"mike d." <miggitymike@juno.com> wrote:
>all in all, IT KICKED ASS!!!!
Agreed!
>okay, first the track report: Racing was cool. I couldn't race because
>the I didn't bring a broom to sweep up after my truck =)
LOL!
>from what I saw, it was a slow, slick track. VMP caters to the Pro Cars,
>so there is no way to go around the water box. Actually, there was no
>water "box" per se, it was an area that they sprayed down with the hose
>that you pretty much HAD to drive through to get to the staging lanes.
Okay, besides the long wait in the tech line, this was one other thing
I didn't like. I knew I was screwed as soon as I realized I couldn't
go around the water. To tell you the truth, I'm surprised I did as
well as 15.1 in the 1/4.
>The guys on slicks were okay, but the guys on street tires really had a
>hard time hookin' up. Everyone ran a good couple tenths slower than they
>usually do. Needless to say, there were several good quick trucks that
>didn't run up to their potential because of traction. That kinda'
>sucked...
Count me in on that one. I know I could of done at least 3 tenths
better. But that's okay, my main reason for going was to meet
people. I can always go over the Jacksonville to better my times.
>the Tech inspection line was loooonnngg.. and many people spent 2 hours
>waiting for the techs just to say "aiight, go ahead" and only run once or
>twice...
Yep. Hour and a half here, but still very bad.
>now to the meet report: Everyone I talked to was really cool. The whole
>R/T Elitists thing was the joke of the day =) Along with the premag
LOL! Yeah, a group of us R/T guys thought about marking out a box in
the pits with a white line and putting up a sign stating R/T's only,
but then decided against it. <grin> But seriously, I am going to
suggest to the R/T list that it be opened back up to allow anyone to
read. It used to be that way until it was closed due to the towing
issue. That's over, so I see no reason it can't be changed back.
>There were people there that I really wanted to meet, but didn't... I
>tried tho, but with the tech line being long like it was and stuff, most
>people were hard to get ahold of. There were a few anti-social people
>there, and some downright jerks too (non DMLers tho!).
You will always run into those. I was disappointed that we did not
get a group picture of the trucks or of the participants. That would
have been really cool. As it turned out, people were scattered all
over the place.
>so anyway, by far the coolest part was the cruisin' afterwards!!
>picture this: 15 daks, all different shapes and sizes rollin' by, makin'
>a lot of noise, hoopin' and hollerin'...
Pulling into gas stations, turning around, doing burnouts...
>I have to say, it was impressive!! I got pics of people racin', burnin'
>out, chillin', all kinds of stuff... hopefully I'll get them scanned and
>stuff really soon =)
>I had ablast!!! we definitely gotta do this again!!
I think everyone who went enjoyed it, despite the flaws. I'm looking
forward to another one.
Terry Herrin
99 FR CC R/T
14.896 @ 91.11mph
Wilmington, NC
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