[nick6753]

Well, I took my 335i down to the local drag strip yesterday for a benefit for the Relay for Life put on by our local police department. $10 for as many runs as you want with all proceeds going to the Relay for Life charity. The track is an 1/8 mile track, not a quarter. It was pretty fun, and police cars from the surrounding police departments also ran against each other. FYI, the Crown Vics ran around 10.4 on the 1/8, and the Dodge Chargers ran around 9.4.

My car is stock all but a BMS Dual Cone Intake and a JB+ turned up to about 85-90% with a solenoid bypass, and it is an automatic. I had between a quarter and half of a tank of 93 octane, and I'm also on the stock Run Flat Tires. Temps were around 64 degrees. Keep in mind that this was my first time to ever run any car down a track, so I'm sure my times could be improved. I was able to get 3 runs in with the following times.

Run 1
60 ft- 2.067
1/8 mi time- 8.635
1/8 MPH- 83.67

Run 2
60 ft- 2.060
1/8 mi time- 8.699
1/8 MPH- 84.74

Run 3
60 ft- 2.098
1/8 mi time- 8.697
1/8 MPH- 85.50

[David 12]

Actually looks like a lot of fun - Looks like you taught that sunfire in the next lane a lesson!!

[nick6753]

Yeah, I don't know what the deal with the Sunfire was. He had bumpers removed, hood off, all of the dash and interior removed, and some sort of homemade looking intake that looked like something to refuel an aircraft in mid air sticking out of the top of the engine. He ran a 9.918. I also ran a new stock Pontiac G8. It ran a 9.425 at 78.5 mph, but didn't get pictures with it.

[stressdoc]

Would have been cool to see you smoke the c-vic or charger.

[canrhea]

very redneck-ish

[nick6753]

Originally Posted by stressdoc

Would have been cool to see you smoke the c-vic or charger.

Yeah, I asked one of my friends that is a police officer who was running if he wanted to run me, but he said they weren't letting the police cars run against other people because of liability issues.

[nick6753]

Originally Posted by canrhea

very redneck-ish

Alright now, be nice! Yeah, I will admit that the track is kind of out in the sticks and the Reds definitely came out for the event. I promise everyone isn't like that in Alabama!

[BillLee]

looks like fun. look at all those trucks on the side of the road........and a four wheeler?

[nick6753]

Originally Posted by BillLee

looks like fun. look at all those trucks on the side of the road........and a four wheeler?

Yeah, some of those trucks were running low 7's, and there were four wheelers running in the 5's!!!!

[Septro]

Man that is a short track. Doesn't it look like it is facing downhill or is that just the camera angle?

[nick6753]

Yeah, it's short. 1/8 mile. There are better tracks around, but I mainly went out do support the Relay for Life. Can't go wrong helping out a cancer charity. It was all for fun anyways. Must be the camera angle. It was taken from a hill behind the track. The track is flat then goes uphill after the finish line.

[stressdoc]

Originally Posted by nick6753

Yeah, I asked one of my friends that is a police officer who was running if he wanted to run me, but he said they weren't letting the police cars run against other people because of liability issues.

Liability of getting smoked by a bimmer! Not good for police PR.

We are a society constrained by liabilities...