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Originally Posted by Yellow6thGen
Let me know when your hitting the track again if you can... Are you going to,Fayetteville? It’s a couple hour drive for me but I like the track. I only have an 1/8 local in Mooresville...
I have a friend that helps me working on my car there. I’ll be heading down after the snow stops again wth 
I would like to see your setup in action, I’ve done 11.40 bone stock so looking forward to test out the RotoFab and kooks exhaust and see possibly getting a set like yours in the rear and help!
Also I have a vacation planed in Aug at my condo at Atlantic Beach... looking forward to driving down to the beach.
Steve |
Hey Steve,
I usually go to Coastal Plains Dragway in Richlands, NC just outside Jacksonville about 1 hr drive from my home. It sits at about 15 ft above sea level and is usually a bit cooler with higher barometric pressure than tracks farther inland. I also like that it's oriented SW->NE. That puts the sun behind me along with prevailing winds most afternoons. I'd love to meet-up sometime if you're out this way. I don't think the 26" tires will work for you on the A10, though. There's too much torque to control with those short lower gears unless you went with a 12" wide slick. Most guys have a hard time with wheel spin on the launch in the A10 even with stock sizes.
I went to Fayetteville once on stock rubber, on the recommendation of some fellow motorsports enthusiasts. I was a bit disappointed, though, for 3 main reasons. See my track day thread [
New Track: Bone Stock 1/4 mile ET 11.17 sec?] for details. (1) Because the track orientation (NW->SE) is opposite my usual track, the sun was in my eyes and washed out my HUD. I use the HUD to help time my shifts. (2) Also, I don't like their time slips. There's no car number - only a brief description that changes from one pass to the next - easy to mix them up, which they did. Date/Time stamp is always wrong too. At about 1 PM on 22 Jan the slip showed 1/1/2009 at 3 AM. (3) Their aging timing system has some serious issues too. I ran a couple of 11.9 passes at 122 MPH, then a slightly faster pass had me running 11.1 @ 73 MPH. Red-lights only showed up on the time slip half the time and when they do, the reaction time doesn't show negative. (4) There were also some rather large pieces of pavement kicking around near the turn-offs to the return road. Too bad 'cause it's a nice track - well prepped with the water box you can drive around. It's also very well organized and the staff are friendly and helpful.
That does look like one of the closest decent tracks for you but I won't be going back until they update their systems unless my track is closed for some reason. I use the time slips to improve and record my progress. They have to tell the truth. Rockingham isn't too far from you either. There's a few members who like going there too.
Weather doesn't look good for Coastal Plains Dragway for the next few weeks. It seems we've slipped into a soggy weekend pattern lately. Next Sunday calls for afternoon showers but if that front moves a little slower it could clear up. Cool temps forecast could be good if the rain holds off 'til night-time. I keep an eye on the forecasts and play it one day at a time. If it looks good I'll PM you in case you want to make the trip - long drive for you, though. The long-range forecast for the following Sunday looks like thunderstorms. Might have to wait for April when they move TNT to Friday eve.
--Cal