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For those of you who are interested, Darlington International Dragway
(http://www.darlingtondragway.com/), one of the fastest 1/4 miles in the
country, is re-opening on May 3rd. After being allowed to go down the
crapper by the previous owners, it is under new management, is completely
repaved and is once again an IHRA (http://www.ihra.com/) sanctioned
track.
If you live anywhere near the area, come on out and show your support and
see the best of the best race. :thumbs:
vwhobo
So now we know vwhobo lives in or near Hartsville, Sout Carolina
:laughing:jp
Looks like a pretty good track from the pictures...I'd go there, but I'm
about 1,500 miles away :laughing:
chris_knows
what makes it quick? the surface? if so, what are the odds that the new
surface will be as quick?
windsonian
Because the first 300 feet is the same concrete that's has been there for
years, the track prep will be better than ever and it's still only 130 feet
above sea level. That makes it one of the lowest tracks in the country.
On a dry, cool night it hurts going so fast.
vwhobo
I am jealous! I hate my track It has NO traction, potholes in the staging
lanes, etc http://smilies.storagebin.us/smilies/smashfreakB.gif
But then again, the hobo should know about ABQ nat'l dragway :wink2:
Zalight
Excuses, Excuses. :laughing:
Pythias
Well, you get used to the no traction thing and learn how to launch at this
particular track. (my 2.06 60' can atest to that :wink2: ) But for really
high horsepower cars, or cars that are in the 10's or quicker up
here....traction is non existent for the first 330.
Zalight
I couldn't decide if this should go in Motorsports or Asian Imports, but...
A friend of mine just e-mailed me this vid. We saw the car run last
Saturday and it was amazingly quick. According to Lee (?), the guy who
owns and built it, it's the quickest AWD automatic DSM on the planet. It
is a damn fast car, really pretty close to stock and testament to how good
the new surface is at Darlington. Imagine how fast it'll be with some
rubber on it. I've already put down my share. :wink2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM3YEfAAfBQ
vwhobo
heh, sounds like the strip we have in my hometown. New York International
is not to bad though
glagon1979
My home is route 66 and holds power really well. We run consistent 8.20's
myshifter.com
umm, car?
nighthawk
a couple of mid 80's mustangs with 500 inch big block 460's
myshifter.com
wouldnt that make it a 460 inch big block 460?
or a 500 inch big block 500?
bored out?
nighthawk
they start as 460's but we do some bore and stroke work to them
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