[Rich-L79]

Okay, absolutely crummy camera angle but I just wasn't thinking of camera angles during set up. Anyway, I had a great deal of fun, sweated buckets (I think I drank 4-5 liters of water and only peed once!) and got some first time experience with my new GoPro. I'll do better with the camera location next time and hopefully better times on the driving too. Still, I did pretty well and found out the car is actually set up pretty darn well, just need better tires. The tail end of the course was a quick wiggle and then full throttle which was a very pleasing way to end a run, spinning the rears the whole way! The experienced driver who rode along on the first run was actually pretty surprised with the power and torque experience at the end.

http://youtu.be/nxfGC-up-w0

And some stills:

Arrived around 7:30, I was already sweating.

All taped up and ready to dance. I anticipated tagging some cones and wanted to protect the paint. As it was, I didn't hit a single cone.

Just waiting for the action to begin.

3-2-1 liftoff!

Scrubbing about 5000 miles' worth of treadwear off the tires.

Next up: get the brakes on the wagon sorted out and take it autocrossing.

 

[JWA]

Very Nice :thumbsup:

 

[Andy69]

neato

 

[Derek69SS]

Look at all that beautiful concrete!!! :bow:

 

[Rich-L79]

Look at all that beautiful concrete!!! :bow:

Military airstrip. The Lincoln airport is a combination municipal airport and an Air National Guard wing, thus all the concrete is military grade stuff. The section they use is a more or less decommissioned section not used since the Air Guard wing has been shrunk in size over the years. Even though the concrete is very old, it has almost no cracks or displacements of any consequence. This airport used to be an alternate landing site for the space shuttle (about 8 or 10 locations down the list) if that helps give you an idea of the size, length and quality of the air strip available. The surface is very coarse though, great for traction but really tears up tires quickly.

 

[Andy69]

if you get some dedicated autocross tires, you don't have to worry about scrubbing 5000 miles off, since they don't have that much to begin with

 

[Derek69SS]

Some of my friends will be there in about a week.

 

[Andy69]

we race at a municipal airport/former navy base and all they let use use is an itty bitty out of the way corner.

Now Blytheville on the other hand, is awesome

 

[Rich-L79]

Yep, Nationals is coming up. On the opposite side of where the track was set up they had a test track laid out and Hoosier was there testing new tire designs due out in 2014 on a VERY nice sounding highly modified C6 Corvette. Everytime they took a test run all heads swiveled their direction.

 

[Rich-L79]

If they have another event this year I'll probably go with my very worn tires on OEM 18" wheels and just simply try my best to rip those tires to pieces. They are almost shot and it would be a good way to send them out on a high note. Besides, the car looks KILLER on those 18s.

 

[70RAIII]

Those GTO's are great cars!

I miss my '05 GTO....I liked it better than the '09 Challenger I have now...

 

[Andy69]

Careful rich, it's addicting and will result in an ever increasing spiral of money spending


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[Chris R]

I always wanted one for a summer daily driver.

 

[Rich-L79]

I always wanted one for a summer daily driver.

I doubt they will ever be as affordable as they are right now. Get one now while parts are still somewhat available as parts are drying up pretty fast.

 

[YankeeRodder]

Gotta love the Goat!