Some pics from the event. If you didn't go you missed out big time, and I mean big time. It was hot as hell but Bob (NoConess) put on an awesome Autocross event. I had a blast as you can see below with me tearing it up!
I then went drag racing and took home 2nd place out of 30 cars in my class. Best run of the day in 100 degree humid heat was 13.77 @ 102. I was happy considering this is my first track appearance with this car. Got my picture taken with Jim Wangers by High Performance Pontiac so who knows I might be famous! :bubbrub Oh if you see red X's that means all of you guys looking crashed the server!!!! Just check back later and they'll show back up.
Great pics too. I like the red old and silver new inline one. Any of an 04 or 05 and an oldie GTO staged against each other? That'd be awesome wallpaper.
It was a first time experience for me. Never pushed the GTO that hard on the curves. It was nice to almost lose control but then quickly get it back with a flip of the pedals. Took a while to get the hang of the course and know when to brake and accelerate. My tires have little chunks missing in the tread. 100 degrees and 90% humidity. It was hard to concentrate given the extreme heat. Bob Ploof was the best driver. A 95 Impala with some special road race tires had the fastest time that I could see. I was amazed but those tires look made for this. Mostly GTOs. A 70 Judge overheated. Great time. I should have dragged as well but I thought it was too late. A couple of 60s Goats did the course but made the body pitched and leaned.
It was a first time experience for me. Never pushed the GTO that hard on the curves. It was nice to almost lose control but then quickly get it back with a flip of the pedals. Took a while to get the hang of the course and know when to brake and accelerate. My tires have little chunks missing in the tread. 100 degrees and 90% humidity. It was hard to concentrate given the extreme heat. Bob Ploof was the best driver. A 95 Impala with some special road race tires had the fastest time that I could see. I was amazed but those tires look made for this. Mostly GTOs. A 70 Judge overheated. Great time. I should have dragged as well but I thought it was too late. A couple of 60s Goats did the course but made the body pitched and leaned.
Actually it was a 1969 Judge Automatic, with 14in 70 series tires, no rear sway bar, and only a posi to help with traction ... and once I got the Torque Converter cooled off I cracked off a 41.09 -- good enough for 2nd in the classic class. Its only 7 seconds behind Bob and about a million years of technology too! Most fun I had all meet! Shame more didn't come out -- missed the best fun all week!
That Judge was awsome to see and a great effort despite no sway bar. My 65 was set up a little better for the Autocross and I was happy to be "only" 4.8 seconds behind Bob - in there with the slower of the 04/05 cars (but well behind the average). The solid axle did bounce once or twice, but body roll wasn't too bad (lowered 1 1/2 in, big sway bars). It was more fun than the drags - my best was way off the pace and worse than Dave's (13.85/100, short shifting d2 vapor lock probs).
Susie called me at lunch to tell me that I had received a package today from Missouri. Having not ordered anything like blow up dolls that I can remember (actually Susie asked if I got his and hers blow up dolls), I was drawing a blank.
So I had her open it and it was a framed picture of the...
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I was checking out the web site for the 2006 GTO nationals and found the list of winners for the popular vote. Glad to see members on the board take home some awards :judge: Click Me
I hope to see more 04/ 05 GTOs next year. Can't wait met some really fun people. :D
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Now that it has been a few weeks, I was just wondering what everyone thought about the autocross/drag racing that took place Thursday June 30th.
Problems? Concerns? Comments?
Did you like the overlapping events on the same day?
Would you prefer the two events on separate days?
Autocross...
Sorry it took so long for me to post this, but I've been out all week at the national Impala SS event in the Pocono's in PA.
Anywho, the results are here. It is a .pdf file, so make sure you have the proper reader.
