I spanked a ricer at the track

[islandermyk]

Aside going straight and fast... which I think is cool... anyone here ever took their car out to High Plains Raceway?
You can definitely see it all... from the ricers, muscle cars, and the exotics (cars right off the streets and fully modded ones) during their track days... and it is a fantastic asphalt track with elevations, about 15 turns (If I remember correctly), and a super long ass straight away!
I race my bike there, but I really enjoy watching the cars tear it up (especially the exotics) on their track days. Sometimes I think they are going a little faster than the bikes are especially in the turns (4 wheels compared to 2 wheels on the ground), but no times are recorded on track days.
Thought I'd see or contribute an idea for some of the petroleum junkies here as another form of having a good time with your rides.

[micah360]

nice car... I love GTIs I have a 2010 GTI (2.0T) that is begging to be chipped...

I can imagine that your's launches pretty well being AWD. Fun stuff...

Got an 08 VW R32 (V6 260hp AWD) in January, been itching to find legitimate places to race up north without getting in trouble. Get lots of nice comments and it makes a great smooth/comfortable daily. Just wish I had the $10k to add the CTS turbo and get it up to 420hp. Needs it, for such a small car, it's 3400lbs.

[Ronin13]

You can't go wrong with German engineering... I myself can't wait until my 1st round of mods on my '05 BMW 325xi are done this summer so I can go lay waste to the little ricers that love to cruise around Lakewood.
I am curious though, how many bikers are in here? I used to have an '03 CBR600RR that ate corvettes and crapped out mustangs and hopefully will be able to get a 2010 600RR around January. Granted bikes are in a totally different class, but still, 0-60 in faster than I can time because I'm having too much fun.
And as far as American badass speed is concerned, I love those SRTs, especially the '11 Charger SRT8 Limited.

[Tim K]

I race my bike there, but I really enjoy watching the cars tear it up (especially the exotics) on their track days. Sometimes I think they are going a little faster than the bikes are especially in the turns (4 wheels compared to 2 wheels on the ground), but no times are recorded on track days.

I ride there too. You going June 26th?

[JoeT]

where's this 1/4 mile track? and how tough are they in Tech inspection?

I'm finally tuned for altitude and would love to make a few runs out here to see how much the thin air changes times.

I ask about tech, 'cause back home I could usually get 2 runs in before I was told I couldn't run anymore (too fast for the my safety equipment).

Fastest run was 10.44 / 127.29mph on drag radials at sealevel



I'd like to make a couple runs at high plains too, I just hate getting beat by miatas. I have 3xs the hp, but those miata guys can drive their cars

[Mtn.man]

where's this 1/4 mile track? and how tough are they in Tech inspection?

I'm finally tuned for altitude and would love to make a few runs out here to see how much the thin air changes times.

I ask about tech, 'cause back home I could usually get 2 runs in before I was told I couldn't run anymore (too fast for the my safety equipment).

Fastest run was 10.44 / 127.29mph on drag radials at sealevel



I'd like to make a couple runs at high plains too, I just hate getting beat by miatas. I have 3xs the hp, but those miata guys can drive their cars

Bandimere goes by NHRA rules. for the !/4 and that is all they have.

[Hoosier]

where's this 1/4 mile track?

About 4 miles west of I-25 on Hwy50, northern end of Pueblo. Google "Pueblo Motorsports Park". I went and watched the drag strip, and the kids on these quarter midgets. They go maybe 40 miles per hour in a perfect circle. I almost got motion sick just watching it! There is also a road course that includes the drag strip, and lots of room for dirt bikes/quads.

H.

[Graves]

My ricer did a 12.2/115mph @ bandimere. When asked I told the TO that I figured it'd run a low 14. After a sub 13 run I was quickly told to park it because I didn't have the required safety equipment. I never did find out what it'd do on the race map.

Shoulda saw the looks I got from the old guys in their mid-life crisis fix after I put a couple bus lengths on 'em.

[68Charger]

I've got a Charger- while it's not an SRT, it's a '07 Police package.. so what it's missing in the HP dept (stock besides a Tuner, AFAIK, I bought it from CSP), it makes up for in suspension & brakes... at least in '07, the Police package had better brakes and suspension than even SRT's

would be fun to take it out to some kind of event, SCCA or the like to see what I can get out of it- I still have the Z-rated cop tires that were on it when I bought it (currently has H-rated tires & alloy rims from a '10 Challenger on it)

I'm too busy (& lazy?) to figure out where I can run it without big investment in time and/or $$ for club/track fees... and I'm not interested in doing something stupid on public streets, I've outgrown that...

Maybe I'll just try to get it out to PMP sometime.. look for a sliver Charger with 3 antenna plugs, an extra roof plug, and a searchlight on the A-Pillar...

[car-15]

I've got a Charger- while it's not an SRT, it's a '07 Police package.. so what it's missing in the HP dept (stock besides a Tuner, AFAIK, I bought it from CSP), it makes up for in suspension & brakes... at least in '07, the Police package had better brakes and suspension than even SRT's

would be fun to take it out to some kind of event, SCCA or the like to see what I can get out of it- I still have the Z-rated cop tires that were on it when I bought it (currently has H-rated tires & alloy rims from a '10 Challenger on it)

I'm too busy (& lazy?) to figure out where I can run it without big investment in time and/or $$ for club/track fees... and I'm not interested in doing something stupid on public streets, I've outgrown that...

Maybe I'll just try to get it out to PMP sometime.. look for a sliver Charger with 3 antenna plugs, an extra roof plug, and a searchlight on the A-Pillar...

I had a r/t 5.7 prior to my srt, It ran 15.20 at pmp, with a diablo programmer, magnaflow duals and a cold air kit, they run pretty well. I would of kept it but I got such a deal on the srt I could not pass it up.