Wow.

Thanks to everyone who came, and thanks to LET Motorsports for sponsoring the event. What an awesome time.

We had a good turnout, about 15 cars. Weather was perfect, low temps, high pressure, low humidity.

A few folks turned their personal best, myself included. I ran 11.9x @115.xx three times throughout the day, putting me in the 11's for the first time. Car is stock save a johnson CM30 pump and BFGs.

AMG-Jerry set a new record for a C32 - 12.4 Watch out, guys, his LET-powered car is for real.

J 200I cut a sick 1.77 60' on stock contis, I believe a tie for the record.

C32used ran a PB as well, I think a 13.2.
There was another stage 1 C32 that cracked the 12's, but I can't remember if he had drag radials or not.

A couple of awesome mustangs were there too. The supercharged one was bloody quick.

I did see Victor (C32used) stomp on his buddy in the WS6 Trans Am.

jacek9478 ran a 13.2 as well.


*The Lowest E.T. trophy and detailing package was given to ENDSMTG. His awesome Evosport Stage 3 car was by far the quickest and fastest, running 11.6 and 123 MPH !!!

*I managed to eek out the Best R/T trophy with a 0.02 sec.

*The Racer's Choice trophy went to Dwayne (IlliniE55) in his beautiful 2006 Flint Grey machine. He was the high-miler, coming all the way from Springfield.

*The Slowpoke Award, along with a bottle of NOS Octane Booster, went to Jacek9478 I believe, who was a great sport about the (minor) ribbing he took.

Thanks to everyone who brought stuff; I don't think anyone went hungry.

One highlight of the day was running against a C6 Z06 in ENDSMTG's Evosport beast. He was generous enough to let me fling it down the track a couple of times with Drag Radials.

The Z06 asked for the "bust," meaning that I had to leave after he moved. Full of adrenaline from the day, I launched hard on him, forcing his shutdown at halftrack and the win.

The second race was closer, but the amazing torque of the E55 overcame the disadvantage of him leaving first - the E55 was ahead until the 1000' mark, where the Z06 caught back up. He passed me somewhere near the finish line, but we got the win light.

Pics/Vids/Slips to follow. Thanks again to EVERYONE.

 

ChicagoX: Thanks to you for organizing a GREAT event. Congrats on the personal best and breaking into 11's on just drag radials.

My second run of the day (2nd run at a dragstrip EVER) was the best.

Actually, I was on PS2's not the stock contis, but still street tires and the car is totally stock!

Here are the numbers for that run:

60' 1.777
330 5.080
1/8ET 7.797
1/8MPH 89.82
1000ET 10.145
1/4ET 12.11
1/4MPH 114.82

ENDSMTG: Wish I was there to see your car take out the 07 Z06

Thanks to everyone, it was a great day and it was nice to put some faces with names.

 

Sounded like a blast... I knew Dave's car was going to be flying... and I told him it would be! He was a little hesitant after dynoing on the heartbreak Dyno Dynamics dyno but I told him his car was putting down big power. His MPH proves it. 123mph is just crazy! I wonder what is the fastest no-spray 55k mph? Dave has got to be up there.

Glad you all had fun, sorry I couldn't have made it. Make sure people post up their slips and vids.

-m

 

Nice runs! Gotta love great weather and a sticky track surface.Looks like the DA was around -60 to 70's for you guys.

Send some of those negative DA's out west for us!!!!! And we'll send you guys some smog...lol

 

Sunny California or great times Man great #'s . I may have to do something

 

I had tons of fun! I got smoked by Wayne during the first run of the day. A Monte Carlo that could do wheelies beat me pretty bad. I also had a close run with the SC Saleen. Great guy!

I found one time slip of a C32 running a 12.3, so it looks like I have the second fastest one now.

A 12.4 with cracked headers isn't bad...

 

Few pics:















Vids coming, I promise. Work beckons for a few moments.

 

my best et was 12.92@108.69 1.89 60'
my best mph was 13.03@110.01 2.06 60'

 

Great runs everybody, very nice pictures.....

Jerry, congrats on this awsome run. Your C32 is on its way to become the fastest C32 in the country

I wish we had that kind of weather here in california

 

any chance of getting some small LET stickers made?

 

Wow, Talk about elevation making a difference.
@ 2,200 ft. elevation, I was able to manage a 12.92 @ 109

Basically 1 full second faster.

Incredible times,

Looks like AMG was represented well that day

 

Here's the first vid:

E55 vs Mustang Cobra

 

Congrats very fast times.

 

Wow, very nice times! Looks like you had alot of fun. I wish I could pull a decent 60' time. My traps are 116mph but I can still only eek out high-12's with this horrible wheelhop. I have to feather the clutch out in 1st and 2nd gears or my momentum just goes up in smoke. My best is only a 12.8@116 w/ a 2.2 60'.

 

They are in the works.

 

hey just wanted to mention that my C32 is still stock and pulleys are here but not installed yet and my PB is 13.29@105.89 with a .06 reaction but best trap was 106+ and best reaction was .0330 on two runs only.

 

What a great time! Marcus, U were right! Car is making monstrous power right now and running great. The Z06 kill was just icing on a perfect day! Wayne, please get that vid up asap. Thanks to all that organized, lets do a indoor cart day soon!

P.S.-my car is stage II....not stage III for the record.

 

sick event!!! Is LET Motorsports a MB performance shop in chicagoland area ?

we need to have a BMW vs. MB track day next spring or summer..

 

I thought it was stage 2 but kepted hearing three so I presumed also.

 

Such a great idea!

 

That one is a little special - I'm working on it.


Here's your car vs my car in the meantime.

Slip:



Vid:

Chicagox vs ENDSMTG

 

I've got to get those R/T and 60ft times down. I almost caught U! Did I give U the bust? Yeah, I thought so!

 

That was some crazy action at the end of the day.

Your car is an ANIMAL.

 

Nope, they are in Houston.

 

Dave,

All I can say is congrats, you worked hard on that car and fortunately it has paid off! I think you need to start looking at drag radial setups... you can use your stock wheels and throw a set of drag radials on the rear with stock tires up front... you will be easily running low 11s with a good 1.7-1.8 60' - and with the DRs who knows man, you might even cut those down further.

Good luck bro, next spring should be very interesting.

-m