360 miles for me to get home and I manage to make it 90% of the way. It started pouring rain the last hour of my drive and eventually the car started to hydroplane in traffic super scary! I said screw it and pulled over 36 miles away from home at a gas station to get a tow haha! Waiting for the tow truck now haha
Better safe than sorry!
Ariel, that is strictly incredible. That's guts, that's determination.
No interior, no windshield wipers, race seat with not much padding, race stiff suspension...
Those Hot Rod "Drag Week" cars are p@ssy's compared to what Ariel just did. But ONLY in comparison.
Re: Spring Fling Speed Festival XI, Thursday, April 6th, 2017
[Re: autoxcuda]
#2283765 04/07/1703:20 AM04/07/1703:20 AM
Hey guys I made it back home. I didn't take the tow truck, the rain let up a little and I just went for it. Was able to make it back in one piece no problems and at least the rain washed all the bugs off the car for me haha! One of the dumbest things I have ever done in my life but sure makes for a good story haha!
Glad to see you made it Ariel! I had to deal with rain snow, washed out lines on the road, definitely some white knuckled driving while towing a trailer! This was before things got bad and the weather was fighting to get over the Sierras.
Glad to see you made it Ariel! I had to deal with rain snow, washed out lines on the road, definitely some white knuckled driving while towing a trailer! This was before things got bad and the weather was fighting to get over the Sierras.
Was this on the way there or did you go home last night?
'67 is an abbreviation of 1967 67' is an abbreviation of 67 feet They are not interchangeable.
Re: Spring Fling Speed Festival XI, Thursday, April 6th, 2017
[Re: NV69B7RR]
#2284063 04/07/1705:51 PM04/07/1705:51 PM
I left yesterday about 1/2hr after Ariel did. Once he told me it was raining in Concord I knew it would be over the hill soon enough, and I had 8000ft passes to deal with. I hope theres video of the straight away run too! I left the 2:94's in it. 3:23's would have been about perfect for that track.
Sorry, I've been lagging. It's been a really long couple of days and I am beat. Took the Dart through Angeles Crest Highway Wednesday night after a full day of work and school. Pretty fun but took it easy as I was driving an unknown, winding road at night. Plus I had tools in the back. Stayed at a motel that by far had the most uncomfortable sleeping arrangements ever. To think people actually steal pillows from this place.
Got to Willow Springs... Had the driver's meeting, novice school, and went out to race. I only did two run sessions as I didn't want to kill the car and I was machining tires. I spun off course twice at turn 3 during my first session. The second was almost a 3 car pile up but luckily my car rolled off course. That may have been filmed. We'll see if Tim posts it up in a couple of weeks or if it makes it in one of the magazines.
Overall the Dart did great. I did the lunch time drags which was fun. Almost lost to a Ram 3500 because I decided to do an 1/8 mile burnout to make things more interesting. The WOT on the Dart is awesome and she really moves down the straight. Once I hit about 4500 RPM the engine just takes things to a whole new level and kicks you in the butt into overdrive. Basically in 4th gear the car goes from 85... 90... 95... 120!!! I did drag race a Hellcat, he got me slightly off the line and I had to slowly ease into 1st and 2nd so I wouldn't spin the tires. He beat me by a car length or two.
RYLIS -- DID THE RAIN CHANGE THE COLOR OF YOUR CAR?... THOUGHT IT WAS PAINTED? AWESOME THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE! MO'POWER TO YA!
Mopar Mitch
"Road racers and autocrossers go in deeper and come out harder!"... and rain never stops us from having fun with our cars... in fact, it makes us better drivers!
Check out MOPAR ACTION MAGAZINE, August 2006 issue for feature article and specs on my autocross T/A!
Re: Spring Fling Speed Festival XI, Thursday, April 6th, 2017
[Re: Mopar Mitch]
#2284275 04/08/1702:27 AM04/08/1702:27 AM