Ah, the joy of speed at a race track.......what more could you ask for. That reminds me of a track event I was part of 20 years ago. The local Corvette club I belonged to was advertizing for an upcomming show. We were able to talk the local race track into letting us do some pace laps just before the big race. The track even let us park inside the gate in a roped off area right behind the start/finish line.
We were to do 5 laps at a slow pace. But they didn't place a pacecar out there with us. So here we go all 25 of us in a double row. Lap 1 was at about 20 mph......by lap three we were really moving. By lap 4 I knew what "diving into the corner" meant. As we dove into turn 1 I glanced down at my speedo and saw about 90 mph. Then the track threw the yellow lights on and made us stop. One of the other guys said he hit 120 on straight. Needless to say we all had big grins on our faces all nite !!! The following weekend we went to a second racetrack, but they had heard what we did and they were VERY stern with us about speed. They had a pacecar and every track car and tow truck was on the track to keep us in line. We never got over 20 mph. :( Damn, no fun The need for speed continues........ Bill C 70 LS6 2002 LS1 vette
