This page cronicles peformance events attended with the GTO such as drag racing, SOLO racing and so on.
July 28, 2012
Not exactly a peformance event, but I went on a countryside cruise with some friends. We cruised to the next town over for breakfast, then to another small town for a car show. It was a great day. Here is the group just after breakfast. And I use the word "cruise" lightly as there was some "performance" driving involved on some of the more remote highways.
August 25, 2013
SCCA Solo racing. I got four runs, best time was 74.483. Really hot street cars with really good summer-only or racing tires were turning in mid-60s times. I wasn't the fastest by any means, but I did have fun. I was limited by the tires without a doubt.
See video here: http://youtu.be/nxfGC-up-w0
Some stills from the day's events.
Arriving at 7:30, I was already sweating.
All taped up and ready to dance. I anticipated tagging a few cones and did the tape to protect the paint. As it is, I never hit a single cone.
Just waiting for the action to begin.
3-2-1 liftoff!
On the course and punishing the tires.
Ocotober 20, 2013
Last Solo event of the year. SCCA Nationals were a few weeks ago but they set up the same course for an open runs day.
Got there just as the sun was coming up.
Waiting my turn.
Taking off.
On the course.
Finally got the car out to the drag strip, Kearney Raceway Park near Kearney Nebraska. Unfortunately it was nearly 100 degrees out when we were running and the DA was over 5000 feet. I was running on my street tires though I did lower the tire pressures somewhat to help. Regardless, there was little traction to be had. The best I managed was a 13.8. The best of a 105 MPH though proves there is much more in the car than I was able to make use of. Maybe on another day in better weather I can do better. I did run with my G-Tech and found it to be within .001 of the times recorded at the track so I should be able to use it as a tool near home to see if I can do better without going 100 miles each way to the strip. Per the timeslip below, I was car #65 in the right lane.
May 30, 2020
I got an opportunity to run a few laps at MPH Hastings. Below are links to a few videos from that outing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH2b5sBG_ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enaZdBYRjXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwdLepgD7MU
October 5, 2020
Finally got the car into the 12s! Well, so says my G-Tech. But I've worked with my G-Tech for years adjusting it to be very accurate. Here is a comparison of the G-Tech vs. a timeslip from the dragstrip, it was within a few 1000ths on the ET. (And yes, this was a pretty crappy run at the track!)
And the most recent run results, the latest run at 12.977 is on the left:
I hope to get to the track next Spring to duplicate this at a real track and get a similar timeslip. Note, this run was done on a rural blacktop road which was dusty from harvest season and on street tires so traction was limited as my 60 foot times show. I plan to get some drag radials for the track for next year which should help a lot.
March 21, 2021
I got a set of Nitto NT05R drag radials and mounted them on a spare set of stock 17-inch wheels. My first time out I bettered my previous time to 12.81 with a 2.15 60 foot time. I know there is more in the car with smoother technique but I'm happy to be solidly in the 12s.
And a vido of that run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGgL9S0CEJo
June 5, 2021
I participated in the
Big Blue Mile event today. bigbluemile.com
I signed up for the half-mile runs but on my fourth and final
run they asked if I wanted to run the mile and I said YES. So,
the best runs were:
Half-mile: 137.1 MPH
Mile: 163.9 MPH
The car exceeded my expectations by good amount. It was a great day and a lot of fun. Well run program and the proceeds go to buying equipment for small town fire departments.
The GTO all stickered up and ready for the event.
I was obviously car #15, you can see the full results here: https://www.bigbluemile.com/results/
Video:
Mile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LnoYIX7HXI
Half mile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgbGD7WFihQ
Compilation of all four runs (shorter video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpEAjnwCCP0
October 8, 2021
After the blower went
on I achieved a new personal best in the quarter. 12.675 @112.5
MPH. There is more in the car, more tweaks to the blower set up
are pending. Traction is hard to find especially at launch.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egHioQnIVyE
June 4, 2022 - Big Blue Mile
I again participated in the Big Blue Mile. This year I had the blower on the car. My half mile improved to a best of 142.4 mph and my best mile improved to 169.9 mph. The video below has contents showing my best half mile and my mile run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6rDn3_F9uE
And here is a video showing the launch of my first run (142.1 mph). This is not one of my videos obviously but was recorded by the BBM organizers. Skip ahead to about 3:15 to see my car launch.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=735622567470745&t=4
July 30, 2022
The first social outing for the red 04 GTO I got recently. Orange went along to keep him company.
