time
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Re: Anyone ever race a rental car???
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All that Mr. Dirt stuff is from 20 years ago, it is very difficult to win rounds in a modern rental, even in Sportsman class.
and the difference is ??? I don't bracket race
I've had a terrible time racing the new cars. Maybe the drive by wire, I don't know. Cars are all over consistancy wise.
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Re: Anyone ever race a rental car???
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01/23/11 12:34 AM
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I've had a terrible time racing the new cars. Maybe the drive by wire, I don't know. Cars are all over consistancy wise.
When I first got the 300 and felt the lag of the DBW I thought I wouldn't be able to hit the tree if I ran over it. However, at the track I found it to be both easy to stage/launch, and pretty dead nuts consistent. I could actually floor it on the line and the car would not creep.
I made 8 runs with the car over 2 days. I had 6 lights between .048 and .055, (4 were .048) 1 red on a bye when I tried to push it, and an .083. Car varied by less than a tenth over 2 days.
I had a '96 Cavalier rental once that ran 5 18:61's in a row at US 41.
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