I found some pics I never knew existed before today from my National race last year at the Nashville Super Speedway. I thought you might like to check them out to break up the winter doldrums.
Some of my competition. I actually beat the supercharged BMW!
Well, the reason you lost to the other guy is because that loose sticker on your hood scoop was causing excessive drag! I love that flat black color on the coupe.
Running the Super Speedway was really cool yet very intimidating. It is the 1st place I have run where hitting a wall or tire barrier was a possibility. We also had to transition for asphalt to concrete and from flat to high bank. I was suprised that the transition to the banking was not as bad as I thought it would be. They did their best to limit speeds and lines for safety, but one unlucky S2000 owner got sideways and nosed into the wall very hard on the back straight (he hit the Lucas sign behind my car in pic #2). I had to run after seeing that incident and probably only drove at about the 80% level.
It really was alot of fun though. We were the last racing event to ever be run the track before they shut it down so it was a real honor to run there.
That is pretty cool Mike! What kind of speeds did you see?
That transition from the bank to the flat is kinda scary isn't it? Texas World speedway has a similar set up and coming into that transition at 120mph the first time was a bit hair raising. Daytona is similar as well, but the transition is much smoother.
This was at Nashville Super Speedway. 70 mph is the target for most cars but many faster cars will see upwards to 80 mph. I hit the limiter right at 69 mph and routinely stand on the limiter for a few cycles into the braking zone. There are cars much faster than me so I know they are well over 70.
One of our E-mod guys can see high 80's on some tracks but he is running over 600hp in a 2300 lb car.
I am not familiar with what is happening at Nashville Super Speedway but Riverside Raceway we had 5 or 6 “last race”. With some luck maybe there will be a few more at Nashville Super Speedway.
Bill Lomenick
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