been to a few track days and many quarter mile runs but is there anywhere that lets joe public pay their fee and do top speed runs ?
my c63 engine and transmission has been remapped, twin secondary decats and derestricted and a standard car can apparently manage 174....

 

Straightliners have quite a few through the year.

then there's the odd Vmax type event. Although they can be a fairly closed event in some respects. And TBH, after some recent incidents and the idiots involved blaming organisers...they might become even more closed.

Some dimwits owning/driving very fast cars is a recipe for disaster if they cannot control the car or themselves, and know when enough is enough, and to take things in a controlled manner.
People like that will see all sorts of motorsport shut down, and they need to be weeded out from events.

 

Vmax do this, and also for the less rich folk out there Terminal Velocity do a handful of good events throughout the year.
Would of thought your C63 with those mods would smash 174 mph

Cheers Paul

 

Cheers Paul

 

 

What distance is that over mate ?

 

With the numbers, seems like a short distance ?

Different venues may just result in different distance options.

For consistency's sake, IMO none should run over a longer distance than 1 mile, as it is a recognised standard all over the world. But not all venues could cope with 1 mile so may need to reduce distance.

 

a standard but derestricted C63 is meant to be good for 174....my mods is meant to be good for cracking 200 but id like a chance to find out how close to that I could really get and how much is bullshit claims.....

 

just googled their website and they use a half mile airstrip....that's probably not long enough although some of those times quoted seem very slow....? . I was 124 or so over a quarter mile in my last c63...but this could be a good day out to look into

 

I've just had a look there rolling half mile runs

 

ive messaged them for some info....could be a decent weekend roadtrip….

 

That was maybe just that one venue. I know TV did stuff at longer venues years ago. Hadn't really heard much of them since though. Although not really been looking.

But there are various options.

 

How about the Nurnburgring? There's a long straight at the end of the lap. (Döttinger Höhe – Tiergarten 1.6 miles)

 

The straight at the ring is often used for cool down and I don’t think I would want to do 180mph+ with the general public entering the track.

 

They don't use the main straight at the nurburgring for public days,only for v expensive trackdays. The M8 used to be good for high speed runs.

 

Race Wars 4 in 2020 at Kendrew Barracks is going to be allowing all brands of cars not just Vauxhall, standing start mile with just enough room to stop from 195mph (in an Astra VXR)

Steve

 

does the terminal velocity event still run? looking at their website their last results posted are for 2017....?

 

over the past few years they’ve used different venues with different length strips, I’ve seen and handful of Porsche’s and lambos etc run around the 200mph mark before at some of their events

Cheers Paul

 

That looks like a good event, been going a while now too

Cheers Paul

 

Yes but they’ve been struggling with appropriate venues the past year or so.

Cheers Paul

 

 

qwerty

 

I just read your whole reply then it disappeared

 

Sorry issue with my account. for some reason i have 2. *CJ* and this one. Odd thing is this one is the one i use. The *CJ* one i had the name changed to CraigJ years ago but for some reason it lets me log into both. Strange. Ant mods reading you can delete the *CJ* post and account.

Straight liners top speed Tuesdays may be you best bet. There normally run at Elvington airfield near York. I did one last October with the Yorkshire Supercar owners club. Was Ł180 with a portion going to charity.

2 mile runway, Standing 1 Mile to accelerate and 1 mile to slow down. You can keep going once you pass the speed trap but unless you have a Vbox or similar you wont know what speed you hit. Also you still need to stop or you ass will be in the grass, then the trees etc. you get the idea.



There was a C63 estate at the last one and he managed 167 over the mile. No idea on mods or if it was standard.






The day we had was quite damp and it rained towards the end. My last run was 180 in the wet. Traction was a struggle until over 80mph as each time it came on boost it just started to spin the wheels so i had to just set of steady and build up until i could floor it. Going back this year to crack 200.

 

That looks like great fun, and saves transmission and grip issues not having to launch

 

That sounds quite good.... Worth looking into... but for Ł180 your getting at best only 6 runs in a day ?
theres an event coming up in march and its only 3 hours away ....ive emailed them for details....

 

phoned them today....was told its Ł250 to enter your car for 5 or 6 runs..... fuck that....ill stick to the quarter mile at Ł30 a day for about 10 runs.....

Ł300 in fuel and 8- 9 hours driving there and back.....Ł250 to enter the car.....Ł120 for an overnight stay....Ł400 for 2 days lost wages because its a tuesday….spending a grand for a day out is a bit much....a day at the quarter mile is about Ł150.....

 

Still almost half the price of VMAX. Sure it’s over Ł400 last time I looked.

 

Where is it ? I used to go to pod as it's only 36 miles from me, where do you go drag racing for Ł30 a shift ?
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im near Edinburgh.....crail raceway is just over an hour for me on a sunday morning and its Ł10 to get in and another Ł20 if you want to race your car on the quarter mile....depending on how busy it is you can get a run every 10 minutes to hallf an hour from 10 until 4 with a print out of all your times when you leave..….ive seen me having to leave crail by 1pm because its been quiet ive got that many runs in im down to just enough fuel to get home.....theres no shell v power stations up that way to top up....
Elvington airfield is near York so over 200 miles each way....

 

Crail is 400 miles from me and Ellington 160 miles
Il just go pod and run my vbox for all the other times I think lol
Its just the half mile and 1 mile I'd like also that can't do at pod

 

My savings have taken a hammering with having to buy 2 C63s in 5 months.... Maybe next year once I've built up a few quid again.... 😂

how much is it to run a day at santa pod on the quarter mile?

 

Erm not sure it's been 5 years since I've been lol

I think it was Ł40 a day for rwyb, that's all I ever did just abit of fun

 

Crail is extremely cheap though, I'm amazed they've managed to keep costs so low.

 

I've just checked pod is only Ł35 a day absolute bargain but always been stupid busy at every rwyb I went to

 

you've got 2 weather types at crail ....calm sunny day and windy horizontal rain.....its not the former very often.....

 

That's likely plus the gate entry fee ? Not much odds either way

And only a bargain if you can actually get a few runs lol

 

Aye that's the trouble mate
I think I was getting 3-4 a day

On a side note, is there a speed limit where a parachute must be used ?

 

The rules are a little unclear.

Some state that above 150mph there needs to be a secondary braking system. So not specifically a parachute. In that sense a mechanical handbrake covers. Although it seems a chute is what most recognise. And it largely only seems for actual competition use. For RWYB, never had anyone say anything.
And those same rules would just say it has to be fitted...not that it needs to be used.

But unless the car was a piece of shit on stupid wheels, with stupid suspension and tyres with no brakes on ill handling bits of shit. ( ie, what the archaic drag rules are based around, ancient American drag cars )..not a fucking chance would I have a chute unless I was trapping near 200mph

Seen quite a few videos where it's clear chute deployment has caused the crash....to make me never want one. I'd far rather have a good stable car with good brakes in the first place.

Chutes need to be mounted right for the chassis, and pretty sure they also need deployed correctly and under power, not when already braking otherwise it can upset the car a lot
Although there are also a few small instances where a chute can help pull a car straight if it does get out of shape...and you actually deploy it in time

 

I'm glad about that because I really don't want to be pulling a parachute at 170 odd mph fook that lol