I figured I would revive this thread and stir things up a bit.
A few weeks ago I went out to Lonestar Motorsports Park, aka the Hennessey 1/4 mile track. It is close to the house and they were having a "Run whatcha brung" event. It was not the best day for racing as it was warm, humid, and had a 20-30mph headwind. In any case it was fun.
My first run, (and also first of the day) was against a 2010-2012 Shelby GT 500. The Mustang didn't have the best launch and I ripped 2-3 car lengths on him out of the hole. I was able to hold him off for the win.
The second run was against a Mercedes AMG GT S. It spun off the line and by the time it hooked I was ~5 car lengths ahead. I took the win by a car length.
And the third run was against the same AMG GT S, the guy specifically wanted another crack at me. This time the GT S had a better launch but still spun some. I held him off and took the win by a hair. The guy parked his GT S and did not race the rest of the time I was there. He did come up to me asking what kind of car I had and didn't believe me until I showed him the Flying H on the steering
wheel. He then crawled thru the entire car and was thoroughly impressed.
Fourth run I had my doors blown off by a blown Camaro.
On the sixth run I raced against Charger R/T. The R/T shot out of the hole and pulled a car length on me. I reeled him in and won by almost a full car length. This guy was cool, we chatted a bunch with his dad who has a '14 Equus. Really cool guys.
After the Challenger R/T, a guy with a Challenger SRT/8 came up saying he would "redeem the Mopar's from the rice burners!". So my seventh and last run of the day was against the Challenger SRT/8. From the launch all the way to the 3-4 shift we were door to door. On the 3-4 shift I edged past by 1/2 a fender for the win.
I then parked and hung out chatting with a bunch of people for another hour or so. Everyone was pretty cool and we all enjoyed talking about cars. A lot of people had questions about my "rice burning 5.0 Genesis". All in all, good times.
And, last weekend I was coming down I-10 West when a Charger SRT got on the freeway with a quickness. The driver was goosing it next to anything that looked like it could make noise. As it was going by me not paying me any attention I ripped it open and surprised him. He dropped back behind me in what I call "the what is it stage". He sat about 2-3 cars behind me for a bit and I figured he wanted to play cat-n-mouse. I told my wife "I wish him good luck hunting" and nailed it winding out thru 5th. The SRT gained about 1/2 a car and no more until I let off. The driver pulled along side me and sat there for about a mile or so when I made my exit. I gave a thumbs up and he just looked at me. My wife said he was a sore looser...
