Let me honestly say that I don't know what I've been doing wasting my time with drag-racing for such a long time. Road-racing is SO much fun, despite the higher cost and the harder beating the car takes. I definitely need to get the Mirage out to this track ASAP and have some fun with it, I think it would do pretty well. For those of you wondering, the track is Willow Springs Raceway, Streets of Willow to be exact. I went up with a few friends and played photographer while they had fun racing, so here are some pics.
Taken at 6:30am
The desert at dawn is a seriously awesome place to be
I really can't emphasize this enough...
In love with this shot
The dude who owned this car was really cool, he doesn't even keep track of his lap times, just goes out and runs his car and has fun
My friend's '93 Civic Si powered by a mostly stock B16A, which was hanging with most all the EVO's racing that day
Another buddy's '84 Volvo 242DL, megasquirt EMS, t3/t4, 1600's, runs on E85, stock motor
A very quick Miata
Another friend's '72 BMW 2002tii, converted to EFI using megasquirt with ITB's and a built motor
'94 GSX, 2.3 stroker, FP3065, EMS, 520whp @ 21psi on E85. Blew up his 4th gear on the 2nd session out, was a TRE trans too
My boy's Volvo hauling ass
The wing looks silly, but this car was fast-as-balls on the track
Mmm, me likey
295 race tires all around, lots of suspension work = fast car
E46 M3 racing on the adjacent track, Big Willow
The sound this was making, well, it made me feel funny down below
Downforce is a good thing, right?
Hauling ass in the Bimmer
VEEEEEEEEEEEETEC!!!
My buddy letting someone else drive his Civic
Radical? No, that's what kind of car it is--I think
My boy had a little too much fun in his Volvo, blew the turbo
This car was really loud, like, really really loud
Bad-ass Datsun racing the big track
I love hardtop Miatas
All the pics I took can be seen here:
http://home.tiora.net/tony/index.php?path=SOW%20121208
, some of those pics at the top look like Postcards. Very nice shots as usual!