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Half-Fast

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I see lots of folks like to drag race their cars, but is there anyone who has taken theirs out on a road course?
 
that is my long term plan, drag is just a really good and cheap way to get data logs and an idea of power output. There is a track about 3 hours from me that does all-day events for about $300 for the driver.
 
AnotherGreenFusion said:
that is my long term plan, drag is just a really good and cheap way to get data logs and an idea of power output. There is a track about 3 hours from me that does all-day events for about $300 for the driver.
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Let me know if you have any questions.  I am a track day instructor in the D.C. area with SCCA, and a licensed race driver.  I work on my own car, and have a decent amount of knowledge of how to drive fast, and cure handling challenges.

 
a lot of us tracked our gen4,5 sho's a the sho convention last year in chicago. i'm a complete novice but was surprised at how good she did. wouldn't do it again, really hard on a car like ours. here's a link to youtube vid. one thing i can say as an owner of a '09 chally is that the sho is a much better road course than the chally based upon driving a windy road on my drive to & from work every day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACaFxqnByc

 
With good driving you'll be surprised what these boats can handle. They are 10x better than my Marauder was open track and even then I was able to crawl up the tail pipe of much more capable cars but not capable drivers.

I plan on taking mine out to Utah Motorsports Campus (Former Miller Motorsports Park) next spring.
 
i'm taking my SHO to a Precision Drivers course on Saturday at OSU-OKC. It is taught by the police driving instructors
 
It was!  I was actually surprised how well it felt.  Sure it wasn't my race car, but for a boat with a big motor, it inspired confidence.  I will say though, I could feel the "nannies" keeping me in check :)
 
Half-Fast said:
It was!  I was actually surprised how well it felt.  Sure it wasn't my race car, but for a boat with a big motor, it inspired confidence.  I will say though, I could feel the "nannies" keeping me in check :)
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Were you in track mode?

 
FoMoCoSHO said:
Were you in track mode?
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Given the conditions I decided to leave the nannies on.  The event was also at a new venue, and I haven't had a lot of time on it.  Were it dry, my intent was to drive it in all 3 modes (on, sport, and off), to see how it reacted at the limit for each.  Seeing as it was raining, and there were substantial puddles forming, I opted for a more conservative approach (esp. after the Mustang took out the guard rail).
 
Half-Fast said:
FoMoCoSHO said:
Were you in track mode?
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Given the conditions I decided to leave the nannies on.  The event was also at a new venue, and I haven't had a lot of time on it.  Were it dry, my intent was to drive it in all 3 modes (on, sport, and off), to see how it reacted at the limit for each.  Seeing as it was raining, and there were substantial puddles forming, I opted for a more conservative approach (esp. after the Mustang took out the guard rail).
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Lol, yeah, good call.

I hope you can get to a dry track soon!
 
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