Spokane County Raceway - Street Legal Drags May 1st

[erik]

Gates Open at 5 pm. Racing starts at 5:30 pm. Mufflers are required to run after 11 pm. Event will feature time-trials and grudge racing from 5:30pm - 12am, which gives each participant plenty of runs down the track.
Racer entry is $20, Competition Number $5 (once a year fee)
Admission: Adult $10, Child 6-14 $5, Ages 5 & under Free.
Military Discount is good for $2 off on Adult Ticket (Must show Military ID)


More info: http://spokanecountyraceway.com/events/drag-street-legal-drags/

[JetBlack]

YES!!! We can buy a number and keep it all year! Last year, I got 302, one night. Wished I could have kept that one, even though I have a 4.6, at least it keeps with the theme of the Mustang.

[jon]

erik you coming up this fri night?

[silver_echo]

i kinda want to get 42 if i can... probably can't, but it would be funny... second choice 86... but if not, i will take what i can get...

[erik]

erik you coming up this fri night?

Can't make it this Friday. Looks like they did some nice renovations to the track though!

[jon]

yeah it looks nice. i cant wait to see it.

you need to come kick it

you always got a place to crash

[Domesticated]

im not gonna be able to make it. they way my cars runnin i might be like to run a high 15. i work friday night anyway...

[ben_cb7]

i will be there but not racing, just getting vids of everyone who does show up

[Bimmer Boi]

I think I will be there, thinking of bringing the old grand cherokee with kinny and we're gonna see who does better :)

[JetBlack]

Man, that sucked.

I couldn't hook up at all and it just got worse as the night wore on. I wonder how long the track takes to "break in"?

I'm really glad there is a track and we all got to go and enjoy it but wow, traction was all over the place and the time clock seems a bti off. Or my car and everyone I know's cars got about half a second or more, slower over the winter. :(

By the end of the night, I was cutting 2.44 second 60' times. Insanely slow. I have never been that slow, even on stock tires.

By 9:45, I couldnt' get out of the 14 second range at barely over 100 MPH. That's slower (according to the clock) than I was stock, also.

Dismal.

[Domesticated]

hehehe, that means my car is as fast as your stang! lol. well it was before the burnt rings and the torn bearings. my best is a 14 at 98...

[JetBlack]

I was talking to some of the other guys and at least I'm not the only one with these problems.

That was embarrassing. I could see half a second slower times, in the beginning, as I get used to racing again, after the Winter but a full second? And so slow? And the 60'? When I do the math, that's where my problem was.

Every 1/10th of a second in the 60' equals about 2/10ths in the 1/4 mile. I was half a second slower on my 60' times, so to be a whole second slower, at the finish, makes sense. It just sucks so much ass.

Here's some other's experiences too:
http://www.spokanespeed.net/forum/showthread.php?p=49342&posted=1#post49342

I apologize to all the people who wanted to go out and have a great time, their first time out. Track conditions sucked but I am told they will improve through the season.

[srtbrian]

Wow shitty deal. So I guess braking anything because of TO much traction wont happen huh lol

[JetBlack]

Yeah, there was no chance of breaking anything unless you softened it up first. It was very disappointing but hopefully everything gets better in the coming weeks.

[silver_echo]

i only saw two cars break... one blew his tranny after a motor build, and the other blew his top end on boost... BOTH HONDA