Went to the show/race....
We had a good time. My 2-year old son loved it - I was worried he'd be bored. But between the planes taking off and landing and the cars zooming down the runway he was constantly entertained.
There were 2 GNs there. One was bone stock (according to the owner) who got consistently beat by his buddy in a blown 5.0 Mustang. There was a second on a trailer (PA tags "BLK DTH") that I didn't get to see run.
I'm not sure the "track" was a full 1/4 mile. I think they balanced the race-part with the slow-down part. There was not much room to slow down. Even in my dad's SS and my brother's WS6 - both of which have awesome brakes - I missed the access road and had to turn around at the end of the runway. It was a little scary - no guardrails separating the crowd from the runway and it was bumpy (more "wavy" than bumpy, I guess).
I ran against my brother once in my dad's SS. My dad's SS feels quicker but we proved that it isn't. My brother got a better launch (dad went the el cheapo route when it came time to buy tires for the SS) and I stayed with my nose at his door the entire length of the track. There were no timeslips or any timer at all, so it was "old-fashioned street racing style". There was a 2003 Cobra drop-top there that literally made EVERYTHING look slow. There was a new Viper GTS there but they guy could not get the thing moving. He got beat by things that shouldn't have beaten him, and it was backfiring on occasion making me think it was tweaked but not tuned.
There was also the usual smattering of rice, Mustangs, and F-bodies. There was some pro-street stuff there, too (which was scary to watch bounce down the runway).
Anyhow, I'd definitely do it again but I'll have to wait 'til I get the motor back in my GN.
Jim
