I used to bracket race in Gulfport. It was my first track. Glad its still going.
Yes, yes it is..I'm used to going there on Wednesday evening/night for Test and Tune and bracket racing. My buddy who (just a week or so ago) broke into the 9s around 9.8 at 139 MPH w/his 2005 LS2 supercharged 'Vette and I went this afternoon and evening, he wanted to make some passes.
Said it was Test and Tune and some kinda "Louisiana vs Mississippi" race...
OMG! Initially I was thrilled that there was a line of traffic to turn onto the road that ends at the track gate, and I don't recall seeing that huge a turnout before, certainly not on a Wednesday night, but
I wrote it off to it being a late Saturday event, so more people are off.
From what I could tell, it seemed like a number of "groups, teams, or acquaintances" had shown up to either make some test passes, but mostly to run ⅛ mile grudge races. Someone "promoting" the event who looked like "Homie HoodRat Big Money G" was calling a "driver's meeting" and he had difficulty with that...
SO you can imagine what it was like when he decided that not only would he have nonstop commentary about everything and nothing simultaneously, but...
HE was going to "run the track"...
I can only guess he felt entitled to since he rented the track.
After some steadily paced test passes, which was fun to watch, then the grudge racing began and about 175 people decided that
the rails and fencing on the burnout pad and all surfaces that follow towards the staging beams were "
suggestions"...
There was lots of
and
and
Possibly some
and
too, and I wouldn't have been too surprised if
wouldn't have followed the
I was witnessing, in the rather large crowds, often over wagers laid down.
Oh the drama..
It got so bad, so crowded and back logged that a number of drivers were "expressing dismay" at the disorganization and crowded starting box.
We left around 9pm. I wouldn't be surprised if the shitshow didn't go on for hours. Lots of
"donk" cars. Very menacing and oh so appealing
This car has been together for about 4 months...
Dick Boneske, and I used the line lock for the first time to get some heat in the Toyo Proxes TQ drag radials (I have those on both of our cars) and I power shifted. I gotta play with the timing and advance. That GTO should be in the 12s, and so should my Roadrunner!
