Home from Talladega Speedway

[adventurer 08]

Just got home from driving at the Talladega Super Speedway. I drove 20 laps, top speed was 173 mph. I have a new respect for those guys who do that for a living. What a ride!!!!!!!

[LilBeaver]

What, no pictures?

 

:duck:

[Mike G in SC]

Drove WHAT?

[deepforkriver]

you know what they say...... If there's no pics, it didnt happen

MUST HAVE BEEN RIDING A SECOND GEN!!

Wonder how fast a cage would have gone.......

[adventurer 08]

They put you in a car set up for your size so i drove a Camry, boy was it hard getting in and out. I'll try to get pics today.

[icebrrg3rd]

MUST HAVE BEEN RIDING A SECOND GEN!!

Wonder how fast a cage would have gone......

 

The 1st gens have to have a restrictor plate in them to keep them under 220...

 

-Andrew

[adventurer 08]

Here are some pictures of my drive at Talladega!

[djh3]

For the most part that generation of Sprint Cup car are pretty generic body wise. The nose and tail pieces are different. Also alot of times the drive deals like that all use the same motor. They may say one thing on the hood but it could be chevy powered. Depends on what kind of deal they have going. While 173 is fast to the vast majority of us, its hard to imagine they are actually averaging almost 3 mph more when they race, and INCHES apart. no wonder when someone hic-ups it get ugly real fast. Hope you had a good time. My wife got to do the same thing at Disney speedway and her sheet had her laps at 130 plus for like a 1 mile track.

[Phoneman1981]

Sounded like fun! Thanks for sharing.